Eastern Michigan (10-10, 3-3) at Kent State (11-10, 2-5)
Time: 6 p.m. today.
Where: M.A.C. Center.
TV/Radio: SportsTime Ohio ; WHLO (640-AM).
Notes: Kent State is coming off its fourth consecutive loss, a 67-65 defeat by host Northern Illinois on Wednesday. … The Golden Flashes have not lost five consecutive games since 2009. … Eastern Michigan is looking to snap a streak of its own — a 16-game losing streak to KSU that dates to Feb. 7, 1998, when Earl Boykins scored 30 points and Derrick Dial added 20 points in a 79-74 victory in Kent. … KSU senior guard Chris Evans continues to lead the Flashes in scoring (16.6 points per game) and rebounding (7.0). … Eastern Michigan senior guard Derek Thompson leads the Eagles at 11.2 points per game, and junior center Da’Shonte Riley is EMU’s top rebounder at 6.1 per game. ... The game also is the homecoming of EMU coach Rob Murphy and assistant coach Mike Brown. Murphy was an assistant coach at KSU from 2002-04, and Brown was director of basketball operations for the Flashes in 2007-08.
— Stephanie Storm
