Kent State University
Detroit
First Road Game Up Next for Women's Basketball on Monday
11/20/2016 9:51:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Women's basketball (2-1) will face its first road contest of the season Monday as it travels to Detroit (1-2) for a 7 p.m. game
Coverage
• Dave Wilson will have the call on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
• The game will air live on ESPN3
• Live stats will be available at detroittitans.com
The Matchup
• Kent State is 2-4 against Detroit all-time
• The teams met 1982-1987
• The Golden Flashes won the last meeting 65-61 at home in December 1987
• They lost all three matches historically played in Detroit against the Titans
• Detroit is coming off a 70-60 road loss to Bradley, who the Flashes beat by 25 points in their season-opener
• The Titans are averaging 77.0 points and 45.3 rebounds per game this season
• Their top scorer is Rosanna Reynolds who is averaging 20.7 points per game
• Kelsey Mitchell leads the team in rebounds with an average of 9.3
Last Time Out
• Kent State is coming off a 68-65 overtime loss to Robert Morris
• The Golden Flashes never led once in the game and overcame a 15-point deficit by scoring five points in the last 27 seconds of regulation to tie the game at 60 and send it to overtime
• Larissa Lurken had her second-straight double-double with 32 points and 12 assists
• Kent State started the season 2-0 for the first time since 2010-11
• The Golden Flashes' 25-point victory in the season-opener was the biggest win for the program since December 2010
Readying the Record Book
• Larissa Lurken has 992 career points, closing in on being the 20th women's basketball player in Kent State history to reach the 1,000 career mark
• She is 27 three-point attempts away from being Kent State's career leader in that category
• Lurken also needs just six more made three-pointers to sink the more in Golden Flashes history
• She is averaging 27.0 points per game so far this season and is 7-for-17 from beyond the arc
Gulf Coast Showcase
• Both the men's and women's basketball teams will be competing at the Gulf Coast Showcase this week in Estero, Florida
• The event will take place November 21-27 at Germain Arena
• Tickets for the tournament and more information can be found at kentstatesports.com
• The women will start on Friday with an 11 a.m. game against Baylor and will follow that with games on Saturday and Sunday
