NCAAB

Ball State Cardinals at Kent State Golden Flashes

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Ball State Cardinals
7-17, 1-11 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
53 - 58
Kent State Golden Flashes
18-8, 11-3 Home

Manley leads Kent State to 58-53 win over Ball State

Kent State (18-8, 9-4 Mid-American) moved into a first-place tie with Bowling Green in the East Division of the MAC.

Chris Ortiz scored 13 for the Golden Flashes, while Khaliq Spencer had 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Kent State used a 25-6 run midway through the first half to open up a 32-21 lead and never trailed.

Ball State (7-17, 2-11) twice pulled within two early in the second half and a three-point play by Bo Calhoun, who scored 18 points, trimmed the deficit to four with 3:30 to play.

Manley answered with a 3 and, after Calhoun made 1 of 2 free throws, Gary Akbar hit a layup to make it 53-45 with 1:53 remaining.

Kent State made 5 of 7 free throws to seal it.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 53 - 58
2nd 0:01 Jeremiah Davis made Layup. 53 - 58
2nd 0:03 Devareaux Manley made Free Throw. 51 - 58
2nd 0:03 Devareaux Manley made Free Throw. 51 - 57
2nd 0:03 Foul on Bo Calhoun. 51 - 56

Statistics

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19-55 FG 19-43
35 Field Goal % 44
8-26 3PT 5-16
31 Three Point % 31
7-11 FT 15-21
64 Free Throw % 71
32 Rebounds 34
16 Offensive Rebounds 11
16 Defensive Rebounds 23
10 Assists 9
3 Steals 6
2 Blocks 3
12 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 0
12 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
13 Points Off Turnovers 11
6 Fast Break Points 5
18 Points in Paint 20
19 Fouls 13

Game Information

Venue: M.A.C. Center

Location: Kent, OH
Attendance: 3,087 | Capacity:

2025-26 Mid-American Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Miami (OH) 18-0 - 32-2
Akron 17-1 1 29-6
Kent State 14-4 4 24-10
Toledo 11-7 7 19-15
Bowling Green 9-9 9 18-14
Ohio 9-9 9 15-17
Buffalo 7-11 11 17-15
Massachusetts 7-11 11 17-16
Ball State 7-11 11 12-19
Central Michigan 6-12 12 10-21
Western Michigan 4-14 14 10-21
Eastern Michigan 4-14 14 10-21
Northern Illinois 4-14 10 9-21
Full Standings