KENT: Kent State’s 2015-16 season was marred with examples of the Golden Flashes having to fight back after a rough start to a half. It plagued them during the regular season and likely cost KSU a first-round bye.
And on Monday night, that same trait forced an abrupt, unexpected end to the fifth-seeded Flashes’ hopes in the Mid-American Conference Tournament with a 70-69 first-round loss to 12th-seed Bowling Green at the M.A.C. Center.
The Flashes (19-13, 10-9) handled the Falcons — a team KSU beat by 16 points on March 1 — in the first half and went to the locker room leading 39-32.