Kent State University
University at Buffalo
Flashes Hit the Road to Face Buffalo Saturday Afternoon
2/3/2017 1:16:00โฏPM | Women's Basketball
Kent State (12-10, 6-4) will look to try to move itself further ahead in the Mid-American Conference rankings when the team travels for a big matchup with Buffalo (15-6, 5-5) on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m.
Coverage
โข Watch live on ESPN3
โข Dave Wilson will have the call on Golden Flashes iHeart Radio
โข Live stats will run at ubbulls.com
The Matchup
โข Kent State is 24-12 all-time against Buffalo
โข However, the Bulls have won the past nine meetings
โข Buffalo won 77-66 in Kent and 63-47 at home last season
โข The Flashes last beat the Bulls at home in 2012
โข After starting the season an impressive 10-1 in non-conference play, the Bulls now sit at 5-5 in MAC contests
โข Their losses have come at Ohio, at Central Michigan, against Toledo, against Ball State and at Toledo
โข The Bulls went 8-10 in conference play last season then got hot when it mattered as they took home the 2016 MAC Tournament Championship
โข Buffalo's storied season ended in a 88-69 loss to Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
Rewriting the Record Book
โข Larissa Lurken has already made herself a permanent fixture in the Kent State record book during her impressive senior season
โข After breaking into the 1,000 career scoring club, she currently ranks 13th in career scoring with 1,396 points
โข She shattered the three pointers made and attempted career records as she currently has 194 and 595, respectively
โข The former records in those categories were 160 makes and 510 attempts
โข Lurken currently ranks 8th in career free throws made and attemptes
โข Teammate Jordan Korinek is very close to joining with 1,000 career points as she is just 12 shy of the mark
โข Lurken also has some individual season records in view
โข The best scoring average for a season in Kent State history is 21.5 points per game achieved by Bonnie Beachy in 1980-81. Lurken is currently averaging 23.5
โข She needs just 55 more points to make the top ten in single season scoring
โข Her 171 free throws made sits at 5th most in a single season and 208 attempts ranks 5th also
Current MAC Standings
โข With just eight games remaining, it's not too early to take a look at the overall standings and MAC tournament seeding implications
โข The top four teams in the conference will receive a bye to Cleveland while seeds 5-8 will host seeds 9-12 at their home sites
โข The Golden Flashes hasn't been a top four seed since 2011
1. Northern Illinois (8-1)
2. Ball State (8-1)
3. Central Michigan (7-2)
4. Ohio (7-3)
5. Kent State (6-4)
6. Toledo (5-4)
ย ย ย Western Michigan (5-4)
8. Buffalo (5-5)
9. Akron (2-7)
10. Bowling Green (1-8)
ย ย ย Eastern Michigan (1-8)
ย ย ย Miami (1-8)
