Watch Kent State Take On Buffalo On ESPNU Saturday At Noon
2/12/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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The Game
The hottest team in the Mid-American Conference, Kent State (18-7; 9-2) travels to Buffalo (13-9; 6-5) on Saturday looking to complete a season sweep of the Bulls. The Golden Flashes enter the game having won eight straight, a streak that began with an 89-54 win over Buffalo on Jan. 20.
Kent State extended the streak on Wednesday with a 76-42 win over Ball State that gave KSU a sweep of the MAC West for a second straight year. Its the first time since the league split into two divisions in 1997-98 that a team has posted back-to-back sweeps of cross divisional play.
The Golden Flashes were led by four players in double figures, including reigning MAC East Co-Player of the Week, Chris Singletary. Singletary, who played just 19 minutes in the game, continued his stretch of carrying KSU in the second half scoring eight of his 11 points. During the eight game stretch the senior guard is has taken over the second half averaging a team best 8.6 points, shooting 68.8 percent (22-32) from the field and recording a 4.6:1 assist:turnover ratio after halftime. With 1,112 career points, he needs just 10 points to move into 15th place of Kent State's career scoring list.
Sophomore Justin Greene followed up his 22-point performance against Central Michigan last Saturday with 10 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Ball State on Wednesday night. The double-double is the fourth this season for the Brooklyn, N.Y. product. Greene leads KSU with 13.4 ppg and ranks eighth in the nation with a +11.2 ppg scoring increase from last season.
Buffalo has won two straight after an 84-67 win over Eastern Michigan on Wednesday in which the team shot 66.7 percent. The Bulls leading scorer, Rodney Pierce (19.0 ppg), had 27 points in the win, shooting 11-14 from the field. Averaging 74.0 ppg Buffalo leads the MAC in scoring.
TV / Radio
ESPNU (Michael Reghi & Tim O'Toole)
WNIR 100.1 FM (Tom Linder)
Next Up For Kent State
Kent State returns home next week to face Ohio on Wednesday (Feb. 17).
Quick Flashes
• Kent State's eight game win streak is tied for the ninth longest in the nation.
• In the second half of the last eight games, Kent State is averaging 43.6 points and shooting 57.8 percent.
• Kent State has a +149 advantage in points scored (+18.6 ppg) the last eight games when Rodriquez Sherman in on the court.
• Kent State has won the last 12 games when the team has scored at least 30 points in the paint.
• Kent State's seven road wins are tied with Buffalo for the most by a MAC team this season.
• Anthony Simpson is shooting 8-10 (80.0 percent) from three and averaging 12.0 points in the last four games.
• Kent State is 10-0 this season when Simpson scores in double figures.
• Kent State is averaging 11.8 steals in the last four games and leads the league with 8.8 per game.
Series Notes
• Kent State has a 23-5 lead in the all-time series after an 89-54 win at home on Jan. 20.
• Buffalo won two of the three meetings last season.
• Four of the five wins by Buffalo in the series have come at Alumni Arena.
| Game 26 - at Buffalo (Feb. 13, 2010) |
