KENT: Khaliq Spicer will probably never string together 20-point games. But he is central — almost in a literal sense — to what Kent State aims to do defensively.
For a couple weeks he wasn’t himself, and the Golden Flashes had to adjust.
Spicer began the season seemingly on a high note, grabbing rebounds at a high rate and affecting opposing offenses in the paint. But around mid-December, Spicer got the flu, lost some weight and struggled to gain it back. That affected his confidence as he battled around the boards, which hurt his effectiveness.
KSU coach Rob Senderoff didn’t call Spicer out, but he did last week acknowledge that his numbers were down, indicated by KSU’s lowering rebounding advantage each night.