KENT – Kent State Men’s Basketball (10-3) is back at home inside the M.AC. Center this Saturday, Jan. 3 hosting the Huskies of Northern Illinois University. Tip-off is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. and is the first of a Kent State hoops doubleheader as women’s basketball hosts UMass following the men’s game (3:30 p.m.). This will be the second game of KSU’s MAC schedule, and the first of two regular season meetings with NIU prior to the Huskies’ departure from the conference following the 2025-2026 season.