OVERTIME
SECOND HALF
FIRST HALF
PREGAME
The Flashes out-scored Northern Illinois 15-6 in overtime to steal a 73-64 victory over Northern Illinois.
Kris Brewer finished with 25 points and took the game over after being a non-factor in most of the first 30 minutes of tonight's game.
Shocking comeback with so many Flashes in foul trouble.
We are racing to catch the team bus, so check out www.kentstatesports.com for the game story.
SECOND HALF
END OF REGULATION ... Tied at 58-58.
Huskies inbounded with 29.8 seconds to play and couldn't get off a shot before the violation.
With 1.3 to play, Brewer's heave at the buzzer didn't go...
Overtime ... and it took a miracle to get here.
0:43 ... Officials change the call ... replay shows ball off of Bolin's foot
And Manley takes advantage with a 3-pointer ...
Now need a stop with 35 seconds! And a Huskies timeout.
0:43 ... Brewer loses the ball out of bounds. Flashes wanted a block on Bolin, but Brewer just lost the ball into the Kent State bench.
0:48 ... Huskies have just one field goal in the last 14-plus minutes...
Everything coming from the foul line for Northern Illinois, and yet they lead 58-55 ...
Kent State with the ball coming out of this timeout.
3:33 ... Huskies last field goal was at the 15-minute mark.... just ended on a Bolin three...
Huskies lead 55-54.
One of the worst three-point shooting teams in the country gets one when they have to.
6:13 ... Goodson gets into the middle and sets Jackson up for a three-pointer to cut the Northern lead to 52-49 ... then the Flashes force a turnover.
Kent State somehow in this game despite pretty much everyone in foul trouble.
7:59 ... A great finish at the rim by Brewer has cut Huskies lead to 51-44 ... but of course that was followed by another Kent State foul.
Both coaches are frustrated as can be with the officiating.
John Gaffney, Charles Bullock and Brett Gearhart are blowing their whistles on almost every possession.
And to make matters worse, the two teams have combined for 22 missed free throws.
8:31 ... Ironically Kent State coming back at the foul line... Two by Manley and two more by Brewer have cut Huskies lead to 8:26.
11:32 ... The Flashes are letting the frustration get to them... The Northern lead is 45-36 and ... and the Huskies are heading back the foul line. They have lived there this half.
Kent State has to do a better job of blocking out on the defensive end. The Flashes also have to hit some free throws when they are lucky enough to find themselves at the line.
Derek Jackson and Mark Henniger are both on the bench with 14 fouls.
Huskies have outscored Kent State 17-6 in the second half.
15:38 ... Flashes trail 36-34 and have to overcome a pretty shaky whistle by this officiating crew. Kellon Thomas with a phantom foul will send Armstead to the foul line.
Huskies inbounded with 29.8 seconds to play and couldn't get off a shot before the violation.
With 1.3 to play, Brewer's heave at the buzzer didn't go...
Overtime ... and it took a miracle to get here.
0:43 ... Officials change the call ... replay shows ball off of Bolin's foot
And Manley takes advantage with a 3-pointer ...
Now need a stop with 35 seconds! And a Huskies timeout.
0:43 ... Brewer loses the ball out of bounds. Flashes wanted a block on Bolin, but Brewer just lost the ball into the Kent State bench.
0:48 ... Huskies have just one field goal in the last 14-plus minutes...
Everything coming from the foul line for Northern Illinois, and yet they lead 58-55 ...
Kent State with the ball coming out of this timeout.
3:33 ... Huskies last field goal was at the 15-minute mark.... just ended on a Bolin three...
Huskies lead 55-54.
One of the worst three-point shooting teams in the country gets one when they have to.
6:13 ... Goodson gets into the middle and sets Jackson up for a three-pointer to cut the Northern lead to 52-49 ... then the Flashes force a turnover.
Kent State somehow in this game despite pretty much everyone in foul trouble.
7:59 ... A great finish at the rim by Brewer has cut Huskies lead to 51-44 ... but of course that was followed by another Kent State foul.
Both coaches are frustrated as can be with the officiating.
John Gaffney, Charles Bullock and Brett Gearhart are blowing their whistles on almost every possession.
And to make matters worse, the two teams have combined for 22 missed free throws.
8:31 ... Ironically Kent State coming back at the foul line... Two by Manley and two more by Brewer have cut Huskies lead to 8:26.
11:32 ... The Flashes are letting the frustration get to them... The Northern lead is 45-36 and ... and the Huskies are heading back the foul line. They have lived there this half.
Kent State has to do a better job of blocking out on the defensive end. The Flashes also have to hit some free throws when they are lucky enough to find themselves at the line.
Derek Jackson and Mark Henniger are both on the bench with 14 fouls.
Huskies have outscored Kent State 17-6 in the second half.
15:38 ... Flashes trail 36-34 and have to overcome a pretty shaky whistle by this officiating crew. Kellon Thomas with a phantom foul will send Armstead to the foul line.
Rob Senderoff just came over to ask what the free-throw differential is... 19 attempts for Northern. Just 9 for Kent State.
FIRST HALF
HALF ... Jackson drilled a three to tie it late in the shot clock of Kent State's final possession of the half, then good defense shut down the Huskies at the halftime buzzer.
After trailing 22-11, the Flashes have battled back to tie at the break, 30-30.
Khaliq Spicer has been very active defensively and on the boards.
Jackson leads the Flashes with 8. That three by Jackson late in the half came on an inbound pass with just two seconds on the shot clock. Spicer has four points and three rebounds.
Momentum is on the Flashes' side, outscoring the Huskies 19-8 in final 10 minutes of the first half.
Northern Illinois is just a 26-percent three-point shooting team this season, but the Huskies have hit 3-of-5 in the first half.
Flashes shooting just 34.6 percent from the field tonight, including 6-of-16 from three-point range.
Manley has taken just two shots, but he gave Kent State its first lead late in the half.
Again, ball movement has been better. Defensive effort has picked up. Keep that going in half No. 2 and Kent State should be in good shape.
4:10 ... Flashes trail 25-23 with the ball coming out of the timeout.
Goodson and Ortiz were such keys to KSU's win over Ball State on Saturday, but both have been on the bench for most of this half with 2 fouls.
7:43 ... Marquiez Lawrence has provided a spark given a chance to play here early in the first half. Unfortunately, the freshman forward was just injured after blocking a shot, leading to this timeout.
Flashes are down just four now at 24-20, but there is more flow to the offense, they are talking and working hard on defense. Slow start, but getting it together.
11:35 ... Flashes trailing 17-11. Offense is starting to get a bit more flow. Defense needs to do a better job of getting back in transition.
14:22 ... So much for the hope for a four-or-five point possession. Flashes settling for threes and missing, then doing a very poor job of taking away both the driving lane and the passing lanes to the Northern bigs... now trailing 15-6.
Flashes shooting just 1-for-8.
15:51 ... Tough start for Kent State that was reminiscent of last year's trip to DeKalb. The Flashes missed their first five shots from the field and fell behind 8-1, but they appear to have weathered the storm a bit.
After trailing 22-11, the Flashes have battled back to tie at the break, 30-30.
Khaliq Spicer has been very active defensively and on the boards.
Jackson leads the Flashes with 8. That three by Jackson late in the half came on an inbound pass with just two seconds on the shot clock. Spicer has four points and three rebounds.
Momentum is on the Flashes' side, outscoring the Huskies 19-8 in final 10 minutes of the first half.
Northern Illinois is just a 26-percent three-point shooting team this season, but the Huskies have hit 3-of-5 in the first half.
Flashes shooting just 34.6 percent from the field tonight, including 6-of-16 from three-point range.
Manley has taken just two shots, but he gave Kent State its first lead late in the half.
Again, ball movement has been better. Defensive effort has picked up. Keep that going in half No. 2 and Kent State should be in good shape.
4:10 ... Flashes trail 25-23 with the ball coming out of the timeout.
Goodson and Ortiz were such keys to KSU's win over Ball State on Saturday, but both have been on the bench for most of this half with 2 fouls.
7:43 ... Marquiez Lawrence has provided a spark given a chance to play here early in the first half. Unfortunately, the freshman forward was just injured after blocking a shot, leading to this timeout.
Flashes are down just four now at 24-20, but there is more flow to the offense, they are talking and working hard on defense. Slow start, but getting it together.
11:35 ... Flashes trailing 17-11. Offense is starting to get a bit more flow. Defense needs to do a better job of getting back in transition.
14:22 ... So much for the hope for a four-or-five point possession. Flashes settling for threes and missing, then doing a very poor job of taking away both the driving lane and the passing lanes to the Northern bigs... now trailing 15-6.
Flashes shooting just 1-for-8.
15:51 ... Tough start for Kent State that was reminiscent of last year's trip to DeKalb. The Flashes missed their first five shots from the field and fell behind 8-1, but they appear to have weathered the storm a bit.
A three by Darren Goodson broke the seal. A silly hanging-on-the-rim technical against by Kevin Gray of Northern Illinois has given the Flashes a chance at a four or five-point swing. Brewer hit two free throws and now the Flashes have the ball coming out of the timeout down 10-6.
PREGAME
7 p.m. (Central) ... About an hour to tipoff here at the Convocation Center at Northern Illinois.
It's nice to be back on the road with the Golden Flashes after missing the trips to both Princeton and Charleston. I sat in on today's film session at the team hotel and the guys appear to be extremely focused. They have some frustrating memories from the last trip to DeKalb that I'm sure they would like to purge from their systems.
The top scorer for Northern is Dontel Highsmith at 10.5 per game, but the is out with a knee injury. The Huskies miss him, considering he was one of the few players on the roster hitting above 30-percent from three-point range.
This is a shaky team from the perimeter, and from what I can tell teams have been packing it in defensively, trying to take away their athleticism and daring them to beat them from the outside.
The starting guards, Travon Baker and Aaric Armstead, are hitting just 28 and 14-percent from three, respectively. The starting three, Aksel Bolin is making just 25 percent, the same percentage as 6-foot-6 Darrell Bowie, and starting five Jordan Threloff hasn't hit a three this season.
Threloff and Petro Rakocevic give Northern some presence in the post. Both are capable of scoring over either shoulder. Cavs fans can think of the 255 pound Threloff as a MAC version of Vitaly Potapenko. Similar styles.
Bowie is the most dangerous scorer at 9.6 per game. The sophomore is a lefty, and he loves to drive to his left. He's also an effort guy who will run the floor and hit the boards hard. He averages 7.4 rebounds per game.
The Huskies as a whole like to push the ball on makes, misses and turnovers. When they can't score in transition, they pull it out and run the clock. With few scoring options and averaging only three 3's per game at 26 percent as a team, they want to keep scores low, and if they can't score off of their late offense, they want to hit the glass. Right now they are No. 58 in the country in offensive rebounding at 14.6 percent.
So the keys are obviously stop the ball in transition, defend the post, and keep the Huskies from second-chance opportunities.
Win the battle of the boards on both ends and Kent State should be in good shape. Lose that battle and who knows.
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