BY DEAN GREENAWAY

Junior forward Jason Edwin returned to collegiate basketball last Friday and played a solid game as the five starters hit double figures in Kent State University’s Golden Flashers 111-52 season opening victory over Houghton (N.Y.) College. Edwin had 13 points on 6 for 12 shooting from the field in 21 minutes on the court.
After playing with Warsaw, Ill. High School where he helped them to a 27-2 record, Edwin joined the St. Louis University Billikens and played his last collegiate game during the 2001-02 season before he was declared academically ineligible. He attended Southeastern (Iowa) Community College during the 2002-03 season but did not play basketball to preserve his eligibility at an NCAA Division I institution.
“Kent State was the only school that really understood my situation and what I going to do to turn around,” Edwin a 6’6” 220 forward said. “Kent State has been successful for the past five years now and it just seems like a good place for the next two years I have to play ball. They want me to come in and be the go to guy, so I can’t ask for more than that right now.”
The 111 points marked the first time since a 116-76 win against Marshall University, Feb. 19, 2002, that KSU has gone over the century mark Kent State has now won five straight season openers and 13 of the last 15. The Flashes have also won 15 straight home openers and 23 of the last 24 ... It is the largest margin of victory since a 60-point win versus Wilberforce(110-50) Nov. 25, 1998.
Meanwhile, Steve Parillon scored 21 points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds to lead Henderson State to an 86-77 win over West Georgia, Saturday at the West Georgia Classic. Parillon scored 15 points to lead Henderson State to a 65-52 win over West Alabama, in Friday’s opener of the classic.