With University of Akron men’s basketball , brothers Evan and Eric Mahaffey are teammates for the first time.

“I always wanted to play with him. It’s a dream come true,” Eric Mahaffey said.

Evan, 21, and Eric, 19, overlapped as members of the Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller High School basketball program . Evan graduated from Moeller in 2022 and Eric in 2024. However, they didn’t play together because Evan was on varsity while Eric was on junior varsity.

Now the brothers are starters for the Akron Zips , who improved to 7-2 this season with a 97-77 win over Bucknell on Dec. 3 at Rhodes Arena.

Evan compiled 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field, four rebounds, four assists and one steal. Eric had six points on 2-of-2 shooting from the floor, five rebounds and a steal.

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