KENT STATE GAME NOTES
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Kent State University men's basketball team returns to Cleveland for the MAC Tournament and take on Ball State in the quarterfinals Thursday, March 8.ย Kent State defeated the #12 Northern Illinois at home on a buzzer beating shot by Kevin Zabo. The Golden Flashes are looking to repeat as tournament champions and earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3ย and the Kent Stats IMG Sports Network.
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Home: #4 Ball State Cardinals - 19-12, 10-8 MAC
Visitor: #5ย Kent State Golden Flashes - 16-16, 9-9ย MAC
Tip: Thursday, Mar. 8, 2018 at 2:30ย p.m.
Venue:ย Quicken Loans Arena, capacity - 20,562
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-ย ย ย The Kent State men's basketball team returns to Cleveland for the second straight season to defend last year's tounament championship. The Golden Flashes are the five seed and will take on the four seed, Ball State, in the MAC Tournament Quarterfinals on Thursday, March 9th at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.ย
-ย ย ย Kent State won its first round game on Monday night in dramatic fashion as senior Kevin Zabo drove down the floor and banked in a layup as time expired for the game winner. The play was selected as SportsCenter's number three play the following morning on Top Plays. Zabo scored a game-high 19 points and set a new career-high for points in a MAC Tournament game.ย
-ย ย ย Sophomore forward Danny Pippen continued his dominance on the defensive end of the floor. He rejected six NIU shots, which puts him in a tie for second for the most blocked shots in a MAC Tournament Game.ย
-ย ย ย The Flashes had assists on half of their made baskets against the Huskies.
-ย ย ย KSU played stellar defense holding NIU to just 35% shooting from the floor.
-ย ย ย Kent State's win over NIU improved head coach Rob Senderoff's record to 66-38 in overtime games or games decided by five points or fewer, the Flashes are 8-2 those games this year.
-ย ย ย The Golden Flashes have a 39-29 (57% winning percentage) all-time record in the MAC Tournament.ย
-ย ย ย Kent State leads the all-time series against Ball State, 44-39. The Flashes have won 15 of the last 16 games. The two teams split the season series. KSU is 18-10 in the third game of a series in the MAC Tournament since 2001-02.
-ย ย ย Jaylin Walker leads the team in scoring (16.7 ppg) and scored has scored in double-digits 15 of the last 16 games. He has 1,191 career points which is 18th in program history. He also ranks sixth in threes (196) in school history. Walker was named to the All-MAC Third Team.
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