KENT STATE GAME NOTES
KENT, Ohio - The Kent State University men's basketball team will face rival Akron on Friday, March 2 at 7 p.m. at the James A. Rhodes Health and Physical Education Building. The Golden Flashes are attempting to sweep the season series with the Zips for the first time since 2010. The game can be watched on ESPN3 and heard on the Kent State IMG Sports Network.
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Home: Akron Zips - 12-17, 5-12 MAC
Visitor: Kent State Golden Flashes - 15-15, 9-8 MAC
Tip: Friday, Mar. 2, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
Venue: James A. Rhodes Health and Physical Education Building, capacity - 5,500
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TV: ESPN3 |
Radio: WHLO/IHeart |
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- The Kent State men's basketball team plays its regular season finale on the road on Friday, Mar. 2 against arch-rival Akron at 7 p.m.
- Kent State has a chance at a top-four seed and a MAC Tournament first round bye. The Golden Flashes must defeat Akron and Ball State has to lose on the road to Northern Illinois for KSU to have a possibility at a bye. It also depends on how Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan finish.
- Kent State has a 76-73 record against the Zips and are 24-40 on the road.
- The Golden Flashes are going for their first regular season sweep of Akron since 2010.
- Head coach Rob Senderoff is 7-10 against the Zips since taking over the program in 2011-12.
- This is the second meeting against Akron this season, with Kent State taking the first matchup, 78-68. The win propelled the Flashes to win three of their last four games.
- The Flashes are coming off a thrilling 90-83 overtime win over Miami at home. KSU was down by six with 1:39 left in regulation and stormed back to force OT and outscored Miami 15-8 in the overtime period.
- Kent State had five players in double-figures for the second consecutive game.
- Sophomore forward Danny Pippen put up a monster game against Miami, scoring 17 points and grabbing a career-high 18 rebounds. He also had a block that helped the game go to OT.
- Jaylin Walker scored a season-high 27 points in the last meeting against the Zips. As a team Kent State drilled 10 threes for the fifth time this year, and are 5-0 when doing so.
- Walker leads the team in scoring (17.0 ppg) and scored in double-digits for the 14th consecutive game, dropping 15 against Miami. He has 1,167 career points which is 20th in program history. He also ranks sixth in threes (193) in school history.
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