Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Illinois State Redbirds

Mar 18, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
KENT	25	33	58
ILST	45	34	79

Game Recap

Illinois State defeats Kent State 79-58 in NIT. Landon Wolf had 24 points in Illinois State's 79-58 win against Kent State on Wednesday in the NIT.

Player Stats

KENT STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
2Rob Whaley Jr.	25	5-9	1-2	2-3	3	4	1	1	1	3	13
23Delrecco Gillespie	26	2-12	0-2	1-2	15	2	0	0	2	3	5
25Jahari Williamson	32	4-13	3-9	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0	11
1Cian Medley	32	1-6	1-2	0-0	2	7	0	0	2	4	3
8Morgan Safford	31	7-14	2-8	3-3	4	3	1	0	0	2	19
11Dezmon Briscoe	12	1-3	0-0	1-2	5	0	0	1	0	1	3
14Magnus Entenmann	10	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
0Rayvon Griffith	11	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2
6Quinn Woidke	18	0-4	0-4	2-2	3	0	0	0	2	3	2
5Brenden Moss	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

TOTAL	-	21-6432.8%	7-2825.0%	9-1275.0%	40	16	2	2	10	16	58

ILLINOIS STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
35Chase Walker	23	8-11	2-3	1-3	7	3	1	0	1	3	19
3Mason Klabo	24	1-2	1-2	2-2	3	3	0	0	1	1	5
11Johnny Kinziger	33	3-8	2-6	3-4	3	7	2	0	0	1	11
4Landon Wolf	26	8-14	5-11	3-3	7	0	1	0	0	1	24
14Boden Skunberg	23	1-6	1-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	2	3
0Jack Daugherty	2	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
12Brandon Lieb	13	0-2	0-0	1-2	5	1	0	2	0	2	1
10Ty'Reek Coleman	24	4-10	1-3	1-2	2	2	2	1	1	1	10
13Ty Blake	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22Ty Pence	16	1-5	0-2	0-0	6	1	1	0	0	3	2
1Landon Moore	15	0-3	0-2	1-2	2	4	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	-	27-6442.2%	13-3537.1%	12-1866.7%	37	21	7	3	4	14	79

Play-by-Play

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1st halfKENTILST

(20:00) Start game.
(20:00) Jump Ball won by Illinois State.
(20:00) Jump Ball lost by Kent State.
(19:41) Boden Skunberg bad pass turnover.
(19:41) Rob Whaley Jr. Steal.
(19:29) Jahari Williamson misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(19:25) Mason Klabo Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:14) Landon Wolf makes 3-foot dunk (Chase Walker assists).
02
+2 (18:49) Rob Whaley Jr. makes layup (Cian Medley assists).
22
(18:47) Foul on Chase Walker.
+1 (18:47) Rob Whaley Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1.
32
(18:29) Boden Skunberg misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(18:25) Delrecco Gillespie Defensive Rebound.
(18:19) Cian Medley bad pass turnover.
(18:19) Landon Wolf Steal.
(18:07) Chase Walker bad pass turnover.
(18:07) Morgan Safford Steal.
(17:44) Rob Whaley Jr. misses layup.
(17:43) Illinois State Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:29) Chase Walker makes layup (Johnny Kinziger assists).
34
(17:29) Foul on Delrecco Gillespie.
(17:29) Chase Walker misses free throw 1 of 1.
(17:28) Delrecco Gillespie Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:16) Jahari Williamson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Morgan Safford assists).
64
(16:56) Landon Wolf misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(16:53) Chase Walker Offensive Rebound.
+3 (16:51) Johnny Kinziger makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mason Klabo assists).
67
(16:37) Jahari Williamson misses 20-foot pullup jump shot.
(16:34) Landon Wolf Defensive Rebound.
(16:26) Landon Wolf misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:23) Delrecco Gillespie Defensive Rebound.
(16:19) Morgan Safford misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:16) Johnny Kinziger Defensive Rebound.
(16:16) Foul on Rob Whaley Jr..
(15:50) Boden Skunberg misses 20-foot pullup jump shot.
(15:47) Quinn Woidke Defensive Rebound.
(15:42) Morgan Safford misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(15:38) Delrecco Gillespie Offensive Rebound.
(15:38) Delrecco Gillespie misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(15:35) Dezmon Briscoe Offensive Rebound.
(15:22) Dezmon Briscoe misses 4-foot floating jump shot.
(15:18) Dezmon Briscoe Offensive Rebound.
(15:18) Foul on Brandon Lieb.
+1 (15:18) Dezmon Briscoe makes free throw 1 of 2.
77
(15:18) Dezmon Briscoe misses free throw 2 of 2.
(15:17) Mason Klabo Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:04) Landon Wolf makes 29-foot three point jumper.
710
(14:43) Dezmon Briscoe misses layup.
(14:39) Landon Wolf Defensive Rebound.
(14:30) Johnny Kinziger misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:27) Morgan Safford Defensive Rebound.
(14:12) Morgan Safford misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:09) Ty Pence Defensive Rebound.
(14:02) Foul on Quinn Woidke.
+3 (13:53) Johnny Kinziger makes 29-foot three point jumper (Ty Pence assists).
713
(13:45) Quinn Woidke misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:42) Brandon Lieb Defensive Rebound.
(13:23) Brandon Lieb misses 4-foot hook shot.
(13:23) Ty Pence Offensive Rebound.
(13:23) Dezmon Briscoe Block.
+2 (13:20) Ty Pence makes 0-foot tip in layup.
715
(13:09) Rayvon Griffith bad pass turnover.
(13:09) Ty'Reek Coleman Steal.
+2 (12:54) Chase Walker makes layup.
717
+2 (12:31) Rob Whaley Jr. makes layup (Delrecco Gillespie assists).
917
(12:06) Ty Pence misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot.
(12:03) Delrecco Gillespie Defensive Rebound.
(11:53) Rob Whaley Jr. misses 5-foot floating jump shot.
(11:52) Delrecco Gillespie Offensive Rebound.
(11:52) Foul on Johnny Kinziger.
(11:39) Jahari Williamson bad pass turnover.
(11:39) Ty Pence Steal.
(11:14) Landon Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:10) Delrecco Gillespie Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:58) Morgan Safford makes layup (Rob Whaley Jr. assists).
1117
(10:35) Ty'Reek Coleman misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(10:33) Rayvon Griffith Defensive Rebound.
(10:20) Jahari Williamson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:17) Delrecco Gillespie Offensive Rebound.
(10:14) Jahari Williamson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:09) Illinois State Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:48) Chase Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Landon Moore assists).
1120
+2 (9:31) Delrecco Gillespie makes layup (Rob Whaley Jr. assists).
1320
+2 (9:07) Chase Walker makes 7-foot hook shot.
1322
+3 (8:48) Morgan Safford makes 23-foot three point jumper (Cian Medley assists).
1622
+2 (8:24) Landon Wolf makes layup (Landon Moore assists).
1624
(8:24) Foul on Rob Whaley Jr..
+1 (8:24) Landon Wolf makes free throw 1 of 1.
1625
(8:12) Delrecco Gillespie misses layup.
(8:12) Brandon Lieb Block.
(8:09) Boden Skunberg Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:58) Landon Wolf makes 26-foot three point jumper (Johnny Kinziger assists).
1628
+1 (7:50) Morgan Safford makes free throw 1 of 1.
1928
+2 (7:50) Morgan Safford makes driving layup.
1828
(7:50) Foul on Brandon Lieb.
(7:36) Foul on Delrecco Gillespie.
(7:36) Chase Walker misses free throw 1 of 2.
(7:36) Illinois State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (7:36) Chase Walker makes free throw 2 of 2.
1929
(7:22) Magnus Entenmann misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(7:20) Illinois State Defensive Rebound.
(7:20) Foul on Morgan Safford.
+3 (6:56) Boden Skunberg makes 27-foot three point jumper (Landon Moore assists).
1932
(6:45) Quinn Woidke bad pass turnover.
(6:45) Johnny Kinziger Steal.
(6:43) Foul on Quinn Woidke.
+1 (6:43) Johnny Kinziger makes free throw 1 of 2.
1933
+1 (6:43) Johnny Kinziger makes free throw 2 of 2.
1934
(6:20) Morgan Safford misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:16) Landon Moore Defensive Rebound.
(6:10) Foul on Cian Medley.
+1 (6:10) Johnny Kinziger makes free throw 1 of 2.
1935
(6:10) Johnny Kinziger misses free throw 2 of 2.
(6:07) Rayvon Griffith Defensive Rebound.
(5:49) Jahari Williamson misses 12-foot pullup jump shot.
(5:46) Chase Walker Defensive Rebound.
(5:35) Boden Skunberg misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(5:33) Jahari Williamson Defensive Rebound.
(5:22) Foul on Ty'Reek Coleman.
(5:16) Cian Medley misses 7-foot floating jump shot.
(5:14) Landon Wolf Defensive Rebound.
(5:02) Chase Walker misses 5-foot floating jump shot.
(5:00) Rayvon Griffith Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:54) Rayvon Griffith makes 14-foot floating jump shot (Cian Medley assists).
2135
(4:26) Ty'Reek Coleman misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(4:24) Magnus Entenmann Defensive Rebound.
(4:17) Cian Medley misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(4:14) Landon Wolf Defensive Rebound.
+3 (3:56) Ty'Reek Coleman makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mason Klabo assists).
2138
(3:40) Delrecco Gillespie misses layup.
(3:40) Brandon Lieb Block.
(3:37) Delrecco Gillespie Offensive Rebound.
(3:37) Delrecco Gillespie misses layup.
(3:35) Brandon Lieb Defensive Rebound.
+3 (3:10) Landon Wolf makes 27-foot three point jumper (Johnny Kinziger assists).
2141
(2:59) Delrecco Gillespie misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(2:56) Brandon Lieb Defensive Rebound.
(2:31) Landon Wolf misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(2:28) Morgan Safford Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:27) Dezmon Briscoe makes driving layup (Morgan Safford assists).
2341
(2:03) Ty'Reek Coleman misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(2:00) Landon Wolf Offensive Rebound.
(1:59) Foul on Cian Medley.
+1 (1:59) Landon Wolf makes free throw 1 of 2.
2342
+1 (1:59) Landon Wolf makes free throw 2 of 2.
2343
(1:47) Delrecco Gillespie misses layup.
(1:45) Ty Pence Defensive Rebound.
(1:37) Ty Pence misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:34) Dezmon Briscoe Defensive Rebound.
(1:24) Delrecco Gillespie bad pass turnover.
(1:24) Johnny Kinziger Steal.
+2 (1:18) Landon Wolf makes 6-foot floating jump shot (Ty'Reek Coleman assists).
2345
+2 (1:03) Rob Whaley Jr. makes layup (Cian Medley assists).
2545
(0:42) Landon Moore misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:39) Rob Whaley Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(0:27) Cian Medley misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(0:24) Johnny Kinziger Defensive Rebound.
(0:00) Johnny Kinziger misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Kent State Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

KENT

ILST

58Points79

21-64(32.8%)Field Goal(%)27-64(42.2%)

7-28(25.0%)3-Point(%)13-35(37.1%)

9-12(75.0%)Free Throw(%)12-18(66.7%)

43(10)Rebounds(Offensive)43(8)

16Assists21

2Steals7

2Blocks3

10Turnovers4

16(0)Fouls(Technical)14(0)

2Largest Lead26

Game Details

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 · 8:00 PM

Redbird Arena · Normal, IL

attendance: 2,565 (25.1%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: ILST -4.5

over/under: 154.5