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Ball State Cardinals at Kent State Golden Flashes

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Ball State Cardinals
9-5, 2-3 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
90 - 100
Kent State Golden Flashes
9-5, 6-1 Home

Kent State beats Ball state 100-90 in MAC opener

Kevin Zabo scored a career-high 18 points, Deon Edwin had 14, and Desmond Ridenour 13 for the Golden Flashes (9-5), who forced 26 Cardinals turnovers.

Trailing 49-46 at halftime, Sean Sellers put Ball State up 53-51 with a 3-pointer, but Zabo's 3 put Kent State back on top. The Cardinals regained the lead 59-58 on Tahjai Teague's layup with 13:27 to go, but Kent State went on an 11-0 run capped by Ridenour's two free throws for a 69-59 lead.

Ridenour made five free throws in the final 56 seconds to lift Kent State to its third 100-point game of the season for the first time since 1965-66.

Ryan Weber scored 19 for the Cardinals (9-5), who saw their five-game win streak end.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 90 - 100
2nd 0:11 Adonis De La Rosa Defensive Rebound. 90 - 100
2nd 0:11 Sean Sellers missed Three Point Jumper. 90 - 100
2nd 0:21 Desmond Ridenour made Free Throw. 90 - 100
2nd 0:21 Desmond Ridenour made Free Throw. 90 - 99

Statistics

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30-63 FG 30-72
48 Field Goal % 42
8-23 3PT 9-19
35 Three Point % 47
22-26 FT 31-31
85 Free Throw % 100
30 Rebounds 38
11 Offensive Rebounds 17
19 Defensive Rebounds 21
19 Assists 12
7 Steals 6
2 Blocks 1
16 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 0
16 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Off Turnovers 18
0 Fast Break Points 0
0 Points in Paint 0
26 Fouls 22
3 Largest Lead 13

Game Information

Venue: M.A.C. Center

Location: Kent, OH
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