KENT: Kent State enters Mid-American Conference play as a 9-4 team that’s gone through one of the conference’s toughest nonconference schedules and dealt with an evolving rotation.
Seven players are averaging 20 minutes a game, four of whom did not play significant roles on last year’s team.
Forward and leading scorer Jimmy Hall (15.1 points per game, 6.7 rebounds) has continued his All-MAC performance. Center Khaliq Spicer (7.2 points, 6.1 rebounds) and forward Chris Ortiz (7.6 points) have been mainstays. But the rest of the rotation, especially among the team’s guards, has been mixed and molded.
Kellon Thomas (12.