Central Michigan Chippewas (9-18, 5-9 MAC) at Kent State Golden Flashes (20-7, 11-3 MAC)<\/p>\n
Kent, Ohio; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: Kent State faces Central Michigan after Morgan Safford scored 27 points in Kent State’s 78-71 victory over the Bowling Green Falcons.<\/p>\n
The Golden Flashes have gone 12-2 at home. Kent State is 4-2 in games decided by less than 4 points.<\/p>\n
The Chippewas are 5-9 in MAC play. Central Michigan is sixth in the MAC with 9.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Keenan Garner averaging 2.3.<\/p>\n
Kent State averages 9.6 made 3-pointers per game, 2.0 more made shots than the 7.6 per game Central Michigan allows. Central Michigan averages 6.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.7 fewer made shots on average than the 8.9 per game Kent State allows.<\/p>\n
The teams square off for the second time in conference play this season. Central Michigan won the last meeting 87-85 on Jan. 10. Phat Phat Brooks scored 20 points to help lead the Chippewas to the win.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Safford averages 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Golden Flashes, scoring 14.1 points while shooting 35.7% from beyond the arc. Delrecco Gillespie is shooting 50.0% and averaging 17.9 points over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n
Tamario Adley is scoring 12.5 points per game and averaging 4.6 rebounds for the Chippewas. Logan McIntire is averaging 13.0 points and 2.1 rebounds over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Flashes: 7-3, averaging 77.6 points, 38.6 rebounds, 12.6 assists, 6.1 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 41.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.0 points per game.<\/p>\n
Chippewas: 4-6, averaging 74.9 points, 28.4 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 7.1 steals and 4.7 blocks per game while shooting 48.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.1 points.<\/p>\n
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n