Kent State University
Bradley University
Flashes Take to the Road to Face Bradley Tuesday Night
12/7/2015 6:51:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Kent State (3-4) hits the road for the second time this season as it travels to Bradley (3-4) for an 8 p.m. EST contest on Tuesday night.
Coverage
• ESPN3 will air the game courtesy of Bradley
• Live stats will be available at bradleybraves.com
• Dave Wilson will have the play-by-play on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio and 640 AM WHLO
The Matchup
• This will be the first meeting between the two programs
• Bradley is 3-4 this season with wins over Detroit, Eureka and Chicago State. They fell this season to Bowling Green, Oklahoma, Western Michigan and Illinois-Chicago
• The Braves are averaging 63.1 points this year with 38.6 rebounds
• They are led by Anneke Schlueter who is scoring 12.4 points per game
• Leti Lerma leads the team in rebounding with 7.3 a game
#VictorGame Recap
• Kent State posted a 75-54 victory on its #VictorGame this past Saturday
• The game was sponsored by Akron General Hospital and was a way to honor those who have courageously fought cancer
• The Golden Flashes' all-time leading scorer Bonnie Beachy, a cancer fighter herself, served as the honorary coach and was lauded doing the game
• A strong defensive effort led Kent State to the win as they forced 34 turnovers out of foe North Dakota State with the help of 20 steals
• Jordan Korinek was the high-scorer in the contest with 27 points and seven rebounds
• Tyra James and Larissa Lurken each had 15 points
• Naddiyah Cross finished with ten points and a team-high eight assists
Conference Season Closing In
• With three more games left on the non-conference schedule, Kent State is nearing Mid-American Conference play
• The Golden Flashes were picked to finish in a tie for 5th place in the East Division in the preseason coaches poll, tied with Buffalo
• The Bulls currently lead the East at 6-2 while Kent State is tied with Akron in 5th place at 3-4 overall
• Ball State and Western Michigan currently lead the West Division at 5-2
• The Golden Flashes begin MAC play on January 2nd at Central Michigan
• Kent State currently leads the MAC in steals while it ranks 5th in free-throw percentage, 4th in three-point field goal defense, 5th in assists and it has the 2nd-best turnover margin
A Strong Start
• At 3-4, Kent State is off to its best start in the Danielle O'Banion era
• The team had three wins by December 4th during the 2013-14 season, but had five losses at that time
• The last time the Golden Flashes had a better winning percentage seven games into the season was in 2010-11 when the team won its first six games en route to a 20-10 overall record and 2nd place MAC East finish
