KENT, Ohio – After playing at home on Friday, Eastern will take to the road to play at Kent State on Monday.
The game will begin at 7 p.m. ET and air live on ESPN+. The live audio broadcast of the game is available worldwide on EKUSports.com and the EKUSports app.
THE COLONELS
- After beating Kentucky State, 106-59, the Colonels improved to 3-1 on the season. EKU scored 100-plus in three of its four games.
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Drae Vasser finished with 12 points, 10 assists and 10 steals against Kentucky State, the second triple-double in program history. He set a new program record with 10 steals in a game.
- The Colonels are 23rd in the country with 11.8 three's per contest. EKU is ninth in the NCAA with 35.5 three-pointers attempted per game.
- Kentucky State turned the ball over 36 times. That is the most turnovers by an EKU opponent since Ohio-Chillicothe turned the ball over 37 times on Nov. 12, 2019.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
- Kent State is 1-2 this season. The Golden Flashes sandwiched a 102-50 win over Roberts Wesleyan around losses at Louisiana Tech (85-75) and at UNC Wilmington (91-73).
- Dhani Miller, a 6-foot-4 freshman guard, leads the team in scoring (14 ppg) and assists (3.0 apg), and is second in rebounding (5.0 rpg). Latif Diouf, a 6-foot-9 redshirt sophomore forward, averages a team-high 7.7 rebounds while scoring 10.3 points per game.
- KSU is shooting 44% from the field but only 27% from 3-point range. Opponents have made 44% from the field as well and 31% from behind the arc.
- The Golden Flashes have out-rebounded their three opponents by 7.3 boards per game and have committed 4.0 fewer turnovers per contest.
INSIDE THE SERIES
- The two teams have only met one time, with Kent State winning, 93-78, in Kent, Ohio on Nov. 18, 2025.
- A slow start shooting the ball and a rash of early turnovers doomed Eastern Kentucky in last year's game. A run of eight straight got the Colonels within 16 midway through the second half. Three 3-pointers by Juan Cranford Jr. closed the gap to 11, 76-65, with 7:20 on the clock. Two free throws from
Tyler Jackson got the visitors within single digits, 76-67, with 6:59 to go, but that is as close as it got.
Montavious Myrick led the Colonels with 15 points and eight rebounds. Delrecco Gillespie had 25 points and 11 rebounds for Kent State. EKU finished with 19 turnovers. The Golden Flashes scored 25 points off those turnovers.
