Rob Senderoff wasn’t impressed with Mitch Peterson’s statistics against Ohio University following Saturday’s game.
Glancing over the final box score during his postgame press conference, the Kent State head coach was quick to point out that his freshman guard finished a dismal 0-5 from the field, missed all three of his three pointer attempts and only recorded one rebound in 23 minutes of play.
But Senderoff credited Peterson’s late play off of a missed jump shot as altering the game’s momentum in favor of Kent State.
With the score knotted at 63 with 54 seconds remaining, Peterson tracked down a loose ball off a Deon Edwin missed jumper and tipped it to an open Jimmy Hall in the paint, who converted a dunk and the ensuing free throw to give Kent State (17-12, 9-7 Mid-American Conference) its first lead since the 3:46 mark of the first half and, ultimately, a 70-67 win over Ohio (18-9, 10-6) at the M.