KENT STATE GAME NOTES
KENT, Ohio - The Kent State University men's basketball team hits the road on Friday, Feb. 9 against Ball State at 9:00 p.m. The Golden Flashes will try and halt their two game losing skid and make it 15 straight wins against the Cardinals. The game can be watched on ESPNU and heard on the Kent State IMG Sports Network.
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Home: Ball State Cardinals - 15-9, 6-5 MAC
Visitor: Kent State Golden Flashes - 12-12, 6-5 MAC
Tip: Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 at 9:00 p.m.
Venue: Worthen Arena, capacity - 11,500
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TV: ESPNU |
Radio: WHLO/IHeart |
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- The Kent State men's basketball team takes on Ball State for the second time this year when it travels to Muncie on Friday, Feb. 9th for a 9 p.m. nationally televised contest with the Cardinals.
- Kent State has a 44-38 record all time against Ball State and has won the last 15 in the series.
- Head coach Rob Senderoff is 8-0 against the Cardinals since taking over the program in 2011-12.
- The Flashes begin a two-game road swing in Muncie before taking on Buffalo on Tuesday. It is the lone two-game roadtrip the Kent State has on its MAC slate.
- The Flashes are 4-4 against MAC West opponents this season.
- Kent State fell at home to Eastern Michigan, 71-67, in its last game at home on Tuesday. It was the first time the Eagles won in Kent since 1998.
- KSU has lost two games in a row for the first time since Dec. 18 and 21 against Wright State and Northeastern, both top 100 RPI teams.
- The Flashes committed 19 turnovers against EMU, the most against any team in the MAC and the most since making 24 miscues against Wright State.
- Sophomore forward Danny Pippen tallied his fourth double-double with 13 points and 10 boards.
- Junior guard Jaylin Walker leads the team in scoring (17.4 ppg) and scored in double-figures for the eighth consecutive game. He has 1,073 career points which is 25th in program history. - Jaylin Walker has made at least one three in every game this season and ranks 7th in threes (179) in school history.
- Kent State ranks fifth in the MAC in scoring defense (73.0) and in conference-only games is averaging 73.3 ppg which is fifth in the league. The Golden Flashes are also the sixth-best shooting team in conference games, shooting 44.1%.
- Kent State is holding opponents to 33.3% from three-point distance which is second in the MAC.
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