KENT, Ohio -- Kent States players made their home opener memorable, and it had little to do with winning.In a sign of unity they hope catches on, the Golden Flashes invited fans onto the court to stand with them during the national anthem before Wednesday nights game against Mississippi Valley State.Moments before tip-off, Kent States players went into the crowd and each of them asked a fan of a different race to join them while the schools Flasher Brass pep band performed the anthem.We understand all of the issues going on in our world, sophomore point guard Jalen Avery said. In these times, we felt it was important to show a sign of unity in our community. Our meaning behind it was to let everybody aware of all the things that are going on in our country know that we wanted to make a stand for unity. That was basically our symbol, and we wanted to treat everybody as one.Kent State coach Rob Senderoff said the players approached the coaching staff with the idea.It takes courage for our players to make a statement like this, and I believe it is a representation of the unity in our campus community, Senderoff said. Theres a lot of people protesting the national anthem, or protesting the election, or religion. You see all of that nationally, and our guys wanted to make a statement. To me, it was a tremendously positive statement. Hopefully everybody can recognize that. I have a lot of African-American players on my team, and they have faced discrimination because of the color of their skin.The statement they wanted to make was that `I am greater than that. Im a person. We are all people, and we are going to try and bring some unity here on campus. I think they made a positive statement with what they did.One of those asked to join the players, was Kent State president Beverly Warren.The team plans to continue to have fans on the court for every home game at the M.A.C. Center this season.Kent State defeated Mississippi Valley State 93-63. Nike Sb Blazer Low Sale . -- There were a lot of firsts for the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. Cheap Blazers Shoes . -- Ryan Blaney provided more evidence that Penske Racings No. http://www.cheapblazershoes.com/blazer-shoes-mid-cheap/blazer-mid-premium.html . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. Cheap Nike Blazers . Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indianas 103-86 win Monday. George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up. Cheap Nike Sb Blazer Low . 10 Texas A&Ms offence dominated as usual against SMU. If not for Wade Grahams State of Origin suspension, Tyson Frizell knows he would not be on the verge of his Kangaroos debut.The St George Illawarra back-rower was only selected for the Blues side for Origin II after Cronulla star Graham was banned for a high tackle on Johnathan Thurston.But a standout effort on his Origin debut and in game three ensured that Frizell was in the frame for Four Nations selection.The 25-year-old, who has represented Wales at international level, is now in line for his Kangaroos debut, off the bench in Saturdays Test against New Zealand in Perth.I am very excited to be part of this squad, Frizell said.I am happy playing anywhere, on the bench or if Mal (Meninga) wants to start me I have played plenty of games doing both. I am easy wherever I am neededYou get massive confidence out of playing in such a big arena as Origin.ddddddddddddNot many players get to that and fortunately for me I was lucky enough to get that experience.I took a lot out of it, it definitely calms some of the nerves for other big games.Frizell represented Wales five times between 2011 and 2013. He said at the start of the year he never expected to earn selection in Australias Four Nations squad.It is something that I never thought I would be able to do, Frizell said.It was definitely not on my radar at the start of the year or even at the middle of the year.But it is something I have wanted to be a part of and I am loving being here. ' ' '