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Kent State Golden Flashes

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Also known as: Kent State Golden Flashes
Program History
Coach: Rob Senderoff

2026 Team Stats (33 games)

83.5
PPG
80.0
Opp
+3.5
Margin
44.2%
FG%
35.3%
3P%
74.0%
FT%
39.5
RPG
15.8
APG
13.0
TO
86.1
Pace
79.9
AdjO
79.7
AdjD
#161
Rank

Model Outputs

2025-2026
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1098 (#98) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1135 (#81) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +109 elo More → 1084 (#65) HCA +109 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.2 More → -0.1 (#165) HCA +2.2
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.5 More → +12.0 (#201) HCA +2.5
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.557 (#140) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff -7.3 More → 0.340 (#212) NetEff -7.3
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet -0.1 More → 0.496 (#166) AdjNet -0.1
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet -0.2 More → 0.493 (#167) AdjNet -0.2
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 79.9 | AdjD 79.7 More → 0.504 (#161) AdjO 79.9 | AdjD 79.7
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 77.4 | AdjD 74.8 More → 0.558 (#170) AdjO 77.4 | AdjD 74.8
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.789 (#144) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.752 (#143) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 117 | GP 33 More → 1186 (#73) RD 117 | GP 33

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-03 vs Troy Trojans L 97 - 103
2025-11-07 vs Cornell Big Red W 110 - 102
2025-11-10 vs UNC Wilmington Seahawks W 86 - 77
2025-11-15 @ Cleveland State Vikings W 102 - 95
2025-11-16 vs Wright State Raiders W 76 - 72
2025-11-18 vs Eastern Kentucky Colonels W 93 - 78
2025-11-22 vs Cleveland State Vikings W 91 - 71
2025-11-29 vs Penn State-Shenango Nittany Lions W 123 - 59
2025-12-03 vs Austin Peay Governors W 96 - 84
2025-12-14 @ Portland Pilots L 78 - 88
2025-12-20 @ Massachusetts Minutemen W 69 - 59
2025-12-29 @ Purdue Boilermakers L 60 - 101
2026-01-03 vs Northern Illinois Huskies W 77 - 73
2026-01-06 vs Bowling Green Falcons W 96 - 93
2026-01-10 @ Central Michigan Chippewas L 85 - 87
2026-01-13 @ Buffalo Bulls W 87 - 81
2026-01-16 vs Toledo Rockets W 87 - 84
2026-01-20 vs Miami (OH) RedHawks L 101 - 107
2026-01-24 @ Eastern Michigan Eagles W 76 - 75
2026-01-27 vs Ohio Bobcats W 72 - 57
2026-01-30 @ Akron Zips L 52 - 69
2026-02-03 @ Toledo Rockets W 75 - 72
2026-02-07 @ Southern Miss Golden Eagles L 65 - 66
2026-02-11 vs Eastern Michigan Eagles W 95 - 91
2026-02-14 @ Ball State Cardinals W 75 - 68
2026-02-17 @ Bowling Green Falcons W 78 - 71
2026-02-24 vs Central Michigan Chippewas W 83 - 81
2026-02-28 vs Akron Zips L 70 - 92
2026-03-03 @ Northern Illinois Huskies W 102 - 76
2026-03-06 vs Western Michigan Broncos W 86 - 78
2026-03-12 vs Ohio Bobcats W 86 - 75
2026-03-13 @ Akron Zips L 68 - 75
2026-03-18 @ Illinois State Redbirds L 58 - 79

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
D. Gillespie D. Gillespie - 33 32.5 17.8 11.5 1.8 1.0 1.2 2.8 12.2 18.1 152 6.9 10.5 50.2 27.9 78.9 0.45 59.3 52.4
M. Safford M. Safford - 31 31.7 14.1 5.6 1.4 0.9 0.5 1.5 10.7 10.2 124 5.6 8.9 40.2 34.0 79.4 1.09 55.9 50.0
Rob Whaley Jr. Rob Whaley Jr. - 31 23.9 11.8 4.3 1.6 0.8 0.6 2.1 8.4 8.6 66 3.3 7.1 51.4 26.9 61.8 0.21 56.3 52.7
C. Medley C. Medley - 32 33.8 10.8 2.4 6.5 1.3 0.1 3.1 9.0 8.9 162 7.4 12.3 34.5 31.9 75.6 0.38 50.4 43.7
J. Williamson J. Williamson G 33 25.5 10.4 1.9 0.8 0.9 0.0 0.4 7.1 6.5 82 3.7 7.8 44.9 44.7 81.5 0.07 65.3 62.0
Quinn Woidke Quinn Woidke - 33 19.6 8.9 2.6 1.5 0.6 0.0 0.9 6.2 6.5 70 3.2 8.1 42.2 39.9 80.0 0.03 62.3 58.0
R. Griffith R. Griffith F 32 13.7 3.9 2.8 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.8 3.5 3.7 3 0.1 0.6 42.0 29.3 52.0 -0.83 50.4 49.6
D. Jones D. Jones - 6 4.2 3.5 1.8 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.7 4.2 -42 -1.6 -3.7 100.0 0 50.0 -0.57 96.5 100.0
D. Lakatos D. Lakatos - 2 3.5 3.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.0 1.0 - - - 50.0 50.0 0 - 75.0 75.0
M. Entenmann M. Entenmann - 32 11.4 2.6 2.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.8 3.7 62 3.0 14.1 43.1 29.2 80.6 -0.23 57.2 49.1
Landon Vanderwarker Landon Vanderwarker - 9 5.1 2.6 0.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 2.0 1.4 0 0.0 0.0 44.4 40.0 37.5 -0.33 53.4 55.6
Dezmon Briscoe Dezmon Briscoe - 29 8.4 2.2 2.1 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.5 1.6 3.4 -16 -0.9 -5.3 52.2 0.0 56.7 -0.4 54.9 52.2
D. Huffman D. Huffman - 2 3.5 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 - - - 50.0 0.0 0 - 50.0 50.0
Omer Hamama Omer Hamama - 22 7.0 1.8 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.6 1.7 1.8 30 1.7 11.7 36.8 16.7 90.0 -0.01 46.0 39.5
B. Moss B. Moss - 13 4.9 1.3 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2 1.5 1.2 -7 -1.0 -16.0 31.6 21.4 100.0 0.08 42.8 39.5
J. Sumlin J. Sumlin G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
J. Townsend J. Townsend - 1 9.0 0.0 1.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0 - 0.0 0.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG