Dec. 23, 2008
J'Nathan Bullock
• Starting for the 100th time in his CSU career, he led all scorers with 24 points (15th career 20-point game) to move past Darren Tillis (1,423 points from 1978-82) and into sixth place on the CSU career scoring list with 1,433.
• Added 10 rebounds for his 14th career double-double.
Cedric Jackson
• Scored in double figures for the sixth time this year, finishing with 11 points.
• Added five rebounds and six assists.
• Made three steals to raise his league-leading total to 37, giving him his 38th multi-steal game in his CSU career (47 games).
George Tandy
• Grabbed 8 of his career-high 13 rebounds in the first half. (Old high was 13 vs. Morehead State on 12/28/06 while at Eastern Illinois).
• Added 7 points, two blocks and a pair of steals.
Norris Cole
• Scored eight of his 10 points in the second half for his eighth double-figure scoring effort of the year.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• This was the 43rd meeting between CSU and Kent State with the Golden Flashes entering the game owning a 26-16 series advantage.
• After the game was tied three times early (4, 7 & 9), CSU ran off 10 straight over a 3:04 period to open a 19-9 lead (9:09).
• After scoring at the 13:33 mark to take a 9-7 lead, KSU went without a field goal until Chris singletary tipped in his own miss with 4:21 left. The Golden Flashes missed 11 consecutive shots and trailed 26-14.
• CSU went on to lead, 32-17, at half, its largest lead of the first half. A 10-2 CSU run to open the second half pushed the lead past 20 points (42-19).
• The 26-point margin is the largest by CSU against Kent State, besting the old high of 25 points on Dec. 14, 1985 (101-76).
• CSU had an edge on the boards for the fourth straight game, 46-36, including 17 offensive rebounds.
• Kent State shot .296 (16-54) from the field to become the seventh CSU opponent in the last eight games to shoot under .400. The .296 is the lowest by a CSU opponent this year.
