Kent State 76, at Eastern Michigan 75

YPSILANTI, Mich. (Interstat) — In a game defined by grit over grace, the Kent State Golden Flashes survived a furious Eastern Michigan comeback and two tense overtimes to escape the Convocation Center with a 76-75 victory in a Mid-American Conference men’s basketball thriller on Saturday. The game, played before an announced crowd of 2,804, was a stark contrast in styles. Kent State, now 15-5 overall, relied on the brute-force interior scoring of Rob Whaley and clutch free-throw shooting to overcome a staggering discrepancy in ball security and fast-break opportunities. Eastern Michigan, falling to 9-10, leveraged its defensive pressure to fuel… Read more...