Flashes Complete Sweep over BG MBB

 BG came into the MACC looking to reverse what happened in the first meeting with Kent, when the Flash offense ran wild and dominated the boards.

And BG did reverse that, holding Kent to .97 points per possession and 16% offensive rebounds.  Unfortunately, BG paired that with reversing its ability to score, ending up with an unwinnable .87 points per possession, and Kent won 76-68.

BG didn't play any part of the game very well, but they were dreadful in the first half.  They shot 4 of 15 from 2FG and 4 of 11 from 3FG and had 13 turnovers.  That's an incredible .5 points per possession, half the average the D1 average.

With all that, BG was lucky to only be down 1 at the half after closing on an 8-0 over the last 1:28.  (Imagine what the scoring was for the first 19 minutes).

BG jumped out to a 3-point lead quickly, but Kent had the lead shortly thereafter.  It was competitive for a while and BG led by 3 with 13 minutes left.  Senderhoff called timeout and Kent responded, going on a 17-7 run to lead by 7 with 9 left.  They had it to 10 with 7 minutes left and that was largely it as they held the Falcons off and the lead did not get closer to 7 and that was in garbage time.

The shoot gap was huge.  Kent 53% on 2FG and 46% on 3FG--sadly an improvement over the first meeting--while BG shot 34% on 2FG and 41% on 3FG.  It was BG's worst 2FG shooting since the New Year's Day game against Ball State and BG's worst MAC offensive game.

Both teams struggled with turnovers and took care of business on their defensive boards.  BG was 13 of 20 at the line--not very good--but KSU was worse at 8-15.

BG had four players in double figures.  They scored 16 on 3 of 11 and 2-3 shooting--so a rough 16, plut 8 rebounds.  Matiss had 14 on 6 of 9 2FG shooting and 6 rebounds.  Curtis had 12 points on 2 of 4 and 2 of 5 shooting, plus 2 assists over 6 turnovers.  He also had 5 turnovers against CMU. Diggs had 11 on 3 of 6 3FG shooting.  Myron Gordon had 8 points and 4 assists.  Reece, Fulcher, and O'Neal played a collective 27 minutes with 3 points and 6 turnovers.

BG is now in 8th place with a half-game lead over Miami, who they play Saturday. The Redhawks are really struggling, losing 5 of their last 6 and trailing WMU most of the way last night.  Dalonte Brown has missed the last 6 games with an ankle injury.