Kent State University
12-11 (6-4MAC)
Bowling Green
14-9 (5-5MAC)
De La Rosa and Walker both score 20, but Flashes fall at BGSU, 70-62
2/3/2018 7:50:00 PM | Men's Basketball
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Adonis De La Rosa and Jaylin Walker scored 20 points each on Saturday at Bowling Green, but that couldn't keep Kent State from watching a 19-point lead slip away in a 70-62 loss to the Falcons.
The Golden Flashes (12-11, 6-4) scored the game's first 11 points and held a commanding 29-10 lead after a layup by B.J. Duling with five minutes to go before halftime. A rocky finish to the first half set the stage for a second half dogfight.
Justin Turner led a Bowling Green run that pulled the Falcons (14-9, 5-5) to within seven points, 31-24, at the break. Turner matched De La Rosa and Walker's game-high 20 points - his final two coming on a jumper with 5:54 remaining to put BGSU on top for good at 54-53. The Flashes had led for 80 percent of the game until Turner's last score, which accounted for the day's only lead change.
Point guard Jalen Avery added 11 points to the Kent State cause with nine coming in the game's opening 10 minutes as the Golden Flashes appeared to be poised for a runaway. A win would have pushed the Flashes' winning streak to four games.
De La Rosa, Walker, and Danny Pippen shared Kent State's rebounding lead with six each. The Flashes suffered from turnovers, committing 15 against just seven assists on 23 made baskets.
Kent State returns to the M.A.C. Center on Tuesday to face Eastern Michigan in a 7 p.m. tip-off.
