Ever since Antonio Campbell has been out with injury, it seems as if Ohio has been in search of a player to step up.
And against Akron on Saturday afternoon, someone sure did take charge.
Jaaron Simmons dropped a career-high 38 points against the Zips to hand them their first conference loss of the season.
The redshirt junior set a career-high in both points and three-pointers made (5).
“I’ve been feeling good as of late,” Simmons said. “I’ve been getting a lot of reps up in practice and out of practice.