KENT STATE GAME NOTES
KENT, Ohio - The Kent State University men's basketball team hits the road on Tuesday, Feb. 13 against Mid-American Conference leader Buffalo at 7:00 p.m. The Golden Flashes already defeated Buffalo, 82-79, and will try to half a three-game losing skid. The game can be watched on ESPN3 and heard on the Kent State IMG Sports Network.
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Home: Buffalo Bulls - 18-7, 10-2Â MAC
Visitor: Kent State Golden Flashes - 12-13, 6-6Â MAC
Tip: Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018Â at 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Alumni Arena, capacity - 6,100
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-Â Â Â The Kent State men's basketball team takes on Buffalo for the second time this year when it travels to the Empire State on Tuesday, Feb. 13th for a 7 p.m. contest with the Bulls.
-Â Â Â Kent State has a 32-15 all-time record against Buffalo, with an 11-10 record at Alumni Arena.Â
-Â Â Â Head coach Rob Senderoff is 7-8 against the Bulls since taking over the program in 2011-12.
-Â Â Â Kent State defeated Buffalo 82-79 at home earlier this season, and came back from trailing by 18 points to hand the Bulls their first loss in conference action.
-Â Â Â Kent State is looking for its second MAC road win of the season.Â
-Â Â Â Tuesday's game against Buffalo marks the end of KSU's short two game road swing. The Flashes fell on Friday night at Ball State,87-68, which snapped KSU's 15 game winning streak against BSU.
-Â Â Â Kent State is in the midst of a three game losing skid, its second of the season since Nov. 21-25.It was Ball State's first win against KSU since 2005, and the Cardinals never trailed in the game.
-Â Â Â Danny Pippen led Kent State with 17 points on 6-of-12 shooting with seven boards and two blocks.
-Â Â Â Four Flashes scored in double-figures Danny Pippen (17), Jaylin Walker (15), Kevin Zabo (11) and Adonis De La Rosa (10).
-Â Â Â Junior guard Jaylin Walker leads the team in scoring (17.3 ppg) and scored in double-figures for the ninth consecutive game. He has 1,088 career points which is 25th in program history. Jaylin Walker has made at least one three in every game this season and ranks 7th in threes (179) in school history.Â
-Â Â Â Kent State ranks fifth in the MAC in scoring defense (73.6) and in conference-only games is averaging 72.8 ppg which is fifth in the league. The Golden Flashes are also the fifth-best shooting team in conference games, shooting 43.8%.
-Â Â Â Kent State is holding opponents to 33.5% from three-point distance which is third in the MAC.Â
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