KENT STATE GAME NOTES
KENT, Ohio - The Kent State University men's basketball team will look to even its Mid-American Conference record against rival Ohio on Friday, January 12th at 7 p.m. in a nationally televised game on CBS Sports Network.
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Home: Kent State Golden Flashes - 7-9, 1-2 MAC
Visitor: Ohio Bobcats - 8-7, 1-2 MAC
Tip: Friday, Jan. 11, 2017 at 7 p.m.
Venue: M.A.C. Center, capacity - 6,327
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TV: CBS Sports Network |
Radio: WHLO/IHeart |
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- The Kent State University men's basketball team looks to even its Mid-American Conference record when it hosts the Ohio Bobcats in M.A.C. Center on Friday, January 12th at 7 p.m. Friday's game begins a stretch where KSU plays three of its next four games at home.
- The Golden Flashes dropped their last contest on the road to Miami, 80-69, on Tuesday night in Oxford. Kent State trailed Miami by 29 points with five minutes remaining in the first half, but cut it to eight in the last few minutes of the contest before running out of time. Kent State also suffered its largest halftime deficit of the year at 23 points.
- Junior center Adonis De La Rosa led Kent State with 16 points and tied for the lead in rebounding (7) along with sophomore forward Danny Pippen.
- Senior guard Kevin Zabo batted back from a scoreless first half to drop 11 second half points. He has scored in double figures in six consecutive games and nine of the last 10.
- When Kent State cut the deficit to eight points in the second half, the Flashes went on a 9-11 shooting stretch from the floor with Kevin Zabo scoring 7 points.
- Junior point guard Jalen Avery leads the nation in assist to turnover ratio at 7.11. Avery has not committed a turnover in 2018 and only has three turnovers in the last seven games.
- Sophomore forward Danny Pippen swatted two shots against the RedHawks and ranks seventh in the MAC with 1.4 blocks per game. Pippen has registered a blocked shot in all but two games this season.
- Head coach Rob Senderoff is 7-6 against Ohio since taking over the program in 2011-12.
- Kent State ranks sixth in the MAC in scoring defense (72.8) and in conference-only games is averaging 73.0 ppg which is also fifth in the league. The Golden Flashes are also the fourth-best free throw shooting team in the conference at 73.1%.
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