Kent State Golden Flashes @ Southern Utah Thunderbirds

The Basketball Classic - 1st Round

23-11, 8-5 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Kent State KENT	35	44	79
Southern Utah SUU	34	49	83

Southern Utah ThunderbirdsSouthern UtahSUU

21-11, 12-3 Home

Kent State Golden Flashes

starters
VonCameron DavisV. Davis#1
Akeem OdusipeA. Odusipe #34
Malique JacobsM. Jacobs#2
Sincere CarryS. Carry#3
Andrew GarciaA. Garcia#4
bench
Jarred LoganJ. Logan#40
Justyn HamiltonJ. Hamilton#21
Cli'Ron HornbeakC. Hornbeak#42
Jalen SullingerJ. Sullinger#13
Mike DiGiulioM. DiGiulio#15
Jeremiah HernandezJ. Hernandez#33
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
16	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	2
10	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2
34	28	8-16	3-4	9-12	3	5	0	2	1	1	2	3
36	10	3-9	1-4	3-4	5	2	3	1	1	1	4	2
27	13	6-12	1-2	0-0	5	1	1	2	0	3	2	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	6	2-6	0-0	2-3	4	1	1	0	0	0	4	2
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
21	16	6-9	4-7	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	4
0	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
	79	27-61	10-23	15-21	31	13	8	6	2	9	22	19
		44%	43%	71%

Southern Utah Thunderbirds

starters
Maizen FausettM. Fausett#12
Jason SpurginJ. Spurgin#14
Harrison ButlerH. Butler#15
John Knight IIIJ. Knight III#3
Dre MarinD. Marin#4
bench
Nick FlemingN. Fleming#1
Dee BarnesD. Barnes#13
Marquis MooreM. Moore#24
Aanen MoodyA. Moody#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
25	9	3-5	2-4	1-2	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	3
36	13	5-7	1-2	2-4	7	2	3	0	2	2	5	4
32	11	2-8	1-6	6-8	6	1	2	1	0	1	5	2
30	14	5-6	0-0	4-9	6	6	4	0	0	1	5	3
33	27	10-16	7-10	0-0	3	5	0	3	0	0	3	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
22	7	2-5	1-4	2-2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
15	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1
	83	28-52	12-29	15-25	34	20	12	6	2	6	28	15
		54%	41%	60%

Game Information

Cedar City, UT

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	18-0	-	32-2
Akron	17-1	1	29-6
Kent State	14-4	4	24-10
Toledo	11-7	7	19-15
Bowling Green	9-9	9	18-14
Ohio	9-9	9	15-17
Buffalo	7-11	11	17-15
Massachusetts	7-11	11	17-16
Ball State	7-11	11	12-19
Central Michigan	6-12	12	10-21
Western Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Eastern Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Northern Illinois	4-14	14	9-21

Western Athletic Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Utah Valley	14-4	-	25-9
California Baptist	13-5	1	25-9
Utah Tech	11-7	3	19-15
UT Arlington	9-9	5	18-14
Southern Utah	6-12	8	10-22
Tarleton State	5-13	9	14-18
Abilene Christian	5-13	9	14-19

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