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Kent State shocks Texas on the road 63-58

Kent State’s Jaylin Walker elevated on the fast-break and finished at the rim with 0.1 seconds remaining. The dunk was the icing on the cake for the Golden Flashes, who stormed into the Frank Erwin Center and stunned Shaka Smart’s Texas Longhorns, 63-58.

Kent State utilized a 15-2 run to push ahead of the Longhorns in the second half, after trailing by four at the game’s midway point. During the run, the Golden Flashes played stellar shooting defense and out-hustled the Longhorns for loose balls and rebounds. Kent State decisively won the battle on the boards 55-35, including scooping up 22 offensive rebounds in the contest.