Kent State started the game shooting the ball lukewarm, which was good enough to build a good lead against the Vikings. At one point, the Vikings were 1 for 16 from the floor in the first half.
CSU kept the game kinda close though, and were only down 34-21 at the half. For how awful they shot, 5-23, that wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been. The Golden Flashes also dominated the boards, 27-15, 11 of which were on the offensive end. Freshman Mitch Peterson led all scorers with 12. Not a bad first half in his first game.