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1/24/2020 10:22:00 PM | Men's Basketball
BUFFALO, NY- Junior Danny Pippen scored Kent State's final nine points, including a banked-in three and six consecutive free throws in the final minutes as the Golden Flashes came from behind to end their three-game slide with a 70-66 win at Buffalo on Friday night.
Kent State improves to 14-6 overall and 4-3 in conference play.
Pippen scored a game-high 20 points on 6-of-13 from the floor and 2-of-7 from 3-point range. Pippen was perfect from the charity stripe going 6-of-6.
Senior Troy Simons added 16 points, while sophomore Anthony Roberts scored nine. Senior CJ Williamson had a productive night on the boards grabbing a team-high nine and had four steals.
KSU and Buffalo traded the lead twice inside the five-minute mark of the first half, but the Golden Flashes closed the first half on a 13-4 run, including a buzzer-beater from senior Mitch Peterson, en route to a 33-26 lead.
UB cut Kent State's lead to three points in the first four minutes of the second half and tied the game at 41 just before a timeout at 15:18. The Golden Flashes forced the Bulls to call a timeout after Simons hit back-to-back shots, including a three-pointer, that opened KSU's lead to 53-47.
KSU took its largest lead of the game, 58-50, with 6:55 remaining, but a 10-0 run by the Bulls gave them a 60-58 lead, their first of the half, with 4:23 left. Pippen gave the Flashes a 64-61 from hitting two three-pointers and sealed the victory hitting his six free throws in the final minute.
The Flashes are back on the road as they look to sweep Toledo on Tuesday night at Savage Arena at 7 p.m.
