Kent State University
Xavier
Kent State Travels To Xavier On Sunday
12/7/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Complete Notes (.PDF)
The Game
Kent State (5-4) travels across the state to Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon to face Xavier (6-2) in a 4:00 pm contest that can been seen on Fox Sports Ohio. The Golden Flashes are looking to snap a two game losing streak following a 76-60 loss at Bucknell on Tuesday night.
After entering Tuesday's game averaging a combined 33.2 points per game, Bucknell limited Kent State's senior duo of Chris Evans (five points) and Randal Holt (six points) to a season low 11 points. The duo is key to the Golden Flashes success having accounted for 43 percent of the offensive production this year.
A pair of underclassmen looking to proved the Golden Flashes with some scoring punch are sophomores Kris Brewer and Devareaux Manley. Brewer had 10 points at Bucknell and is averaging 9.5 points in the last two games while Manley added a team best 15 points in the loss. Manley, who was 3-5 from three in the game, is shooting 50 percent (9-18) from beyond the arc this season.
Xavier is coming off a 66-64 overtime loss to Vanderbilt on Thursday that snapped a three game winning streak for the Musketeers. Freshman Semaj Christon leads the team in scoring (15.4 ppg.), assists (6.0 apg.) and steals (1.3 spg).
TV / Radio
Fox Sports Ohio (Brad Johansen and Steve Wolf)
640 AM / Golden Flashes iHeartRadio (Ty Linder)
Next Up For Kent State
The Golden Flashes take next week off for finals. Kent State kicks off a three game home stand on Dec. 20 vs Saint Francis (Pa.)
Quick Flashes
• Randal Holt needs four three pointers to move into a tie for 4th all-time at Kent State with 2012 Olympian Nate Reinking at 180 threes.
• Chris Evans leds Kent State in points (16.7 ppg), rebounds (7.2 rpg), steals (2.4 spg) and blocked shots (0.8 bpg)
• Kent State has held the advantage in points off turnovers in each of the last seven games and have had fewer turnovers in all seven games as well
• The Golden Flashes force an average of 15.9 turnovers a game turning them into an average of 18.7 points per game
• Kent State has trailed at halftime in eight of the nine games this season, but has comeback to win four of the eight games
• The Golden Flashes are 16-3 under Rob Senderoff when leading at halftime
• Melvin Tabb leads the team with four drawn charges this season
