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Pippen, De La Rosa fuel second-half comeback as Flashes hand Buffalo first MAC loss

Jaylin Walker, Danny Pippen and Kevin Zabo celebrate as referees review a play near the end of Kent State's 82-79 win over Buffalo on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. The review resulted in Walker being ejected along with Buffalo's Nick Perkins.

Adrian Leuthauser

Adonis De La Rosa said it was “just an ordinary game,” but it wasn’t.

Heading into Tuesday night’s contest at Kent State, Buffalo was a perfect 8-0 in Mid-American Conference play and sat atop the conference’s East division. The Bulls were first in MAC play in scoring (86.4 points per game), third in opponent scoring (70.