Kent Rematch Preview

 Next up is Kent State.  Kent is 8-4 in MAC play and beat BG 91-83 at the Stroh Center on January 29.

They are 2-0 since then and in the midst of a 4-game winning streak. They have been working through some of the weaker teams in the MAC, though they did beat UT in the opener.

They are 4-2 at home in MAC play this year.

The game at the Stroh was ugly.  Kent plays very physical ball, seemingly daring the refs to call it every time they fouled.  They came into the BG 10th in the MAC in offense, but they are on a huge hot streak, moving up to #7 with big offensive games over MU and EMU.  They have been killing it from 3FG, shooting well overall and have been dominating on their offensive boards.

That's a pretty good model of how they played in the first meeting.  As you can see, Kent shot really well, took OK care of the ball, were great on the boards (both ends) and won despite being -8 at the FT line to BG.

Coach Huger said after the NIU game that BG needs to be tougher in this one.  BG played a good defensive game on Saturday and here is their opportunity to do the same against a team scoring really well.

Sincere Carry hung 30 on BG in the first game.  He 7 of 11 on 2FG and 4 of 8 on 3FG, adding 7 assists and 8 turnovers.  He is #4 in the MAC in scoring and #3 in assists, though he is #1 in minutes played and #6 in % of shots taken. He is #8 in fouls drawn per 40 minutes.

VonCameron Davis had 17 on 4 of 7 and 2 of 5 shooting and 7 rebounds.  Andrew Garcia scored 13 on 3 of 5 and 2 of 2 shooting.  Malique Jacobs scored 11 and added 11 rebounds, 7 assists and no turnovers.  And 2 blocked shots.