Kent State University
Eastern Michigan University
No. 11 Kent State Travels to No. 6 Eastern Michigan for First Round Tournament Action
3/8/2015 12:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball
No. 11 Kent State will travel to No. 6 Eastern Michigan Monday night for the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament. Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m.
The winner will advance to face either No. 7 Toledo or No. 11 Miami Wednesday afternoon at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
Coverage
• A live video feed will be available at emueagles.com
• Live stats will be available at sidearmstats.com/emu/wbball
• Dave Wilson will have the call on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
The Matchup
• Kent State is 34-24 all-time against Eastern Michigan
• The Eagles won 70-53 in Kent in the teams' only meeting this season
• Eastern Michigan won 88-70 on the road and 65-57 at home
• The Eagles have won the last eight matchups dating back to 2010
First Round MACtion
Game 1: No. 12 Bowling Green at No. 5 Western Michigan, 5:30 p.m.
Game 2: No. 9 Central Michigan at No. 8 Northern Illinois, 6:30 p.m.
Game 3: No. 11 Kent State at No. 6 Eastern Michigan, 5:00 p.m.
Game 4: No. 10 Miami at No. 7 Toledo, 7:00 p.m.
Flashes' MAC Tournament History
• Kent State is looking for its first win in the MAC Tournament since March 10, 2010 when it beat Central Michigan in Cleveland in the quarterfinals, 68-55
• The Golden Flashes last reached the tournament final in 2006 where they lost to Bowling Green 64-39
• Kent State's last MAC Tournament championship was in 2002 when they beat Ball State 73-59 as the No. 1 seed after a 13-3, first-place regular conference season
For full tournament coverage visit the Tournament Central page on kentstatesports.com or mac-sports.com
