What's The Sound Of No Gaels Clapping?
Kent State won their opening-round NIT game at 2-seed Saint Mary's, 71-70, on a miraculous comeback. It was, yes, Michael Porrini to the rescue again.
| Final - 3.15.2011 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent St. Golden Flashes | 35 | 36 | 71 |
| St. Mary's, Calif. Gaels | 39 | 31 | 70 |
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Kent State-St. Mary's NIT First Round Open Thread
With all the hoopla surrounding the First Four games, this matchup in the National Invitational Tournament ranks right up there with the best of them, only the winner still has no shot at a...
Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent St. | 35 | 36 | 71 |
| St. Mary's, Calif. | 39 | 31 | 70 |
| Kent St. | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Greene | 28 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3-0 | 11 |
| Justin Manns | 25 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Michael Porrini | 34 | 8-12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 19 |
| Randal Holt | 33 | 5-11 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 13 |
| Rodriquez Sherman | 26 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 9 |
| Eric Gaines | 16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Carlton Guyton | 32 | 5-11 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 6-4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1-0 | 13 |
| Mark Henniger | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Robert Johnson | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Darius Leonard | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Brian Frank | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Dan Hartman | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Patrick Jackson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jordan Wilds | DNP - | ||||||||||
| DeAndre Nealy | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-62 | 8-17 | 3-4 | 39-12 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 15-0 | 71 | |
| .484 | .471 | .750 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| St. Mary's, Calif. | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Jones | 35 | 8-17 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 9-4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0-0 | 21 |
| Tim Williams | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Matt Dellavedova | 38 | 6-10 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 7-0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 16 |
| Stephen Holt | 31 | 3-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Mickey McConnell | 38 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 2-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Mitchell Young | 28 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 8-4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 15 |
| Clint Steindl | 14 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Kenton Walker II | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Eividas Petrulis | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Paul McCoy | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Phil Benson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jorden Page | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Tim Harris | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Beau Leveasque | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Zach Sanchez | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Brad Waldow | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27-62 | 7-20 | 9-16 | 33-13 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 9-0 | 70 | |
| .435 | .350 | .563 | Team Reb: 2 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Shawn Lehigh, Kevin Brill, Martin Cota
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Officials: - Shawn Lehigh, Kevin Brill, Martin Cota
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