Pregame Dunk Almost Costs Kent State Victory
A harmless dunk before the game by Eric Gaines gave Furman a 1-0 lead to start the game. Kent State went onto win, but when overtime was forced, that one point looks awfully important.
Friday, Nov 19, 2010, 7:00 PM EST
Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center
| Final - 11.19.2010 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furman Paladins | 31 | 34 | 74 |
| Kent St. Golden Flashes | 38 | 27 | 78 |
A harmless dunk before the game by Eric Gaines gave Furman a 1-0 lead to start the game. Kent State went onto win, but when overtime was forced, that one point looks awfully important.
Kent State faces Furman and Toledo hosts the 2K Sports Classic tonight in MAC basketball. But when Robo Kreps comes for you, will your family be safe?
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Furman | 31 | 34 | 9 | 74 |
| Kent St. | 38 | 27 | 13 | 78 |
| Furman | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah States | 16 | 7-10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 17 |
| Adamu Saaka | 32 | 8-15 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 11-7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4-0 | 21 |
| Chris Toler | 21 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Darryl Evans | 39 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 7 |
| Jordan Miller | 35 | 5-15 | 0-6 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 11 |
| Justin Dehm | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Neil Duval | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Richard Brown | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Charlie Reddick | 13 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Brandon Sebirumbi | 28 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 7-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Colin Reddick | 11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Garrett Copeland | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Bobby Austin | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Bryson Barnes | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Bryant Irwin | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Graham Rogers | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Joel Cook | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-70 | 6-22 | 8-12 | 41-19 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 24-0 | 74 | |
| .429 | .273 | .667 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Kent St. | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Greene | 41 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 5-2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3-0 | 23 |
| Justin Manns | 28 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1-0 | 11 |
| Michael Porrini | 32 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 4-9 | 6-2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 16 |
| Carlton Guyton | 32 | 4-12 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5-0 | 13 |
| Rodriquez Sherman | 37 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 6-6 | 4-1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 10 |
| Eric Gaines | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 1 |
| Randal Holt | 25 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Mark Henniger | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Robert Johnson | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Darius Leonard | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Nealy | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Alex Grimsley | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Brian Frank | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Patrick Jackson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27-56 | 1-10 | 23-34 | 36-14 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 17-1 | 78 | |
| .482 | .100 | .676 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||