Kent State University
Buffalo
Flashes Visit MAC East-Leading Buffalo Tuesday
11/4/2018 2:06:00 AM | Football
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Coming off its first Mid-American Conference win and its first road victory, Kent State looks to give Buffalo its first MAC loss of the season Tuesday night at UB Stadium on ESPNU. The Golden Flashes conclude their stretch of five straight East Division opponents in their second straight Tuesday night MACtion game.
FlashFast Facts
• The FlashFAST offense ranks 28th in the nation in first downs.
• In just his second career start, linebacker Dalton Hicks had a career-high 14 tackles.
• The Flashes defense held Bowling Green to 86 yards rushing on 39 attempts.Â
• Junior Jo-El Shaw had his second 3-touchdown gamme of the season and ran for 128 yards
• Sophomore Woody Barrett ranks 27th in the nation in completions per game (20.8).Â
• Senior linebacker Matt Bahr is one of 12 Wuerffel Trophy semifinalists and was a Campbell Trophy semifinalist.
• Following linebacker Kesean Gamble's first career interception at Bowling Green, the Flashes rank 22nd in the nation in turnovers gained.  They are 18th in fumbles recovered.
• In his last two games ago, sophomore linebacker Cepeda Phillips has made total 20 tackles, including 13 solo tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss.
• In two games, junior Derek Adams has four punts of 55 or more yards and two over 70 yards.
 • In first halves, KSU's defense has allowed just three points at Illinois, seven at Ole Miss, seven against Ohio and kept Howard scoreless.
• Kicker Matthew Trickett ranks 19th in the nation in field goal percentage.
• Junior safety Jamal Parker has six career interceptions including two this season.
• Kent State returned 11 players who have earned Academic All-MAC honors in their career and two MAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes.
All-Time Series
Buffalo leads Kent State 12-11 in the all-time series, as the road team has won each of the last eight meetings. Â The Flashes have won five of the last six games at UB Stadium. Â The last time the teams met in Buffalo in 2016, Nick Holley ran for 224 yards and four touchdowns, leading the Flashes to a 44-20 win. Â Last season, Emmanuel Reed ran for three touchdowns in the first half and totaled 144 yards for the game as the Bulls topped Kent State 27-13. Trey Harrell had 122 yards receiving and Kavious Price caught a 75-yard touchdown pass.
TV/Video/Radio
Tuesday's game game can be seen on ESPNU with Dave Lamont (play-by-play) and Ray Bentley (analyst). Â The game can be heard live on 640 AM WHLO and the free Golden Flashes Radio channel on iHeartRadio with a one-hour pregame show. Â Ty Linder handles the play-by-play duties and is joined by 10th-year color analyst Rob Polinsky. Â Jacob Pavilack will be on the sideline. Â By 2017, iHeartRadio reached over 100 million registered users.
Special Teams
In the last two games, the Flashes converted a fake punt for a first down against Akron and a fake field goal at Bowling Green. Â Both led to points.
In a span of three games, Kent State's special teams blocked a punt (Howard), recovered an on-side kick (Penn State) and blocked a field goal (Ole Miss). Â
Adams ReturnsÂ
Junior all-conference punter Derek Adams missed the first seven games of the season with a hip injury, but looked like his old self against Akron. Â Adams was named MAC East Special Teams Player of the Week and MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week after launching punts of 77 and 73 yards against Akron. Â His 77-yard boot tied for the third longest in program history and none of his eight punts were returned. Â In each of his two games, Adams has placed four punts inside the 20.
Capitalizing in Redzone
The Flashes scored touchdowns all four of its redzone trips at Bowling Green. Â In its first win against Howard, Kent State scored five touchdowns and one field goal on six trips to the redzone. Â On the year, the Flashes have scored on 90 percent of their trips to the redzone, ranking 27th in the nation.
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