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Kent State Golden Flashes at Buffalo Bulls

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Kent State Golden Flashes
17-17, 2-11 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
61 - 78
Buffalo Bulls
25-8, 14-1 Home

Buffalo heads to MAC final with 78-61 win over Kent State

The top-seeded Bulls (25-8) will play Friday night's other semifinal winner between second seed Toledo and No. 3 Eastern Michigan.

Buffalo used a 14-4 run and led 31-17 with just more than four minutes before halftime. Jaylin Walker's 3 as time expired brought Kent State within 39-29. Harris made a pair of 3-pointers as the Bulls went on a 16-9 run for a 17-point lead with 14 1/2 minutes to play and stayed ahead by double digits the rest of the way.

Nick Perkins scored 12 and Dontay Caruthers added 11 points for Buffalo, which shot 31 of 70 (44 percent) from the field and 9 of 19 from 3-point range.

No. 5 seed Kent State (17-17) got 16 points from Jalen Avery, Kevin Zabo scored 14, Walker, 12 and Danny Pippen chipped in 10.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 61 - 78
2nd 0:08 Dontay Caruthers Defensive Rebound. 61 - 78
2nd 0:08 Jaylin Walker missed Three Point Jumper. 61 - 78
2nd 0:18 Danny Pippen Defensive Rebound. 61 - 78
2nd 0:20 BJ Duling Block. 61 - 78

Statistics

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22-64 FG 31-70
34 Field Goal % 44
7-25 3PT 9-19
28 Three Point % 47
10-17 FT 7-10
59 Free Throw % 70
43 Rebounds 41
19 Offensive Rebounds 15
24 Defensive Rebounds 26
7 Assists 14
5 Steals 9
6 Blocks 9
14 Turnovers 8
0 Team Turnovers 1
14 Total Turnovers 8
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
6 Points Off Turnovers 17
11 Fast Break Points 15
18 Points in Paint 42
13 Fouls 14
2 Largest Lead 21

Game Information

Venue: Rocket Arena

Location: Cleveland, OH
Capacity:

2025-26 Mid-American Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Miami (OH) 18-0 - 32-2
Akron 17-1 1 29-6
Kent State 14-4 4 24-10
Toledo 11-7 7 19-15
Bowling Green 9-9 9 18-14
Ohio 9-9 9 15-17
Buffalo 7-11 11 17-15
Massachusetts 7-11 11 17-16
Ball State 7-11 11 12-19
Central Michigan 6-12 12 10-21
Western Michigan 4-14 14 10-21
Eastern Michigan 4-14 14 10-21
Northern Illinois 4-14 10 9-21
Full Standings