KENT STATE GAME NOTES
KENT, Ohio - The Kent State University men's basketball team hosts Bowling Green on Saturday, February 24th at 6 p.m. and looks to get back to its winning ways. The Falcons got the better of the Golden Flashes in this season's earlier matchup at the Stroh Center, 70-62. Saturday's game will be broadcast nationally on CBS Sports Network and can be heard on the Kent State IMG Sports Network.
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Home: Kent State Golden Flashes - 13-15, 7-8 MAC
Visitor: Bowling Green Falcons - 16-12, 7-8 MAC
Tip: Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 at 6 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 men's basketball team squares off against Bowling Green on Saturday, February 24 at 6 p.m. and will be nationally televised on CBS Sports Network.
- Kent State is 73-87 all-time against the Falcons. The Flashes are 43-33 at home against BGSU.
- Head coach Rob Senderoff is 7-7 against the Falcons since taking over the program in 2011-12.
- Kent State dropped its last contest on the road to Ohio, 88-76, on Tuesday night. The Golden Flashes have struggled to win road contests in MAC play with its sole road win at CMU (Jan. 27).
- The Flashes forced Ohio to commit 11 turnovers and led in points off turnovers, 17-7.
- Kent State was 31-of-69 from the floor (44.9%) but struggled from three-point land (6-of-25, 24%).
- The Flashes allowed 47 first half Ohio points, the second most KSU has allowed this season. Miami scored 48 in the first half in KSU's second MAC road game of the season (Jan. 9).
- KSU had four players in double figures, Adonis De La Rosa leading the charge with 13 points. Jaylin Walker, Desmond Ridenour and Kevin Zabo each scored 12.
- Ridenour matched his season-high with 12 points. The senior was near perfect from the floor shooting 5-of-6 from the floor and 2-of-3 from three in 16 minutes off the bench.
- Freshman forward BJ Duling scored eight points off the bench and has scored over seven points in the last three games. He matched his career-high with 13 points against Akron last week.
- Walker leads the team in scoring (17.4 ppg) and scored in double-figures for the 12th consecutive game dropping 12 against Ohio. He has 1,142 career points which is 20th in program history. Walker has made at least one three in every game this season and ranks sixth in threes (191) in school history.
- Kent State ranks sixth in the MAC in scoring defense (74.2). The Flashes are the third best free throw shooting team in the conference (73.6).
- The Flashes are third in the MAC in offensive rebounds per game (11.3).
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