======Kent State====== * [[https://kentstatesports.com/sports/mens-basketball|Team website]] * Twitter: [[https://x.com/KentStMBB|@KentStMBB]] * Message Board: [[https://csnbbs.com/forum-474.html|on CSNbbs.com]] * [[wp>Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball|Wikipedia team entry]] * [[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/kent-state/men/|Team history from Sports-Reference.com]] * [[http://www.kentstatesports.com/landing/index|Athletics website]] * [[http://www.kent.edu/|School website]] * [[wp>Kent State University|Wikipedia School entry]] * Location: [[wp>Kent, Ohio|Kent OH]] ===== Series ===== * UMass trails 0-3 (.000) * Last meeting: [[game20251220_kent_state|12/20/2025, Kent State 69 – UMass 59]] * First meeting: 12/2/1960, Kent State 78 – UMass 53 ===== Game History ===== ^ ^^^^^ Opponent ^^^ ^Date^Game Results^Site^UM Coach^Game Notes^Conference^Head Coach^Nickname^ |12/2/1960|@#ffdddd:L 78-53|Away|[[Matt Zunic]]|Kent State Tournament|[[MAC]]|[[wp>Bill Bertka]]|Golden Flashes((https://kentstatesports.com/sports/2015/7/20/spirit_0720150509))| |12/28/1985|@#ffdddd:L 74-64|Neutral|[[Ron Gerlufsen]]|Lobo Classic, Albuquerque NM|[[MAC]]|[[wp>Jim McDonald (basketball)|Jim McDonald]]|Golden Flashes| |12/20/2025|@#ffdddd:[[game20251220_kent_state|L 69-59]]|[[mullins_center|Home (MC)]]|[[Frank Martin]]|UM's first official MAC game. Kent's aggressive D frustrates UM into 33% shooting. Kent's [[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/delrecco-gillespie-1.html|Gillespie]], already leading D-I in RPG, goes off for 18 points and 20 rebounds. Double-double for [[daniel_hankins-sanford|DHS]] with 11 & 12. [[marcus_banks|Banks]] struggles with 1-10 FG, his lowest FG% in 2+ years.|[[MAC]]|[[wp>Rob Senderoff]]|Golden Flashes| {{tag>"Kent State"}}