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Gonzaga will attempt to start 10-0 for the first time since joining the Division I level in 1958-59 when the eighth-ranked Bulldogs host Akron in a non-conference game Saturday.Although Gonzaga is unbeaten and ranked in the top 10, coach Mark Few believes the Bulldogs are far from where he wants them to be. Akron (7-2) is a solid mid-major program that will provide a good barometer for how Gonzaga is progressing after Wednesdays 98-71 win over visiting intrastate rival Washington.A 27-point win should satisfy Few, but he stressed to his team the discrepancy in rebounds, with Washington grabbing 29 offensive boards and out-rebounding the Bulldogs 54-42 overall. That happened despite Gonzaga being known for its frontcourt presence with 7-foot-1 center Przemek Karnowski, 7-0 forward Zach Collins, 6-10 Killian Tillie and 6-9 Johnathan Williams.What I like is I think theres room for growth, Few said. I didnt think the young bigs (freshmen Collins and Tillie) played like they normally have so theres a teaching opportunity there. We didnt quite rebound the way we expect to around here.Collins had only five rebounds in 17 minutes while Tillie mustered one in 15 minutes against the Huskies. Gonzaga outrebounds opponents by 4.6 per game but has been outrebounded by 20 in the last two games against Arizona and Washington.Akron has three players who average at least 5.1 rebounds, led by 6-10 senior forward Kwen Cheatham Jr., who averages 7.0 per game. Isaiah Johnson, a 6-10 senior post player, averages 5.8.Cheatham pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds in the Zips 87-63 win over visiting Coppin State on Wednesday. Akron won the rebounding battle 40-24 in that game while pulling down 11 on the offensive end.Akron coach Keith Dambrot is the reigning Mid-American Conference coach of the year after guiding his alma mater to a 26-9 record. Before his team was defeated by Gonzaga 77-64 in the first round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament, he labeled his program Gonzaga 2009 -- believing it was the next mid-major to establish itself as a power.The Zips, who lost 82-70 at No. 10 Creighton last week, have another opportunity to prove their worth on the road against a highly ranked opponent. Dambrot is trying to not put as much hype into it as he did going into the NCAA Tournament game against the Bulldogs eight seasons ago.We have to play the same every night regardless of who we play, Dambrot said. We have to play with the same emotion and care about every play every day. If we do that, well get better as a team.If we get better as a team, we can make a turn at this thing.Adversely affecting Akron in its upset bid is the questionable status of junior point guard Noah Robotham, who has missed the last two games with an ankle sprain and is averaging 10.1 points.Robotham played against Gonzaga junior point guard Nigel Williams-Goss when they prepped in Las Vegas -- Robotham with Bishop Gorman High School and Williams-Goss with Findlay Prep. Williams-Goss is coming off a 23-point performance against his former school, Washington, which increased his team-leading scoring average to 13.7.Both Akron and Gonzaga are known for their ability to score. The Zips are averaging 79.8 points per game with Johnson averaging a team-best 15.2 points while shooting 70.3 percent from the field. The matchup between Johnson and Karnowski (averaging 12.2 points and a team-high 6.0 rebounds) will be one to watch.Balance is the key for the Bulldogs, who averaging 85.9 points and feature six players averaging at least 9.7 points and four with more than five rebounds per contest.Were built inside-out, but yet our perimeters can really shoot it, Few said of his teams versatility, most notably senior guard Josh Perkins, who shoots 52.5 percent from 3-point range but also is a playmaker evidenced by his five assists against Washington.Perkins did a great job. He managed the game, just took what they gave him and spread it around, fed the bigs, found the guards for toed-up threes and did a great job of taking care of the basketball (one turnover in 30 minutes against the Huskies).Wholesale NHL Jerseys Online . Luis Suarezs double powered Liverpool to a 4-0 victory over Fulham, and Southampton easily overcame Hull 4-1 to continue the south coast clubs impressive start to the season. 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George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up.MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Year 3 of Press Virginia looks more aggressive and perplexing than ever.For sure, the nations 209th-rated schedule hasnt provided much resistance, yet the scope of the blowouts and the voracity with which No. 11 West Virginia is defending makes coach Bob Huggins think his team might be something special.The Mountaineers (9-1) are outscoring opponents by 34.5 points and forcing 26 turnovers per game, both tops in Division I, as they prepare to host Radford (4-6) on Tuesday.Most surprisingly, West Virginia has curbed its penchant for fouling even as officials continue to tightly enforce freedom-of-movement rules.For each of the past two years, the Mountaineers committed 23.5 fouls per game, a figure that ranked third most in the country last season and was dead last in 2014-2015. This season, West Virginia has trimmed that to 18.5 fouls, which ranks 133rd of 347 teams.Guards Jevon Carter, Daxter Miles and Tarik Phillip combine for nearly seven steals per game -- more than 228 teams -- and senior forward Nathan Adrian has taken over at the head of West Virginias full-court press.Youre talking about JC and Dax and Tarik being in the system three years and Teyvon (Myers) has two years, Huggins said. We do it every day, so they ought to get better at it.As the Mountaineers committed their share of silly reach-ins during past sseasons, Huggins has railed on officials for ignoring trapped offensive players who created contact or shuffled pivot feet in stepping through double teams.ddddddddddddId like to have a seminar with the officials, Huggins joked Saturday after posting his 800th coaching win. If were going to have a cylinder, the cylinder has to work both ways. If we cant reach in the cylinder, they shouldnt be able to reach out of the cylinder. Thats my biggest pet peeve of the year.Then the 35th-year coach smiled at what he considers a point of progress: At least theyre starting to call traveling once in a while.Sophomore forward Esa Ahmad, the teams top scorer at 12.6 points per game and one of six Mountaineers averaging more than a steal per game, said defenders are tightening up their rotations and making smarter choices about when to trap.Last year, it was more uncontrolled effort, Ahmad said. We were just running everywhere. It was crazy.Radford is 0-4 against teams in the RPI top 100, losing to North Carolina 95-50, UNC-Wilmington 100-64, Wake Forest 80-59 and Akron 88-41.Forward Ed Polite (10.2 points, 10.1 rebounds) averages a double-double for the Highlanders, who are coached by former West Virginia assistant Mike Jones. ' ' '