With a little under three minutes left in Kent State’s game against Buffalo, Kent State senior guard Alexa Golden was pulled from the game. Before sitting down, she went down the bench and hugged every player and coach.
The Flashes’ quarterfinal Mid-American Conference tournament game versus Buffalo could possibly be the final game for Golden and fellow senior center Merissa Barber-Smith.
“Those kids gave me make everything they had,” coach Todd Starkey said about Golden and Barber-Smith. “They didn’t have to trust me. All you’re looking for is for players to trust you, you know, and they did.