Kent State University
Northern Illinois University
Annual Play4Kay Game Set for Saturday
2/12/2015 5:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Kent State will host its annual Play 4 Kay breast cancer awareness game on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. when the visiting Northern Illinois Huskies make the trek to the M.A.C. Center. The Golden Flashes are 3-19, 1-10 in the conference whereas the Huskies are 10-11 on the season and 6-5 in MAC play.
Fans who wear pink to the game can purchase a ticket for just $3. The first 250 students through the doors will get a free t-shirt.
The team asks that all cancer survivors or those currently battling the disease make their way to the court at halftime to take a victory photo.
Coverage
•Live video and live stats will be available at kentstatesports.com
• Dave Wilson will have the call on 640AM WHLO and Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
The Matchup
• Kent State is 18-13 all-time against Northern Illinois
• The Huskies have won the last four meetings, including a 65-43 victory last season in Dekalb
• In the game earlier this year, NIU beat Kent State 66-49
• Prior to that, the Golden Flashes won four straight meetings and seven of ten spanning from 2004-2011
Two Televised Games on Tap
• The Golden Flashes will play in two televised games in the final six games of the regular season
• Wednesday, Feb. 18th's game at Buffalo will be on ESPN3
• The rivalry rematch with Akron at the M.A.C. Center will be aired on Time Warner Cable Sports Channel locally and ESPN3 nationally
True MACtion
• The final weeks of the conference season will be a tight race to earn a high seed for the conference tournament
• Ohio is the No. 1 seed runaway at 10-1. Two teams have eight wins
• Entering the weekend, four teams sit at 6-5 in conference play.
