Gillespie and Kent State host Cleveland State

By Canadian Press on November 22, 2025.

Cleveland State Vikings (2-4) at Kent State Golden Flashes (5-1)

Kent, Ohio; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Kent State faces Cleveland State after Delrecco Gillespie scored 25 points in Kent State’s 93-78 win over the Eastern Kentucky Colonels.

The Golden Flashes are 3-1 on their home court. Kent State has a 1-0 record in games decided by 10 or more points.

The Vikings are 0-2 in road games. Cleveland State is seventh in the Horizon League scoring 79.8 points per game and is shooting 44.1%.

Kent State is shooting 47.2% from the field this season, 0.8 percentage points lower than the 48.0% Cleveland State allows to opponents. Cleveland State averages 79.8 points per game, 8.0 fewer points than the 87.8 Kent State gives up to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Gillespie is scoring 21.7 points per game and averaging 13.2 rebounds for the Golden Flashes. Morgan Safford is averaging 3.3 made 3-pointers.

Dayan Nessah is averaging 17.5 points and 6.5 rebounds for the Vikings. Tre Beard is averaging 15.5 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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