Ohio 75, at Kent State 86

CLEVELAND (Interstat) — In a game defined by a decisive second-half surge, the Kent State Golden Flashes pulled away from the Ohio Bobcats for an 86-75 victory in a Mid-American Conference men’s basketball tournament quarterfinal on Thursday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. A crowd of 9,123 saw the top-seeded Golden Flashes, who improved to 24-8, overcome a tight first half behind the prolific scoring of Delrecco Gillespie and Morgan Safford to end the season for the ninth-seeded Bobcats, who finished 14-17. The most critical phase of the game unfolded over a five-minute stretch early in the second half. Leading just… Read more...