KENT STATE GAME NOTES
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Kent State University men's basketball team advances to the MAC Tournament Semifinals on Friday, March 9 at 7 p.m. against the Buffalo Bulls. Kent State defeated the #12 seed Northern Illinois and #4 seed Ball State to advance in this year's tournament. The Golden Flashes are looking to repeat as tournament champions and earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year. The game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and the Kent Stats IMG Sports Network.
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Home: #1 Buffalo Bulls - 24-8, 15-3 MAC
Visitor: #5 Kent State Golden Flashes - 17-16, 9-9 MAC
Tip: Friday, Mar. 9, 2018 at 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Quicken Loans Arena, capacity - 20,562
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TV: CBS Sports Network |
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- The Kent State men's basketball team returns to Cleveland to defend last year's tounament championship. The Golden Flashes are the five seed and will take on the one seed, Buffalo, in the MAC Tournament Semifinals on Friday, March 10th at Quicken Loans Arena.
- The Golden Flashes won their sixth straight MAC Tournament game on Thursday afternoon, defeating Ball State 76-73. Kent State played sound defense down the stretch holding the Cardinals to just 33% shooting in the second half.
- Adonis De La Rosa scored 13 of his 17 points from the free throw line and grabbed 10 boards.
- Sophomore forward Danny Pippen continued his dominance on the defensive end of the floor. He rejected two BSU shots and has 53 blocks this season, tied for fourth most in program history.
- The Flashes had more assists than turnovers for the second straight game.
- Kent State's win over BSU improved head coach Rob Senderoff's record to 67-38 in overtime games or games decided by five points or fewer, the Flashes are 9-2 those games this year. Senderoff also became the second winningest head coach in program history. He passed Jim Christian (138) and is chasing after Jim McDonald (148) for the most in school history.
- The Golden Flashes have a 40-29 (57% winning percentage) all-time record in the MAC Tournament.
- Kent State leads the all-time series against Buffalo, 32-16. The two teams split the season series. KSU is 19-10 in the third game of a split regular season series in the MAC Tournament since 2001-02.
The Golden Flashes are 12-5 all-time in the semifinals and are 8-3 since 2000.
- Jaylin Walker leads the team in scoring (16.8 ppg) and scored has scored in double-digits 16 of the last 17 games. He has 1,210 career points which is 18th in program history. He also ranks sixth in threes (196) in school history. Walker was named to the All-MAC Third Team.
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