Kent State University
Norfolk State
Men’s Hoops Back Home For Matchup Against Norfolk State
11/30/2018 3:32:00 PM | Men's Basketball
KENT,Ohio- The Kent State University men's basketball team (6-1) are back home for a matchup against Norfolk State (4-5) on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 4 p.m. at the M.A.C. Center
THE GAME
Kent State (6-1) vs. Norfolk State (4-5)
Saturday, Dec. 1 | 4 PM |M.A.C. Center
BROADCAST
TV: ESPN+, Ty Linder (pbp) and Tanner Castora (color)
RADIO: Kent State-IMG Sports Network, Jacob Pavilack (pbp), WHLO 640 AM (flagship), iHeart Radio
NORFOLK STATE HEAD COACH
Robert Jones
Record at Norfolk State: 91-87 (6th season)
KENT STATE HEAD COACH
Record at Kent State: 145-98 (8th Season)
ALL-TIME SERIES
Kent State leads the all-time series at 2-0
The last meeting between the two teams was last season, Nov. 29, 2017
Kent State won 79-70
FLASH FACTS
- Kent State is coming off a 76-72 win over Detroit Mercy and is 6-1 overall on the season. Kent State overcame a 70-62 deficit with 1:36 to play and claimed its fourth-straight victory.
- Kent State is just 1-of-6 teams in the nation that has a perfect record on the road (3-0) when playing three or more true road games.
- Jaylin Walker scored a career-high 36 points, the most a Golden Flash has scored since Nate Reinking who scored 38 against Eastern Michigan (Feb. 24, 1996). Antonio Williams dropped 13 points in the game while bringing down five rebounds, and dishing out four assists. Jalen Avery led the game with five assists.
-Through seven games, Kent State has four players who are averaging over 10 points a game, led by Jayline who averages 29.0 ppg. Jalen Avery is averaging 15.9ppg, Antonio Williams averaging 14.0, CJ Williamson with 12.1 ppg. Avery has scored double digits in six of the seven games.
- Philip Whittington has led the team's rebounding in six of the last seven games this season and is averaging 7.9rebounds per game.
- This is the third time the two teams have met with the Flashes leading the all-time series, 2-0. The two teams met last season with Kent State coming away with a 79-70 victory.
- The Spartans enter the game 4-5 after a 94-89 double-overtime win over Hampton.
Senior Jordan Butler, who kept NSU ahead by making eight straight free throws in the last six minutes of regulation finished with 17 points, nine rebounds and five blocks, making a career-best 13-of-14 from the foul line.
- Norfolk State has two players averaging double-digit scoring. Nic Thomas who averages
14.6 per game and Steven Whitley averaging 10.5 points per game. Butler leads the team with
49 boards and averages 5.4 per game.
-Norfolk State averages 75.2 points per game after shooting 230-537 (42.8 percent) from the field and 63-195 (32.3 percent) from beyond the arc.
- Robert Jones is in his sixth season at Detroit Mercy.
