Kent State University
Miami University (OH)
Flashes Travel for Last Regular Season Road Contest
2/28/2017 2:20:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Golden Flashes (17-11, 11-5) will travel to Miami (10-19, 4-12) for a 7 p.m. game on Wednesday.
With a win, Kent State will clinch the Mid-American Conference East Division and the No. 4 seed in next week's MAC Tournament, meaning a bye and automatic trip to Cleveland.
Coverage
• The game will be aired live on ESPN3
• Dave Wilson will have the call on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio and 640 AM WHLO
• Live stats will run at miamiredhawks.com
The Matchup
• Kent State is 44-42 all-time against Miami
• The Golden Flashes beat the RedHawks exactly a month earlier on February 1 by a score of 84-66
• Last season the two teams split as the Flashes won 59-53 at home but fell 55-52 on the road
• Miami was won seven of the last ten meetings
• The RedHawks' four conference wins this year came when they swept both Akron and Eastern Michigan
Records on the Line
• Numerous Kent State records have already been shattered by Larissa Lurken this season, but she is narrowing in on a national achievement
• The NCAA record for made free-throws in a single season is 275 set in 1982 and the record for attempts is 353 set in 1994
• Lurken currently has 239 made free throws on 284 attempts this year
• She is currently averaging 8.5 free throws made and 10.1 attempts
• Kent State's single season scoring record is 732 and scoring average is 21.5, both set by Bonnie Beachy during the 1980-81 season
• Lurken has 652 points this season, averaging 23.3 points per game
• Her 1,563 career points ranks 7th all-time
Statement Season
• With one more win in the regular season, Kent State will be crowned MAC East champs, the first time the Flashes have clinched that since 2004-05
• Another win will also give the team 18, matching the total from the last three seasons
• The team has already matched the conference win total from the last four seasons combined with 11
Looking Ahead
• The Flashes will play their final game of the regular season Saturday at 2 p.m. against Buffalo
• The team's five seniors will be recognized prior to the contest
• Currently, Kent State is in place to have the No. 4 seed in the MAC Tournament which means they will receive a bye and not play on Monday, March 4 in the first round
• If they drop to a lower seed they will host at the M.A.C. Center Monday night
• The second round of games will be played at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland starting Wednesday afternoon
• Ticket information for both Saturday's finale and the tournament can be found at kentstatesports.com or by calling 330-672-2244
