Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas – Super Bowl
The Kent State Golden Flashes and Buffalo Bulls will face off Friday at Alumni Arena. Tip-off from Buffalo, NY, is at 6:00 p.m. ET. Kent State is a four-point spread favorite and the game total is 151 points.
Kent St., 19-5 SU and 15-7 ATS, beat Bowling Green 87-64 on Tuesday. The Golden Flashes are 3-2 in their past five and 9-2 in Mid-American Conference competition.
Buffalo, 12-12 SU and 12-9-1 ATS, beat Eastern Michigan 102-97 on Tuesday. The Bulls are 3-2 in their past five and 6-5 in MAC play.
Kent State beat Buffalo 78-64 on Jan. 27. The Golden Flashes held the Bulls to 33.3 percent shooting and 24.1 percent from three. The Bulls also committed 15 turnovers. Kent State leads the series 33-22.
Kent State is in a three-way tie atop the MAC with seven regular season games remaining. Can the Golden Flashes cross the finish line first?
Kent State bounced back from a loss to Akron with a dominating win over Bowling Green. The Golden Flashes led 34-29 at the half and exploded for 53 second-half points en route to a 23-point victory. Kent State outrebounded Bowling Green 42-23, collecting 15 offensive rebounds, and recorded 17 assists on 31 made field goals (53.4 FG%).
One more look at that win last night ????#KentStMBB x #Team107 pic.twitter.com/kM8Hu8TPwW
— Kent State Men's Basketball (@KentStMBB) February 9, 2023
The Golden Flashes score 75.1 points per game (105th) and shoot 44.5 percent from the field (186th), including 33.2 percent from three (240th). They convert 72.7 percent of their free-throw attempts (142nd) and average 32.2 rebounds (164th) with a +0.6 rebounding margin. Kent State is 149th in schedule-adjusted offensive efficiency and 202nd in effective field goal percentage (50.1%).
Senior guard Sincere Carry leads KSU in scoring this season. He averages 16.8 points on 40.6 percent shooting and adds 5.0 assists and 1.7 steals per game. Other Golden Flashes to watch are senior guard Malique Jacobs (12.4 PPG, 4.9 RPG, and 3.5 APG), senior forward Miryne Thomas (10.8 PPG and 5.5 RPG), and sophomore guard Jalen Sullinger (8.5 PPG, 47.5 3PT%).
Kent State gives up 64.1 points per game on defense (43rd), and its opponents shoot 39.5 percent from the floor (17th), including 32.0 percent from behind the arc (91st). It's 36th in adjusted defensive efficiency, 148th in adjusted tempo, and 126th in assist-per-turnover ratio.
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