Model Predictions
| Model | Eastern Kentucky Colonels | Kent State Golden Flashes | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 9.6% | 90.4% | - | ✓ |
| Bradley-Terry | 9.8% | 90.2% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 9.0% | 91.0% | +12.7 | ✓ (2.3 off) |
| Pythagorean | 25.6% | 74.4% | - | ✓ |
| Points Off/Def | 34.6% | 65.4% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Kent State Golden Flashes +15 (93-78). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Eastern Kentucky Colonels
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Cranford Jr. * | 30 | 5-10 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 5 | - |
| Montavious Myrick * | 26 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 7-12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 13 | -12.8 |
| Jalen Cooper * | 23 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5.7 |
| Austin Ball * | 19 | 2-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | +1.1 |
| MJ Williams * | 13 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | -3.8 |
| Turner Buttry | 27 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | -12.6 |
| Jackson Holt | 24 | 3-7 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | -8.7 |
| Tyler Jackson | 22 | 4-10 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | -7.9 |
| Yvens Paul | 12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +1.1 |
| Jayden Harris | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1.0 |
| Asa White | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.0 |
Kent State Golden Flashes
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delrecco Gillespie * | 33 | 9-14 | 0-1 | 7-9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 24 | +11.6 |
| Morgan Safford * | 31 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 5-6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15 | +14.5 |
| Rob Whaley Jr. * | 23 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 8-13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | +10.7 |
| Cian Medley * | 23 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | +10.6 |
| Jahari Williamson * | 17 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4.8 |
| Quinn Woidke | 27 | 2-7 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +8.7 |
| Rayvon Griffith | 13 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 |
| Omer Hamama | 12 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | -0.1 |
| Magnus Entenmann | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +5.8 |
| Dezmon Briscoe | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3.0 |
| Landon Vanderwarker | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2.0 |
| Deandre Jones | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.0 |
* = starter