Kent State University
Ohio University
Flashes Face First East Division Foe at Ohio
1/13/2017 9:37:00โฏAM | Women's Basketball
Kent State (7-9, 1-3) will play its first Mid-American Conference East Division game this Saturday as they take on division-favorite Ohio (12-3, 3-1) on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Coverage
โข The game will air live on ESPN3
โข Dave Wilson will have the call on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
โข Live stats will be available HERE
The Matchup
โข Kent State is 51-28 all-time against Ohio
โข The Bobcats have won the last four meetings, including a 86-52 victory at home and 93-54 win in Kent last season
โข The Flashes last won in March 2014 on the road in a 69-64 game
โข Ohio was picked to win the East in the preseason coaches poll and received votes to take both the regular season and tournament titles
โข They opened up the conference season with wins against Bowling Green and Buffalo before falling on the road at Northern Illinois, 88-80
โข Most recently, the Bobcats defeated the Zips 85-69 on Wednesday in Akron
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On the Upswing
โข With one more win this season, Kent State will have more wins than the team accomplished in the past five seasons
โข The team finished 6-23 in 2016, 5-25 in 2015, 7-23 in 2014, 3-27 in 2013 and 6-21 in 2012
โข The most MAC wins in any of the last five seasons was five in 2011-12
โข The Golden Flashes are very close to have already surpassed the total as they lost a close one-point game on Wednesday and have battled two teams to overtime this season
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Triple Threat
โข The trio of Larissa Lurken, Jordan Korinek and McKenna Stephens have put together strong games in the last two outings
โข All three recorded double-doubles in the win against Eastern Michigan last Saturday
โข Lurken, the MAC's leader in scoring, is on a hot pace, averaging 29.5 points in the last two outings while recording 16 rebounds, nine assists, three blocks and three steals
โข Korinek reached her season high in scoring her last game out and averages nearly a double-double with 23.5 points and 9.5 rebounds this past week
โข Stephens similarly averaged close to a double-double against EMU and NIU with 15.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game
Events Coming Up
โข The Flashes' next home game, Saturday, January 21, will be a doubleheader with the men's team as both take on Toledo
โข A reveal of a brand new gameday experience at the M.A.C. Center will take place before the men's game and will include words from President Warren
โข Saturday, February 18 will be the annual Play4Kay game at the M.A.C. Center as the teams will don pink to support breast cancer research
โข More information on that game and ways fans can get involved will be upcoming
โข Tickets can be purchased at kentstatesports.com or by calling 330-672-2244
