Men’s basketball will look for other scorers while returning home

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Trey Zeigler needs help – and fast.

The Central Michigan men’s basketball sophomore guard led his team in the loss against Bowling Green on Wednesday night even with flu symptoms, but was only one-of-two players in double-figures.

The Chippewas have fallen to fifth in the MAC West, only ahead of Northern Illinois, a team that beat CMU 74-66 on Jan. 14. They will look to snap a four-game losing streak.

Zeigler will look for more than three-point efforts from guards’ Austin McBroom and Derek Jackson 7 p.m. Saturday against MAC East-leading Akron. It will be the first Chippewas home game since Jan. 18.

“It’s tough. They’re young guards who are key cogs of what we do here offensively,” head coach Ernie Zeigler said about his guards. “Unfortunately they both had one of those nights. We got to keep pushing them, keep nurturing them and put them in a position to continue to get better.”

The Chippewas have their next two games at home. They only travel on the road four more times during the regular season.

“Right now we’re got to put ourselves in a position to be able to battle through the things in games,” Ernie said. “We’re going to get ready for (Akron) and see if we can put ourselves in a position to take care of our home floor.”

The Zips are the second-best scoring offense in the MAC. They average 72.7 points per game, and from a variety of players.

Akron doesn’t have a scorer in the top 25 in the MAC, but Zeke Marshall, Nikola Cvetinovic and No. 29 Nick Harney all hover between 9.9-10.3 points per game, and are in the top 30 of MAC scoring.