Kent State University
Youngstown State
Northeast Ohio Showdown Awaits Kent State at Youngstown State On Wednesday
11/27/2012 12:00:00โฏAM | Men's Basketball
Complete Kent State notes (.PDF)
The Game
Kent State (4-2) continues a two game road swing on Wednesday night by traveling to Youngstown State (3-3) for a Northeast Ohio showdown. The Golden Flashes are looking build upon a 74-60 win at Nebraska on Saturday that marked the program's first victory at a Big Ten school since 1970.
Named the MAC East Player of the Week for a second time this season on Monday, senior Chris Evans has given the statcrew a workout this season. The 6'8" forward averaged 16.5 points and 8.0 rebounds while shooting over 66 percent from the field in two wins last week. Evans had a signature performance on Saturday night as he connected on 8-9 shots on the way to a team best 19 points and six rebounds. On the year he leads Kent State in scoring (17.2 ppg), rebounding (7.2 rpg) assists (2.2 apg), steals (2.4 spg), blocks (1.0 bpg), FG percentage (.597) and FT percentage (.781).
Junior Darren Goodson also played a key role in Saturday's win. The 6'5" junior college transfer had his best game in a Kent State uniform scoring 16 points on 8-10 shooting after entering the game having scored just 12 points on the year.
Youngstown State has lost three straight following a three game winning streak to start the year that included a 68-56 win at Georgia. With 17.7 points per game, Kendrick Perry leads four players on the team averaging in double figures.
Radio
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Next Up For Kent State
The Golden Flashes return home to face Princeton on Saturday, December. 1 at 7:00 pm. The first 500 fans at the game will recieve a free t-shirt
Quick Flashes
• Senior guard Randal Holt needs six points to become the 29th player in school history to score 1,000 career points.
• Kent State has out scored all six opponents in second chance points this season averaging 18.5 points while allowing only 9.8 points per game
• Kent State is shooting 49.8 percent from the field in the last four games while averaging 79.5 points
• Kent State is 4-0 this season when Chris Evans leads the team in rebounding
• The Golden Flashes are averaging 41.0 points and shooting 46 percent in the second half this season. In the first half Kent State is averaging just 30.8 points
• Kellon Thomas & Chris Ortiz are the first set of Kent State freshmen to start the same game since the 2007-07 season (Rodriquez Sherman & Chris Singeltary)
Kent State - Youngstown State Series Notes
• Kent State leads the all-time series 26-16
• The Golden Flashes have won the last four meetings and nine of the last 11
• Last year was the first season since 2003-04 the teams didn't meet ending a six year string
• 10 of Youngstown's 16 wins in the series have come at home
