Final
Kent StateGolden FlashesKENT · 24-105879
Illinois StateRedbirdsILST · 21-12Wed, Mar 18 · 8:00 PM EDT
0:34Brandon Lieb makes free throw 1 of 2
KENTTeam stats
This gameILST
32.8%FG%42.2%
7-283PT13-35
43Rebounds43
10Turnovers4
16Assists21
Scoring summary
- 2H 0:34 · ILST 79, KENT 58Brandon Lieb makes free throw 1 of 2
2H 1:45 · KENT 58, ILST 78Morgan Safford makes 25-foot three point jumper- 2H 1:58 · ILST 78, KENT 55Jack Daugherty makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ty'Reek Coleman assists)
- 2H 2:23 · KENT 55, ILST 75Morgan Safford makes 14-foot floating jump shot
- 2H 3:40 · KENT 53, ILST 75Quinn Woidke makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 3:40 · KENT 52, ILST 75Quinn Woidke makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 3:57 · ILST 75, KENT 51Chase Walker makes 1-foot dunk
- 2H 4:17 · ILST 73, KENT 51Ty'Reek Coleman makes layup
- 2H 5:37 · KENT 51, ILST 71Jahari Williamson makes layup
- 2H 6:02 · KENT 49, ILST 71Jahari Williamson makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Cian Medley assists)
- 2H 6:26 · ILST 71, KENT 46Ty'Reek Coleman makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 6:36 · ILST 70, KENT 46Ty'Reek Coleman makes 9-foot floating jump shot (Brandon Lieb assists)
- 2H 6:51 · KENT 46, ILST 68Morgan Safford makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 6:51 · KENT 45, ILST 68Morgan Safford makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 7:16 · ILST 68, KENT 44Chase Walker makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Mason Klabo assists)
- 2H 8:27 · KENT 44, ILST 66Morgan Safford makes layup (Rob Whaley Jr. assists)
- 2H 8:54 · KENT 42, ILST 66Rob Whaley Jr. makes layup (Morgan Safford assists)
- 2H 9:17 · ILST 66, KENT 40Mason Klabo makes 24-foot three point jumper (Johnny Kinziger assists)
- 2H 9:45 · KENT 40, ILST 63Jahari Williamson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rob Whaley Jr. assists)
- 2H 10:05 · ILST 63, KENT 37Mason Klabo makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 10:05 · ILST 62, KENT 37Mason Klabo makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 10:38 · ILST 61, KENT 37Landon Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 11:11 · ILST 60, KENT 37Chase Walker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Johnny Kinziger assists)
- 2H 11:49 · ILST 57, KENT 37Johnny Kinziger makes 19-foot jumper (Landon Moore assists)
- 2H 12:04 · KENT 37, ILST 55Delrecco Gillespie makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 12:16 · ILST 55, KENT 36Landon Wolf makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chase Walker assists)
- 2H 13:58 · ILST 52, KENT 36Ty'Reek Coleman makes driving layup (Chase Walker assists)
- 2H 14:48 · KENT 36, ILST 50Cian Medley makes 28-foot three point jumper (Delrecco Gillespie assists)
- 2H 15:37 · KENT 33, ILST 50Delrecco Gillespie makes 2-foot dunk (Cian Medley assists)
- 2H 16:21 · KENT 31, ILST 50Morgan Safford makes 12-foot floating jump shot
- 2H 16:43 · ILST 50, KENT 29Chase Walker makes layup
- 2H 17:31 · ILST 48, KENT 29Landon Wolf makes 23-foot three point jumper (Johnny Kinziger assists)
- 2H 17:54 · KENT 29, ILST 45Rob Whaley Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 19:43 · KENT 28, ILST 45Rob Whaley Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cian Medley assists)
- 1H 1:03 · KENT 25, ILST 45Rob Whaley Jr. makes layup (Cian Medley assists)
- 1H 1:18 · ILST 45, KENT 23Landon Wolf makes 6-foot floating jump shot (Ty'Reek Coleman assists)
- 1H 1:59 · ILST 43, KENT 23Landon Wolf makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 1:59 · ILST 42, KENT 23Landon Wolf makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 2:27 · KENT 23, ILST 41Dezmon Briscoe makes driving layup (Morgan Safford assists)
- 1H 3:10 · ILST 41, KENT 21Landon Wolf makes 27-foot three point jumper (Johnny Kinziger assists)
- 1H 3:56 · ILST 38, KENT 21Ty'Reek Coleman makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mason Klabo assists)
- 1H 4:54 · KENT 21, ILST 35Rayvon Griffith makes 14-foot floating jump shot (Cian Medley assists)
- 1H 6:10 · ILST 35, KENT 19Johnny Kinziger makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 6:43 · ILST 34, KENT 19Johnny Kinziger makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 6:43 · ILST 33, KENT 19Johnny Kinziger makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 6:56 · ILST 32, KENT 19Boden Skunberg makes 27-foot three point jumper (Landon Moore assists)
- 1H 7:36 · ILST 29, KENT 19Chase Walker makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 7:50 · KENT 18, ILST 28Morgan Safford makes driving layup
- 1H 7:50 · KENT 19, ILST 28Morgan Safford makes free throw 1 of 1
- 1H 7:58 · ILST 28, KENT 16Landon Wolf makes 26-foot three point jumper (Johnny Kinziger assists)
- 1H 8:24 · ILST 25, KENT 16Landon Wolf makes free throw 1 of 1
- 1H 8:24 · ILST 24, KENT 16Landon Wolf makes layup (Landon Moore assists)
- 1H 8:48 · KENT 16, ILST 22Morgan Safford makes 23-foot three point jumper (Cian Medley assists)
- 1H 9:07 · ILST 22, KENT 13Chase Walker makes 7-foot hook shot
- 1H 9:31 · KENT 13, ILST 20Delrecco Gillespie makes layup (Rob Whaley Jr. assists)
- 1H 9:48 · ILST 20, KENT 11Chase Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Landon Moore assists)
- 1H 10:58 · KENT 11, ILST 17Morgan Safford makes layup (Rob Whaley Jr. assists)
- 1H 12:31 · KENT 9, ILST 17Rob Whaley Jr. makes layup (Delrecco Gillespie assists)
- 1H 12:54 · ILST 17, KENT 7Chase Walker makes layup
- 1H 13:20 · ILST 15, KENT 7Ty Pence makes 0-foot tip in layup
- 1H 13:53 · ILST 13, KENT 7Johnny Kinziger makes 29-foot three point jumper (Ty Pence assists)
- 1H 15:04 · ILST 10, KENT 7Landon Wolf makes 29-foot three point jumper
- 1H 15:18 · KENT 7, ILST 7Dezmon Briscoe makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 16:51 · ILST 7, KENT 6Johnny Kinziger makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mason Klabo assists)
- 1H 17:16 · KENT 6, ILST 4Jahari Williamson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Morgan Safford assists)
- 1H 17:29 · ILST 4, KENT 3Chase Walker makes layup (Johnny Kinziger assists)
- 1H 18:47 · KENT 3, ILST 2Rob Whaley Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
- 1H 18:49 · KENT 2, ILST 2Rob Whaley Jr. makes layup (Cian Medley assists)
- 1H 19:14 · ILST 2, KENT 0Landon Wolf makes 3-foot dunk (Chase Walker assists)
Box score
Team
1
2
T
KENT25
33
58
ILST45
34
79
KENTTeam stats
This gameILST21-64Field goals27-64
32.8%Field goal %42.2%
7-283-pointers13-35
9-12Free throws12-18
43Rebounds43
16Assists21
2Steals7
2Blocks3
10Turnovers4
16Fouls14
Top performers
This game
ILSTLandon Wolf24 PTS, 7 REB, 0 AST, 8-14 FG- ILSTChase Walker19 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 8-11 FG
KENTMorgan Safford19 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 7-14 FG
Kent State Golden FlashesPlayers
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2Rob Whaley Jr.F | 25 | 13 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 23Delrecco GillespieF | 26 | 5 | 2-12 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| 25Jahari WilliamsonG | 32 | 11 | 4-13 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1Cian MedleyG | 32 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8Morgan SaffordG | 31 | 19 | 7-14 | 2-8 | 3-3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 11Dezmon BriscoeF | 12 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 14Magnus EntenmannF | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 0Rayvon GriffithG | 11 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6Quinn WoidkeG | 18 | 2 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5Brenden MossG | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22Jaymen TownsendF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7Landon VanderwarkerF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 51Drew HuffmanF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21Dre JonesF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32Dylan LakatosG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 54Omer HamamaG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4Jamal SumlinG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | — | 58 | 21-64 | 7-28 | 9-12 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 16 |
KENTOffense
ILSTSeason stats
84.3 (20th)Points per Game(236th) 74.7
44.8% (219th)Field Goal %(112th) 46.5%
35.4% (135th)3-Point %(138th) 35.3%
74.2% (160th)Free Throw %(318th) 70.5%
16.0 (77th)Assists per Game(229th) 13.7
13 (48th)Off. Rebounds per Game(360th) 9.5
13.1 (369th)Turnovers per Game(193rd) 11.4
KENTDefense
ILSTSeason stats
39.7 (40th)Rebounds per Game(188th) 35.5
26.7 (62nd)Def. Rebounds per Game(85th) 26
6.7 (252nd)Steals per Game(397th) 5.6
3.4 (195th)Blocks per Game(379th) 2.4
KENTTeam record
ILST24-10Record21-12
Venue and TV
- 8:00 PM, March 18, 2026
- CEFCU Arena, Normal
- Watch: ESPN+