Kent State vs Miami (OH) Picks and Prediction – 2/22/2025

The Kent State Golden Flashes continue a road trip Friday night with a game in Ohio against Miami Ohio. Kent State has eighteen wins and eight losses on the year riding a long winning streak into this matchup following a 7 point victory in their last outing. Offensively the Golden Flashes have averaged 72.1 points per game overall this season but averaged 80.8 points per game during their last five victories. Defensively Kent State has held their own allowing just 66.7 points per game overall this year through 26 games played. Stay up to date with our College Basketball Picks.

Defensively Kent State had some issues in their last out and giving up 84 points on 40% shoot from the floor. The Golden Flashes did pull in 32 rebounds and forced 8 turnovers in the victory. Offensively Kent State was lights out scoring 91 points including fifty in the second half of 55.9% shooting from the floor. Jalen Sullinger led the way for the Kent State offense in their last outing with 32 points on 13 shots.

The Miami Ohio RedHawks return home Friday with nineteen wins and seven losses on the year riding a 2 game skid following a 10 point road loss to Eastern Michigan. Offensively the Red Hawks average 80.8 points on 48.4% shooting from the floor but have averaged just 68 points per game over the last two losses. Defensively Miami Ohio is allowing 73 points per game this season but have given up an average of 77 points per game over their last two outings.

Kam Craft leads the Miami Ohio offense this season averaging 14.2 points per game. Peter Suder is 2nd on the team averaging 13.6 points and leads the way dishing out 3.4 assists. Eian Elmer averages 11.2 points and Brant Byers is averaging 8.3 points per game. Antwone Woolfork averages 7.8 points to go along with the team high 5.8 rebounds.

Both teams have found a ton of success thus far this season as each sit near the top of the conference standing. Miami Ohio is the slightly better team and will do the work Friday night to get the win. Take the RedHawks to do the job leading to the win and cover. Final Score Prediction, Miami Ohio Red Hawks win and cover 75-66.