Bedford's Career High Leads Men's Basketball Past Bowling Green

KENT, Ohio -- The Kent State University mens basketball team (18-3, 12-1 MAC) won its eighth straight game, rallying from an early 13-point deficit to defeat Bowling Green State University (10-13, 6-7 MAC) at the M.A.C. Center in front of a national audience on ESPN2 tonight (Feb. 14). Senior forward Bryan Bedford (Racine, Wis./Case) posted a career-high 20 points to lead the Golden Flashes to their 12th win in the last 13 games.

Bowling Green jumped out front early, twice holding 13-point leads at 15-2 and 17-4. But Kent State would claw back into the game and used a 14-6 run over five minutes to take a 31-30 lead with 2:28 to play in the first half on a tip-in by junior forward Jason Edwin (Warsaw, Ill./Warsaw). However, the Falcons would rally for the final five points of the half to take a 35-31 advantage into intermission.

Kent State started the second half with a 13-3 run, that was capped by an Edwin three-pointer, opening a six-point lead, 44-38, just under three minutes into the half. From there, the lead was whittled away and Bowling Green eventually took a 58-51 lead midway through the half, thanks to a 9-2 run after the game was tied 49-49 at the 13:17 mark.

The Golden Flashes battled back to tie the score on three occasions, but never managed to take a lead until a jumper by senior center John Edwards (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) with 4:49 to play put KSU up 67-66, and Bowling Green would not lead again. The Falcons tied the score at 67-67, then again at 69-69, the seventh tie of the half, but sophomore guard DeAndre Haynes (Detroit, Mich./Southwestern) scored on a driving layup to kick start an 11-3 run over the games final three minutes as Kent State pulled away for the win. Kent State forced the Falcons into three turnovers and held BGSU to 1-for-8 shooting in the closing minutes.

Edwin finished with 15 points, four rebounds, three blocks and three steals, while Haynes had 12 points, all coming in the second half. Bedford hit 5-of-10 shots and 4-of-8 three-point attempts. Bowling Green finished with four players in double figures, led by 20 from Cory Eyink.

Kent State is next in action when it hosts Marshall University, Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m.

NOTES: Kent State won for the second time in four games, and for the third time this season, when being outshot from the field and three-point range... Bedfords previous career high was 18 points against Western Michigan Jan. 21... BGSU out-rebounded the Golden Flashes 36-29... Kent State committed just six turnovers and tallied nine steals.

Bedford's Career High Leads Men's Basketball Past Bowling Green

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