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KENT, Ohio – Rodriguez Sherman’s emphatic and-one dunk and subsequent free throw with two seconds remaining lifted the Kent State (14-8; 5-2) men’s basketball team past Western Michigan (11-9; 3-4), 74-73 Saturday afternoon at the M.A.C. Center. The victory extends the Golden Flashes win streak to four straight. “When I went to the basket, I knew I had to dunk it because he might block it,” said Sherman of his highlight real play. “When I got past the guard, I saw a little bit of lane and my eyes got real big. I still can’t believe it right now.” In a back-and-forth contest, senior Chris Singletary (Chicago, Ill./Florida Prep) led the Golden Flashes with 24 points. A redshirt junior Sherman (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) was the only other KSU player to finish in double figures with 12 while equaling a career high with six assists for the second straight game. Sophomore Justin Greene (Brooklyn, N.Y./Lincoln) just missed a double-double with nine points and 12 rebounds.
“Chris was getting the ball in the mid-post and driving it and drawing some fouls and at least getting us to stay in contact with the game,” said Head Coach Geno Ford. “If not for him carrying us offensively, we would have been down 10 or 12 and it would’ve been over. He was big for us today throughout the whole game.” If it was not for the play-of-the-day dunk by Sherman, the game would have belonged to Western Michigan’s David Kool. Kool poured in a career high 38 points, including an off-balance jumper in the lane to put the Broncos up by two with eight seconds to go. However, that was just enough time for the Golden Flashes. Sherman brought the ball the length of the court and blew by two defenders before getting fouled and throwing down a one-handed slam to tie the game. He drained the free throw to put Kent State up one.
Western Michigan had one final shot, but a last-second three clanged off the backboard. Kent State shot 52 percent in the first half and built up a six-point cushion. The second half did not go as smoothly however as the Golden Flashes were just 3-17 from the field at one point. The shooting drought allowed the Broncos to extend the lead all the way to eight (58-50) with 6:46 remaining. Singletary then hit two of his 12 free throws to begin a 7-0 run and cut the deficit to just one a a three-pointer from Sherman with 5:35 to play cut it back to one. The game would stay tight until the Golden Flashes finally managed to tie the score with 1:23 left on an Anthony Simpson (Rockford, Ill./Hichland CC [Ill.]) dunk. Kool also had 12 free throws and put WMU back up two with a pair coming at 31 seconds only to have Singaltary score inside 10 seconds later which set up the final lead changes between Kool and Sherman. With a 41-27 edge, Kent State held a rebounding advantage for the fourth straight game. KSU would shoot 43.0 percent for the game compared to 43.6 percent for the Broncos that included a 3-15 showing from beyond the arc. Both teams spent most of the afternoon at the free throw line as 48 fouls were called. KSU was 22-26 from the stripe, while WMU was 22-28.
Official Basketball Box Score
Western Michigan vs Kent State
1/30/10 2:06 p.m. at Kent, Ohio -- M.A.C. Center
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VISITORS: Western Michigan 11-9, 3-4 MAC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
11 HUTCHESON, Nate..... f 3-4 0-0 3-5 3 1 4 4 9 2 0 2 1 25
24 LAWSON, Donald...... c 2-3 0-0 2-4 0 1 1 5 6 0 1 3 0 13
03 McLEMORE, Martelle.. g 1-10 0-6 2-3 1 6 7 3 4 0 4 2 1 29
05 DOUGLAS, Mike....... g 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 3 3 5 1 1 3 32
23 KOOL, David......... g 12-23 2-6 12-12 0 2 2 2 38 1 2 0 2 36
01 WARD, Demetrius..... 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 4 4 0 3 0 1 19
15 WOLF, Alex.......... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 9
25 BROWN, David........ 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
32 CONTEH, Muhammed.... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 18
33 WHITFIELD, Flenard.. 2-5 0-0 3-4 3 1 4 3 7 0 0 0 0 17
TEAM................ 3 1 4
Totals.............. 24-55 3-15 22-28 11 16 27 26 73 10 12 8 9 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-32 31.3% 2nd Half: 14-23 60.9% Game: 43.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-11 9.1% 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 20.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-10 80.0% 2nd Half: 14-18 77.8% Game: 78.6% 2
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HOME TEAM: Kent State 14-7, 5-2 MAC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
32 SHERMAN, Rodriquez.. f 5-10 1-2 1-1 0 2 2 4 12 6 5 0 0 31
34 GREENE, Justin...... f 4-9 0-0 1-1 5 7 12 3 9 1 2 1 0 35
00 EVANS, Tyree........ g 2-7 0-4 0-0 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 20
02 SINGLETARY, Chris... g 6-10 0-0 12-16 2 3 5 4 24 3 5 1 0 25
30 HENRY-ALA, Frank.... g 0-2 0-1 6-6 2 4 6 2 6 0 0 0 3 23
03 HOLT, Randal........ 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 10
21 SIMPSON, Anthony.... 4-6 0-2 0-0 2 5 7 3 8 2 1 0 0 27
22 MCKEE, Mike......... 3-8 1-5 2-2 1 2 3 2 9 0 2 0 0 23
42 GRIMSLEY, Alex...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
55 PARKS, Brandon...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5
TEAM................ 4 4
Totals.............. 25-57 2-16 22-26 17 24 41 22 74 14 17 3 4 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-27 51.9% 2nd Half: 11-30 36.7% Game: 43.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-8 12.5% 2nd Half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 12.5% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7% 2nd Half: 16-19 84.2% Game: 84.6% 3
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Officials: David Walker, Sid Rodeheffer, Frankie Bordeaux
Technical fouls: Western Michigan-None. Kent State-None.
Attendance: 3961
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Western Michigan.............. 29 44 - 73
Kent State.................... 35 39 - 74
Points in the paint-WMU 36,KSU 40. Points off turnovers-WMU 23,KSU 7.
2nd chance points-WMU 10,KSU 16. Fast break points-WMU 2,KSU 4.
Bench points-WMU 13,KSU 19. Score tied-7 times. Lead changed-4 times.
Last FG-WMU 2nd-00:08, KSU 2nd-00:02.
Largest lead-WMU by 8 2nd-06:46, KSU by 9 1st-14:36.
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