Turnovers, poor defense sink shorthanded Flashes against Northeastern

Kent State sophomore forward Danny Pippen drives to the hoop against Xavier junior forward Kaiser Gates during the game Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017.

Heading into Monday night’s game against Northeastern, Rob Senderoff never had a losing record during a single season of his seven years spent as the Kent State men’s basketball coach.

An 18-to-8 assist-to-turnover ratio, a 27-to-20 rebounding deficit and a 70 percent three-point shooting performance from Northeastern put an end to that run, as the Huskies downed the Flashes for the second straight year, 81-69.

Kent State’s record now stands at 5-6, and the loss to Northeastern is the team’s third straight loss.