Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

Nov 2, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
KENT	32	43	75
LT	41	44	85

Game Recap

Braylon Wenger scores 28 to lead Louisiana Tech over Kent State 85-75 to start season. Braylon Wenger scored 28 points as Louisiana Tech beat Kent State 85-75 on Monday night in a season opener.

Player Stats

KENT STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	TO	PF	PTS
34Cameron Williams	15	2-4	0-0	0-1	3	0	0	1	5	4
23Latif Diouf	30	6-10	1-1	0-0	10	0	2	1	5	13
6Quinn Woidke	16	1-5	1-4	2-2	2	0	0	0	2	5
0Chansey Willis Jr.	20	0-6	0-3	0-2	3	1	1	3	2	0
2Dhani Miller	36	4-19	1-8	6-9	6	5	2	0	2	15
22Jaymen Townsend	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
7Landon Vanderwarker	16	2-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	4
8Jakhi Calloway	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30Christian Henry	23	6-14	2-7	3-4	5	1	0	1	2	17
5Brenden Moss	15	1-3	1-3	2-2	2	1	0	1	2	5
1Jamal Sumlin	27	4-10	1-2	1-2	5	1	1	0	2	10
TOTAL	-	27-7436.5%	7-2825.0%	14-2263.6%	40	9	6	7	23	75

LOUISIANA TECH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
21Iyran Francis Jr.	19	4-5	0-0	1-2	7	0	1	0	0	4	9
11Braylon Wenger	36	8-12	4-8	8-10	5	2	0	0	2	4	28
10Jay Tyler	29	4-9	3-6	0-0	1	7	1	0	1	3	11
2Kyran Tilley	26	2-4	0-2	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	1	4
4Jaylen Fenner	32	3-7	0-1	7-12	8	1	0	0	3	3	13
33Ethan Blackmon	21	5-10	0-0	3-4	10	3	2	1	1	1	13
5Adam Boyd	20	1-1	1-1	2-2	0	3	0	0	0	0	5
1Deven Bates	13	1-5	0-3	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	3	2
15Trashaun Combs-Pierce	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0


TOTAL	-	28-5451.9%	8-2236.4%	21-3070.0%	37	19	4	1	9	19	85

Play-by-Play

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1st halfKENTLT

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Louisiana Tech.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Kent State.
+3 (19:02) Braylon Wenger makes 65-foot three point jumper.
03
+3 (18:56) Jay Tyler makes 62-foot three point jumper.
06
+2 (18:21) Iyran Francis Jr. makes layup.
08
+2 (18:18) Dhani Miller makes layup.
28
(18:11) Kyran Tilley misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(18:08) Cameron Williams Defensive Rebound.
(18:06) Foul on Iyran Francis Jr..
(17:48) Chansey Willis Jr. bad pass turnover.
(17:48) Iyran Francis Jr. Steal.
+2 (17:43) Jaylen Fenner makes layup.
210
+3 (17:29) Dhani Miller makes 26-foot three point jumper.
510
+2 (17:19) Jay Tyler makes layup.
512
(17:05) Quinn Woidke misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(17:01) Iyran Francis Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(17:01) Foul on Cameron Williams.
(16:52) Jaylen Fenner bad pass turnover.
(16:38) Chansey Willis Jr. misses 33-foot three point jumper.
(16:33) Jaylen Fenner Defensive Rebound.
(16:28) Jaylen Fenner misses layup.
(16:24) Chansey Willis Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(16:19) Dhani Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:15) Chansey Willis Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(16:15) Chansey Willis Jr. misses tip in layup.
(16:11) Louisiana Tech Defensive Rebound.
(16:11) Dhani Miller misses layup.
(16:11) Kyran Tilley Defensive Rebound.
(16:10) Foul on Jamal Sumlin.
(16:10) Ethan Blackmon misses free throw 1 of 2.
(16:10) Louisiana Tech Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (16:10) Ethan Blackmon makes free throw 2 of 2.
513
(15:42) Latif Diouf misses 8-foot jumper.
(15:40) Latif Diouf Offensive Rebound.
(15:37) Jamal Sumlin misses layup.
(15:34) Ethan Blackmon Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:32) Braylon Wenger makes layup.
515
(15:32) Foul on Chansey Willis Jr..
(15:32) Braylon Wenger misses free throw 1 of 1.
(15:32) Christian Henry Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:32) Jamal Sumlin makes layup.
715
+2 (15:17) Jaylen Fenner makes layup (Ethan Blackmon assists).
717
(15:05) Foul on Jay Tyler.
(14:35) Christian Henry misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:33) Dhani Miller Offensive Rebound.
(14:33) Foul on Deven Bates.
+1 (14:33) Dhani Miller makes free throw 1 of 2.
817
(14:33) Dhani Miller misses free throw 2 of 2.
(14:33) Ethan Blackmon Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:18) Jay Tyler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Deven Bates assists).
820
(14:02) Cameron Williams misses layup.
(14:02) Ethan Blackmon Block.
(14:01) Kent State Offensive Rebound.
(13:53) Christian Henry misses layup.
(13:49) Landon Vanderwarker Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:49) Landon Vanderwarker makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1020
(13:36) Jaylen Fenner misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:32) Landon Vanderwarker Defensive Rebound.
(13:22) Foul on Deven Bates.
(13:18) Jamal Sumlin misses layup.
(13:13) Landon Vanderwarker Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:13) Landon Vanderwarker makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1220
+2 (12:53) Ethan Blackmon makes layup (Adam Boyd assists).
1222
(12:34) Quinn Woidke misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(12:23) Latif Diouf Offensive Rebound.
(12:23) Latif Diouf misses tip in layup.
(12:21) Christian Henry Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:21) Christian Henry makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1422
(12:10) Foul on Quinn Woidke.
(11:55) Jaylen Fenner misses free throw 1 of 2.
(11:55) Louisiana Tech Deadball Team Rebound.
(11:55) Jaylen Fenner misses free throw 2 of 2.
(11:55) Latif Diouf Defensive Rebound.
(11:55) Christian Henry misses 16-foot jumper.
(11:55) Ethan Blackmon Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:52) Adam Boyd makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jay Tyler assists).
1425
(11:39) Dhani Miller misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(11:34) Latif Diouf Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:34) Latif Diouf makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1625
(11:24) Jay Tyler bad pass turnover.
(11:24) Latif Diouf Steal.
+2 (11:19) Latif Diouf makes layup.
1825
(10:54) Ethan Blackmon misses 9-foot jumper.
(10:54) Deven Bates Offensive Rebound.
(10:54) Foul on Quinn Woidke.
(10:42) Jay Tyler misses layup.
(10:38) Iyran Francis Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:34) Kyran Tilley makes 7-foot jumper.
1827
(10:27) Chansey Willis Jr. misses layup.
(10:22) Dhani Miller Offensive Rebound.
(10:22) Dhani Miller misses tip in layup.
(10:21) Iyran Francis Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(10:12) Braylon Wenger misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:07) Chansey Willis Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(9:50) Latif Diouf bad pass turnover.
(9:50) Jay Tyler Steal.
(9:44) Jay Tyler misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:40) Latif Diouf Defensive Rebound.
(8:58) Chansey Willis Jr. bad pass turnover.
+2 (8:36) Iyran Francis Jr. makes 8-foot jumper (Adam Boyd assists).
1829
+3 (8:24) Latif Diouf makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dhani Miller assists).
2129
(8:11) Deven Bates misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:08) Latif Diouf Defensive Rebound.
(7:56) Dhani Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(7:54) Kyran Tilley Defensive Rebound.
(7:31) Kyran Tilley misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(7:27) Dhani Miller Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:10) Jamal Sumlin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chansey Willis Jr. assists).
2429
(6:54) Foul on Jamal Sumlin.
(6:21) Braylon Wenger misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:17) Christian Henry bad pass turnover.
(6:17) Ethan Blackmon Steal.
(6:16) Ethan Blackmon Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:11) Ethan Blackmon makes 4-foot dunk.
2431
(5:51) Chansey Willis Jr. bad pass turnover.
(5:51) Ethan Blackmon Steal.
+2 (5:44) Kyran Tilley makes layup.
2433
(5:19) Dhani Miller misses layup.
(5:16) Braylon Wenger Defensive Rebound.
(5:13) Foul on Christian Henry.
+1 (5:13) Braylon Wenger makes free throw 1 of 2.
2434
+1 (5:13) Braylon Wenger makes free throw 2 of 2.
2435
(4:54) Christian Henry misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:48) Braylon Wenger Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:35) Jaylen Fenner makes layup (Ethan Blackmon assists).
2437
(4:10) Dhani Miller misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:05) Jaylen Fenner Defensive Rebound.
(3:41) Ethan Blackmon misses layup.
(3:39) Braylon Wenger Offensive Rebound.
(3:39) Braylon Wenger traveling turnover.
(3:39) Foul on Jaylen Fenner.
(3:27) Chansey Willis Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2.
(3:27) Kent State Deadball Team Rebound.
(3:27) Chansey Willis Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2.
(3:27) Latif Diouf Offensive Rebound.
(3:27) Latif Diouf misses layup.
(3:27) Ethan Blackmon Defensive Rebound.
(3:08) Trashaun Combs-Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:04) Dhani Miller Defensive Rebound.
(2:53) Chansey Willis Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(2:48) Jamal Sumlin Offensive Rebound.
(2:46) Jamal Sumlin misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(2:42) Braylon Wenger Defensive Rebound.
(2:22) Braylon Wenger bad pass turnover.
(2:22) Chansey Willis Jr. Steal.
(2:18) Foul on Jay Tyler.
+1 (2:18) Dhani Miller makes free throw 1 of 2.
2537
+1 (2:18) Dhani Miller makes free throw 2 of 2.
2637
(2:08) Trashaun Combs-Pierce bad pass turnover.
(2:08) Dhani Miller Steal.
+2 (1:57) Dhani Miller makes layup.
2837
(1:51) Foul on Christian Henry.
+1 (1:51) Ethan Blackmon makes free throw 1 of 2.
2838
+1 (1:51) Ethan Blackmon makes free throw 2 of 2.
2839
+2 (1:15) Jamal Sumlin makes 15-foot jumper (Dhani Miller assists).
3039
+2 (0:41) Ethan Blackmon makes 16-foot jumper (Trashaun Combs-Pierce assists).
3041
+2 (0:17) Latif Diouf makes layup (Christian Henry assists).
3241
(0:03) Foul on Braylon Wenger.
(0:03) Dhani Miller misses free throw 1 of 1.
(0:02) Ethan Blackmon Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

KENT

75Points85

27-74(36.5%)Field Goal(%)28-54(51.9%)

7-28(25.0%)3-Point(%)8-22(36.4%)

14-22(63.6%)Free Throw(%)21-30(70.0%)

45(23)Rebounds(Offensive)40(10)

9Assists19

6Steals4

0Blocks1

7Turnovers9

23(0)Fouls(Technical)19(0)

0Largest Lead19

Game Details

Monday, November 2, 2026 · 7:30 PM

Thomas Assembly Center · Ruston, LA

attendance: 1,995 (24.9%)

spread: KENT -5.5

over/under: 144.5