The Northern Illinois Huskies came into Tuesday night’s play having lost to Ohio University 78-69 on Saturday at home. The loss broke a four game winning streak that included a 74-70 road victory over Kent State on January 10th. On Tuesday, Kent State traveled to the NIU Convocation Center in Dekalb, IL for the teams second meeting of the season. The Golden Flashes came into Tuesday’s road game having just knocked off Toledo 85-61 at home on Saturday. The win snapped a four game skid for the Flashes.
Tuesday night’s game was similar to the first meeting as the two clubs engaged in a close battle that saw 7 ties and 15 lead changes.