Kent State vs. Ball State Still Set To Play Wednesday Night
2/10/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Despite evening classes being canceled, the Kent State vs. Ball State men's basketabll game will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Complete Notes in .PDF Format
The Game
Kent State (17-7; 8-2) hosts Ball State (12-10; 6-4) on Wednesday night looking to complete a sweep of the MAC West for a second consecutive year. The Golden Flashes enter the game having won seven straight.
In a showdown of MAC Divisional leaders on Saturday, Kent State earned a 68-63 win at Central Michigan after overcoming a nine-point second half deficit to maintain its lead atop the MAC standings.
Senior guard Chris Singletary had a huge game with 19 points, a team high six rebounds and six assists helping him earn MAC East Co-Player of Week honors. Its the second straight week and third time this season Singletary has been honored. During MAC play he leads the team with 13.7 points per game while also averaging 4.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists. Singletary, who has a 3:1 assist:turnover ratio (36:12) in the last seven games, is the only active MAC player with over 1,100 career points, 400 rebounds, 250 assists and 150 steals.
Sophomore Justin Greene also had a big week, including a 22-point performance on Saturday in which he shot 9-12 from the field to go along with five rebounds and three steals. Greene is averaging a team high 15.0 ppg during the seven game win streak as Kent State has been victorious in six of the last seven games when has led the team in scoring. Red-shirt junior guard Rodriquez Sherman hit two key jumpers with less than four minutes left on Saturday and is shooting 55.8 percent and averaging 11.3 ppg during the seven game win streak. Sherman has given KSU a +134 (19.1 points per game) advantage in points scored when he is on the court the past seven games.
Ball State had a four game winning streak snapped with a 75-70 overtime loss to Akron last Saturday The Cardinals are led by 2009 MAC Freshman of the Year Jarrod Jones with 12.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. Jauwan Scaife is also in double figures with 10.0 ppg.
TV / Radio
WNIR 100.1 FM (Tom Linder)
Black Squirrel Radio (blacksquirrelradio.com)
Next Up For Kent State
Crossover play comes to an end as Kent State travels to Buffalo for an ESPNU game at 12:00 pm on Saturday (Feb. 13).
Quick Flashes
• Kent State has won 16 straight against MAC West opponents. The Golden Flashes last loss came on Feb. 2, 2008 at Toledo.
• Kent State has won the last 11 games when the team has scored at least 30 points in the paint.
• Anthony Simpson is shooting 7-8 (87.5 percent) from three in the last three games.
• The Golden Flashes are averaging 77.8 ppg at home this season a +13.4 ppg increase from the road.
• In the last five years, dating back to the 2005-06 season, Kent State is 29-4 during the month of February.
• The Golden Flashes have shot over 50 percent in five of the last seven games and are shooting 51.3 percent during the seven game win streak.
Series Notes
• Kent State has won four straight and seven of the last nine meetings.
• Kent State has won the last five meetings at home an owns a 24-9 all-time record in the series at the M.A.C Center.
• Ball State leads the all-time series 38-33
Going for Seconds
- Kent State has dominated the second half during the seven game win streak shooting 58.5 percent and averaging 43.4 points after half time.
- The streak includes four games in which the Golden Flashes have shot 65 percent or better.
- Just as impressive has been KSU's performance from beyond the arc. The Golden Flashes are shooting 56.8 percent (25-44) from three in the last seven games (a span that includes a 1-8 performance against Western Michigan).
- In the first half of the same seven games KSU is shooting just 28.9 percent (19-66) from three.
- Chris Singletary leads a quartet of four players shooting over 60 percent in the second half during the streak with a 69.0 percent (20-29) field goal percentage. Singletary is also averaging a team best 8.7 second half ppg and has posted a 5.3:1 (21:4) assist:turnover ratio.
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