KENT STATE GAME NOTES
KENT, Ohio - The Kent State University men's basketball team will face MAC East Division rival Ohio on Tuesday, January 20 at 7 p.m. in the Convocation Center in Athens. The Golden Flashes already defeated Ohio, 70-69, earlier this season and will try to record their second MAC road win of the season. The game can be watched on ESPN3 and heard on the Kent State IMG Sports Network.
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Home: Ohio Bobcats - 11-15, 4-10 MAC
Visitor: Kent State Golden Flashes - 13-14, 7-7 MAC
Tip: Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Convocation Center, capacity - 13,080
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TV: ESPN3 |
Radio: WHLO/IHeart |
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- The Kent State men's basketball team takes on MAC East Division foe Ohio, on Tuesday, February 20 at 7 p.m. at the Convocation Center in Athens.
- Kent State is 51-94 all time against Ohio and 12-54 at Ohio.
- Head coach Rob Senderoff is 8-6 against the Bobcats since taking over the program in 2011-12.
- Kent State snapped its four game losing skid by beating rival Akron at home on Saturday, 78-68.
- The Golden Flashes are 3-3 against teams from the MAC East this season.
- Junior point guard Jaylen Avery scored 16 points against the Zips, all in the last five minutes of the second half. He hit a three to pull KSU with in one point with 4:47 left. Avery performed well in the second half for the second game in a row after dropping 14 points against the Bulls.
- Freshman forward BJ Duling came off the bench and scored 13 points and grabbed four boards. It is the most points scored by a Kent State freshman against the Zips in this century.
- Jaylin Walker scored a season-high 27 points against Akron and drilled seven threes to tie his career-high. It's the most points scored by a Golden Flash this year.
- Walker leads the team in scoring (17.6 ppg) and scored in double-figures for the 11th consecutive game. He has 1,130 career points which is 20th in program history. Walker has made at least one three in every game this season and ranks 6th in threes (190) in school history.
- Kevin Zabo, Kent State's second leading scorer, was held to just four points against the Zips. Earlier this week Zabo scored 17 points on the road against Buffalo.
- Kent State ranks sixth in the MAC in scoring defense (73.7) and in conference-only games is averaging 73.1 ppg. The Golden Flashes are also the seventh-best shooting team in conference games, shooting 43.4%.
- Kent State is holding opponents to 33.8% from three-point distance, which is fifth in the MAC.
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