Kent State University
Ohio
Final Week Of Regular Season Starts on Wednesday As Kent State Welcomes Ohio
2/28/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Complete Notes (.PDF)
The Game
Kent State (19-9; 9-5 MAC) returns home for the final two regular season games this week looking to secure one of the top four seeds and guarantee a bye to at least the quarterfinals in the upcoming MAC Tournament. The Golden Flashes quest begins on Wednesday night at 7:00 pm against Ohio (23-6; 10-4 MAC).
Kent State begins Wednesday night in fourth place in the Mid-American Conference East Division and overall standings one game back of Ohio and Buffalo for second overall and one game ahead of Bowling Green and West Division leader Eastern Michigan.
A perfect 6-0 against MAC opponents at home this season, the Golden Flashes are looking to end a three game losing streak that includes a 74-58 road loss at Bowling Green on Saturday.
Averaging a team best 15.9 points per game in league play, senior forward Justin Greene achieved another career milestone last time out as he moved into second place on Kent State's all-time rebounding list. Greene, who is averaging a point more per game vs MAC opponents this year (15.9) compared to last (14.9), also moved up to seventh on the Golden Flashes career scoring list.
Senior guard Carlton Guyton meanwhile had a team high 17 points vs Bowling Green and is averaging 13.7 points over the last seven games.
Ohio has won four straight including an 85-61 win over Akron on Sunday. The Bobcats' D.J. Cooper had 11 points & 10 assists in the win and leads the team with 13.8 points and 5.7 assists on the year
TV / Radio
SportsTime Ohio (Michael Reghi & Steve Mix)
WNIR 100.1 FM (Ty Linder)
Next Up For Kent State
Kent State closes out the regular season against Akron on Friday. Game time is 7:00 pm and can been seen on ESPN2.
Quick Flashes
• Kent State can secure a bye into the MAC Tournament quarterfinals with a win
• Kent State needs one victory to become one of just eight teams in the nation to have posted at least 13 20-win seasons in the last 14 years
• A win would also grant Kent State a 14th consecutive season with 10+ league wins. Kansas, Creighton & Gonzaga are the only other teams in the nation to have done so.
• MAC East teams are 36-5 at home in conference play this season
• Kent State leads the league averaging 72.3 points per game during MAC play
• The Golden Flashes are also shooting a league best 39 percent from three and 48 percent from the field in conference games
• Kent State has shot better than 40 percent from the field in all 19 wins this season.
Kent State - Ohio Series Notes
• Ohio has won three of the last 4 meetings and leads the all-time series which dates back to the 1930-31 season, 89-43
• Kent State is has 29 home wins in the series, but lost 88-87 in overtime to the Bobcats in the MAC Center last year
