Golden Flashes Square Off Against Ohio on FSN Ohio Saturday Afternoon
2/15/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The Game...
After securing a 10th straight season with 20 wins the Golden Flashes (20-5; 9-2) look to extend their lead in the MAC East this afternoon. Kent State is just the third Division I program to have won 20 games in each of the past 10 seasons and can extend their streak of 10+ Mid-American Conference win seasons to 10 straight with a victory today. The Golden Flashes are a perfect 14-0 at home this season and has won 22 of the last 23 in the M.A.C. Center. Junior guard Al Fisher scored a career high 28 points to go along with seven rebounds and seven assists on Tuesday night in a 79-66 win at Central Michigan. Kent State has won three straight and six of the last seven.
Ohio (16-8; 7-4) is coming off a 54-52 loss at Toledo on Wednesday. After a season high five game winning streak, the Bobcats have lost two of the last three, including the last two road games dropping them to 2-4 on the road in the MAC this season. Leon Williams leads the team with 16.1 points and a MAC best 10.1 rebounds per game.
Today's game features four of the top 10 rebounders in the MAC.
TV / Radio...
FSN Ohio (Michael Reghi & Steve Mix)
WNIR 100.1 FM (Bill Needle)
Next Up For Kent State...
Kent State is on the road for the next three games starting on Tuesday at Buffalo.
Quick Hits...
• Kent State has the 11th longest home court winning streak in the country at 14 games.
• Four of the Golden Flashes five losses have come in TV games this year.
• Today is the 100th career MAC game for Head Coach Jim Christian. (72-27)
• A win today would give Christian an overall winning percentage over .700.
• Mike Scott ranks 16th in the nation shooting 88.1 percent from the foul line. Scott has made 22 straight free throws and 39 of his last 40.
• At 20-5 (.800) KSU is tied for the 20th best winning percentage in the country.
Series Notes...
• Kent State had won five straight before losing 71-59 at Ohio earlier this year.
• The Golden Flashes have won six straight and nine of the last 10 at home in the series.
• KSU leads the series 15-9 since 1998-99.
10 Straight & Counting...Kent State Among Nation's Elite...
• Kent State is just third Division I program in the country (Kansas & Duke) to win 20 games in each of the past 10 seasons.
• Of the current teams ranked in the AP Top 25 only No. 3 Kansas (19), No. 2 Duke (12), No. 11 Texas (9) and No. 1 Memphis (8) have streaks as long as eight years going. (Including this year)
• 19 of the teams the currently ranked do not have streaks of longer than four consecutive years, including seven in the top 10. Of the 19, 12 teams have streaks of two years or less.
• Since the start of the 1998-99 season, Kent State has posted a 230-87 record and is 12th nationally over that span with a .726 winning percentage.
• Kent State's 230 victories during that time are tied for the 13th most in the nation, the highest ranking by a MAC school.
The Most Versatile Player in NCAA History...
Known for his well-rounded abilities senior Haminn Quaintance has proven himself as the most versatile player in NCAA history. Since the NCAA began keeping blocked shots as an official stat in 1986, 'Q' as he is known affectionately by the KSU faithful, is believed to be the first player in NCAA Division I history to achieve 1,200 (points) - 800 (rebounds) - 250 (assists) - 250 (blocks) - 200 (steals) status.
Close but No Q...
The closest is Lionel Simmons, the 1990 National Player of the Year at La Salle and later with the Sacramento Kings
Simmons numbers:
3,217 points - 1429 rebounds - 355 assists
- 248 blocks - 239 steals
Shane Battier, the 2001 National Player of the Year at Duke was also close
Battier numbers:
1984 points - 887 rebounds - 239 assists
254 blocks - 266 steals
Other notables and stats they were short:
Pervis Ellison 171 steals
Stacey Augmon 128 blocks
Grant Hill 769 rebounds, 133 blocks
Christian Laettner 145 blocks
Nick Collison 243 blocks, 155 steals
Derrick Coleman 187 steals
Tim Duncan 69 steals
Hank Gathers 168 assists, 78 blocks, 149 steals
| Game 26 - vs Ohio 2/16/08 |
