KENT, Ohio (AP) - Chris Evans finished with game-highs of 27 points and 9 rebounds to help Kent State hold on to beat Division II Fairmont State 77-75 Sunday night.
Kris Brewer added 11 points and Randal Holt chipped in with 10 to help Kent State (8-5) win its third game in a row.
Evans connected on a 3-pointer with 10:08 left to play to give Kent State its biggest lead of the game, 66-49. Evans was 6 of 10 from deep.
Stevie Browning sparked a 26-10 run for Fairmont State (5-3) with back-to-back 3-pointers to cut the lead to just one, 76-75 with 37 seconds left to play.
After Evans made 1 of 2 free throws to make it 77-75, Isaac Thornton missed a potential go-ahead 3-pointer for the Falcons with five seconds left to seal Kent State's victory.
Isaiah Hill led five Falcons in double figures with 19 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Fairmont State (0-1) | 31 | 44 | 75 |
| Kent State (8-5) « | 37 | 40 | 77 |
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| Fairmont State Fighting Falcons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Cooper, F | 40 | 6-13 | 3-4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| I. Hill, F | 25 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| S. Browning, G | 35 | 5-13 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| M. Stith, G | 32 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| I. Thornton, G | 32 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Lewis | 20 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| A. Gunnoe | 6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Morgan | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Scales | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-63 | 8-12 | 29 | 17 | 20 | 75 | |
| 47.6% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Kent State Golden Flashes | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Tabb, F | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Goodson, F | 11 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| R. Holt, G | 32 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| K. Thomas, G | 17 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| D. Manley, G | 16 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Evans | 30 | 9-16 | 3-4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| K. Brewer | 28 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| M. Henniger | 24 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| B. Pope | 23 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| E. Morris Jr. | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Spicer | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-52 | 16-24 | 39 | 13 | 13 | 77 | |
| 48.1% | 66.7% | ||||||
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