AKRON, Ohio-Austin Peay will play the first round of the Glenn Wilkes Classic, 1 p.m, (CST), Sunday, when it travels to Akron, to face the Akron Zips, ranked eighth in the preseason edition of the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25.

The Zips' 2009-10 season is one of the most anticipated in program history as the team returns four starters and 13 letterwinners from last year's squad that went 23-13 (10-6 MAC) and advanced to the NCAA Tournament, after winning its first-ever MAC Tournament championship. Akron was picked to finished first in the MAC's East Division and was also selected as the league's overall preseason favorite as well as the predicted conference tournament winner in a media poll released last month.

Governors vs Akron
1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 15 Rhodes Arena Akron, Ohio
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Akron also is picked to win the East Division of the Mid-America Conference. Junior Brett McKnight (11.2 ppg) and sophomore Anthony "Humpty" Hitchens (2.2 apg) were named to the preseason East Division Team.

Akron closed out 2008-09 ranked among the top 100 nationally in a number of statistical categories - fifth in 3-point field goal percentage defense (29.1 percent/first in MAC), 10th in turnover margin (+4.0/first in MAC), 20th in scoring defense (60.3 ppg/third in MAC), 39th in field goal percentage defense (40.3 percent/second in MAC), 56th in scoring margin (+6.4/first in MAC), 80th in steals (7.5 spg/fourth in MAC) and 80th in 3-point field goals made (7.2/first in MAC).

In his five seasons at Akron, head coach Keith Dambrot has led the Zips to 115-51 (.693) record. That win total is the most among MAC schools and the 28th highest nationally during that time. His win percentage and win total both rank fourth in program history.

Akron has enjoyed four-straight 20-win seasons (23-10 in 2005-06, 26-7 in 2006-07, 24-11 in 2007-08, 23-13 in 2008-09). In 2004-05, the team went 19-10.

The Governors opened the 2009-10 season, Friday, with an 83-54 loss at No. 10 Tennessee. The Govs trailed just 31-25 at halftime but the larger and deeper Vols pulled away early in the second half.

Sophomore Anthony Campbell scored 17 points to lead all scorers while senior guard Wes Channels added 13 and a team-high eight rebounds.

-AP-