Kent State University
Eastern Michigan
Kent State Hosts Eastern Michigan Saturday Night for STO Game
2/1/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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The Game
Kent State will try to end a four-game losing streak on Saturday, Feb. 2, when Eastern Michigan visits the M.A.C. Center.
The Golden Flashes have not lost five games in a row since 2009 when they dropped neutral-site games to Illinois and Texas A&M in late November before opening December by falling at Kansas and at home to both Saint Mary's and Western Carolina.
Eastern Michigan hopes to end a streak of its own on Saturday. The Eagles have lost 16 consecutive games to Kent State dating back to Feb. 7, 1998 when Earl Boykins scored 30 points and Derrick Dial added 20 in their 79-74 victory in Kent.
The most recent opponent for both Kent State and Eastern Michigan is Northern Illionois. The Eagles handed the Huskies a 42-25 loss in Ypsilanti, Mich. last week. On Wednesday, Eastern Michigan's game at Ohio University was postponed while Kent State lost 67-65 at Northern Illinois.
Chris Evans continues to lead Kent State in both scoring (16.6) and rebounding (7.0). Derek Thompson is Eastern Michigan's top scorer at 11.2 per game. Da'Shonte Riley leads the Eagles in rebounding at 6.1 per game.
Saturday is a homecoming for Eastern Michigna head coach Rob Murphy and associate head coach Mike Brown. Murphy was an assistant coach at Kent State from 2002-04. Brown was director of basketball operations for the Golden Flashes in 2007-08.
Radio
640 AM / Golden Flashes iHeartRadio (Ty Linder)
TV
SportsTime Ohio (Michael Reghi and Dave Cecutti)NEXT UP FOR KENT STATEKent State visits Western Michigan on Feb. 6.
Quick Flashes
• Kent State's two seniors, Chris Evans (16.6 ppg)& Randal Holt (13.7 ppg), combine to average 30.3 points per game which accounts for 43.8 percent of the Golden Flashes' scoring and is the 3rd highest-scoring duo in the Mid-American Conference this season.
• Holt needs four three-pointers to tie TrevorHuffman as KSU's all-time leader (210).
• Evans is the only player to rank among the top10 in the MAC in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage, steals, and minutes played.
• Kent State holds a +3.9 advantage in pointsoff turnovers per game so far this season. The Flashes are averaging 17.7 points while allowing 13.8 points per game.
• The Flashes have received a boost from theirbench this season. They average 26.8 bench points in 11 wins this season, but are only getting 16.8 points per game from the bench in 10 losses.
• Against NIU, the Flashesconverted 26 points offturnovers, which is their 3rd-highest total of the season.
