Flashes Host Bulls in Regular Season Finale Wednesday
2/26/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The Kent State University women's basketball team (14-12, 10-5 MAC) will close out its 2006-07 regular season Wednesday night against the University at Buffalo (10-17, 5-10 MAC) at the M.A.C. Center. Tip-off with the Bulls is slated for 7 p.m.
• With a KSU victory on Wednesday or an Ohio loss vs. Akron, the Golden Flashes would clinch second place in the Mid-American Conference East Division and earn a first round bye at the 2007 Kraft MAC Tournament. A Buffalo victory combined with an Ohio win would give the Bobcats the #2 seed by virtue of conference tiebreakers.
• The Golden Flashes sealed their 16th consecutive season of 10 or more league wins with an 86-76 victory over Miami Saturday (Feb. 24) at Millett Hall. KSU also wrapped up a winning record (14-12) during the regular season for the 17th straight year.
• La'kia Stewart led five Golden Flashes in double figures with 16 points at Miami and was one rebound shy of recording her eighth double-double of the year. Sarah Burgess scored 13 points, her most since Dec. 15 and dished out a season-high six assists.
• Buffalo completed a season sweep of Akron with a 65-59 road victory Saturday (Feb. 24) at Rhodes Arena. The Bulls held the Zips to just 18 first-half points. Heather Turner led UB with 15 points, six rebounds and three steals.
• Kent State has never lost to Buffalo in 18 all-time meetings. The Flashes are 9-0 against the Bulls at the M.A.C. Center, having won every home game by nine or more points, including a 73-56 victory last season in Kent.
• Earlier this season (Jan. 17), Buffalo took Kent State down to the wire at Alumni Arena, but a layup by Kristin Peoples in the game's final minute lifted the Golden Flashes to a 72-69 triumph. La'kia Stewart went 8-for-10 from the field as KSU shot a season-high 55 percent (30-55) from the floor. Peoples and Stewart each scored a game-high 17 points. Rachelle Matthys led the Bulls with 16 points.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Radio & Live Stats:
WHLO AM-640 (Tom Linder, play-by-play). Online radio simulcast and live stats available on the Kent State website at www.kentstatesports.com. The radio broadcast can also be heard on the telephone via teamline at 1-800-846-4700. Team Code: 4424.Televsion:
TV 2 (Time Warner Cable in Portage County)
UP NEXT
The third through sixth seeds in each division will compete in the opening round of the 2007 Kraft MAC Tournament on Sunday (Mar. 4) at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Winners of Sunday's first round games will take on the top two seeds from each division in the quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament on Tuesday (Mar. 6).
ON TOP OF THE MAC EAST
Kent State has finished in one of the top two spots in the East standings since the Mid-American Conference was separated into divisions in 1997-98. The Golden Flashes, who sit sole possesssion of second place in the MAC East Division at 10-5, look to secure a top two finish for the 10th straight season. Ohio is one game back of the Flashes at 9-6 and will host Akron on Wednesday.
SPIRIT OF "76"
After an 86-point performance Miami on Saturday, the Golden Flashes improved to 12-0 when scoring 76 or more points in a game. Kent State has scored over 70 points in all 14 of its victories and is 0-8 when scoring under 70 points.
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