The Kent State Golden Flashes and the Buffalo Bulls meet Friday in college basketball action from the UB Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Buffalo vs Kent State Prediction.
Kent State Recap
The Kent State Golden Flashes come into this game looking to add on to their 68-50 win over Northern Illinois last time out to improve to 10-4 on the year. After this game, Kent State will head home to take on the Western Michigan Broncos.
Golden Flashes Looking For Consistency
VonCameron Davis leads the Golden Flashes in scoring with 16.4 PPG along with 4.1 RPG and Jalen Sullinger has 10.6 PPG with 2.1 APG while Morgan Safford has 10.6 PPG and 6.1 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Kent State up to this point in the year. Cli’Ron Hornbeak has 8.1 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead the Golden Flashes on the glass. Cian Medley also has a team-high 3.4 APG to lead the Golden Flashes on the glass so far this season. As a team, Kent State is averaging 69.3 PPG on 40.3% shooting from the field, 28.6% from three and 74.5% from the foul line up to this point in the year.
Buffalo Recap
The Buffalo Bulls come into this game bounce back from an 88-79 loss to Ohio last time out to fall to 5-9 on the year. After this game, Buffalo will head on the road to take on Bowling Green.
Bulls Lose 5th Straight
Ryan Sabol leads the Bulls in scoring with 16.5 PPG while Tyson Dunn has 13.1 PPG with 4.8 RPG and a team-high 5.7 APG to lead the Bulls in the assist department and to round out the pair of double-digit scorers for Buffalo up to this point in the year. Ben Michaels has 8.8 PPG with 3.4 RPG while Noah Batchelor has 7.1 PPG with a team-high 5.6 RPG to lead the Bulls on the glass up to this point in the year. As a team, Buffalo is averaging 74.2 PPG on 44.4% shooting from the field, 30.7% from three and 68.7% from the foul line this season.
Buffalo vs Kent State Prediction
I’m on Kent State. The Buffalo Bulls have had some major issues with defense that have started to show up again in a lot of their recent games. The Golden Flashes have a superior defense that can hold down some of the better mid-major teams out there. This is one of those games where even though Kent State doesn’t score a ton. Kent State still do more than enough to win this game by double-digits with their defense holding down Buffalo on that end of the floor. All in all, I think Kent State wins this game comfortably, so give me the Golden Flashes laying the points.