The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
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Kent State
Blazers Fall to Golden Flashes, 57-48
12/3/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 3, 2011
KENT, Ohio (AP) - Randal Holt scored 13 points and Chris Evans added 12 to lead Kent State to a 57-48 win over UAB on Saturday night.
Michael Porrini finished with 11 points and Justin Greene scored 10 points but had a game-high eight turnovers for the Golden Flashes (5-1), who have won three straight games. Greene also made all six of his free throws and had four steals.
Cameron Moore led the way for UAB, finishing the night with a game-high 14 points, while Jordan Swing had nine points and a team-high eight rebounds in the losing effort.
"We did not do a good job in the second half," UAB head coach Mike Davis said. "I thought in the first half, we played the best basketball we've played all season. But we came out in the second half and gave up six quick points and struggled to regain that form."
Kent State trailed by 11 points midway through the first half, but was able to cut UAB's margin to four points by halftime. The score was close for most of the second half, until the Golden Flashes went on an 11-0 run that was capped by Holt's three-point play to give them 49-45 lead with 7:36 left to play.
Kent State went on to push its lead to 10 points on another layup by Holt to pull away from the Blazers (1-6).
UAB will next be in action when it hosts Middle Tennessee on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at Bartow Arena.
