ESTERO, Fla. – The Kent State University men's basketball team (3-2) played its second straight game down to the wire Tuesday, but came up short at the Gulf Coast Showcase against George Mason (2-3), 79-75.
The result puts the Golden Flashes in the 11 a.m. game on Wednesday against Wofford. Both teams will enter the final game of the tournament having played two games this week that were up for grabs in the last minute.
Deon Edwin and Jimmy Hall combined to shoot 14-for-24 and each score a game-high 20 points.