Box Score The Chicago State men's basketball team opened its first of five consecutive road games with an 88-59 loss Saturday afternoon at Kent State at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. The Golden Flashes entered the contest with a 4-0 record and jumped out to a 15-0 lead, converting three of their first five three point attempts. The Golden Flashes took a 28-point lead into the locker room at halftime and the Cougars would get to within 20 but Kent State cruised to a 29-point win.
Chicago State's Jahsean Corbett recorded his second double-double of the young season with 14 points and 12 rebounds while Wesley Cardet led CSU with 14 points and Brent Davis added 13. Cardet just missed his own double-double with nine rebounds.
The Cougars and Golden Flashes previously had met only one other time in their series history, a 92-63 Kent State win on November 16, 2012.Â
Next up, the Chicago State men's basketball team will play their second of five consecutive road games at Marshall University on Monday, November 21 at 6 p.m. at the Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, West Virginia. Monday's game will be the first meeting between the two schools and Marshall enters the day with a 2-1 record including 1-0 at home.
1st Half -Kent State 56, Chicago State 28
Kent State jumps out to an early 15-0 advantage on the strength of 3-of-5 shooting from beyond the three-point arc
Conversely, CSU makes just one on their first six shots are were 0-of-2 from three
Cougars go on an 8-2 run on the strength of two Jahsean Corbett layups to cut the lead to nine, 17-8
A quick 5-0 Kent State run is stopped by a Brent Davis three to make the score 22-11
The Golden Flashes mount a 14-0 run to extend the lead to 24, 36-11
Chicago State held scoreless for just over four minutes during the run
Kent State converts 14-of-16 first half free throws at are 8-of-16 beyond the three point lineÂ
Chicago State makes just 3-of-11 threes and commit 14 turnovers
1st Half - Kent State 56, Chicago State 28
2nd Half - Kent State 32, Chicago State 31
Chicago State opened the second half with a modest 4-0 run on back-to-back scores from Teshaundre Cole and Wesley Cardet
CSU's run extended to 10-4 with a couple more Cardet scores who leads the Cougars with 14 points
Kent State was held scoreless for nearly three minutes and CSU cut the gap to 20, 60-40
The Golden Flashes then reeled of a 10-0 run to go back up 30, 70-40
Kent State 88, Chicago State 59
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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