Cleveland State Vikings vs Kent State Golden Flashes

COACHES vs CANCER DOUBLEHEADER

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Final/OT

	1	2	OT	T
Kent State KENT	34	32	13	79
Cleveland St CLE	21	45	8	74

Cleveland State VikingsCleveland StCLE

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Edwin lifts Kent State past Cleveland State in OT 79-74

Nov 12, 2017, 08:42 pm

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Jimmy Hall scored 19 points to go with a career-high 18 rebounds and Deon Edwin got 10 of his 12 points in overtime as Kent State stopped a Cleveland State rally for a 79-74 win Saturday.

Trailing 69-68 in overtime, Kent State (1-0) got a 7-0 run fueled by Edwin -- two layups and a 3-pointer -- to put the Golden Flashes on top for good with 1:06 left. Edwin also had a jumper to open the scoring in OT and closed out the extra period with a free throw to seal it.

Mitch Peterson added 17 points and Danny Pippen had 13 for Kent State, which controlled the boards 41-28.

Cleveland State (0-1) trailed by as much as 21 but rallied to force overtime on a 3-pointer from Jamarcus Hairston to tie it at 66 at the end of regulation.

Bobby Word's 17 points led four Vikings in double figures.

Game Information

Youngstown, OH

Referee:Steve McJunkins

Referee:Clarence Armstrong

Referee:Jeff Spedoske

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
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

NCAA Division I

Horizon League	CONF	GB	OVR
Wright State	15-5	-	23-12
Robert Morris	13-7	2	22-11
Green Bay	12-8	3	18-15
Detroit Mercy	12-8	3	17-15
Oakland	12-8	3	16-16
Purdue Fort Wayne	11-9	4	17-15
Northern Kentucky	10-10	5	20-14
Youngstown State	8-12	7	15-17
Milwaukee	8-12	7	12-20
Cleveland State	6-14	9	11-22
IU Indianapolis	3-17	12	7-25

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