Kent State Golden Flashes vs Bowling Green Falcons Prediction, 2/17/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kent State Golden Flashes vs Bowling Green Falcons

Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Location: Stroh Center in Bowling Green, OH

TV: ESPN+

The Kent State Golden Flashes (19-7) are headed to Stroh Center on Tuesday where they will attempt to defeat the Bowling Green Falcons (16-10).

The Kent State Golden Flashes stepped onto the hardwood against Ball State and walked away with a win by a score of 75-68 in their last game. With respect to personal fouls, the Golden Flashes ended up walking away with 21 and Ball State totaled 15 personal fouls. They buried 8 out of their 24 attempts from three-point range. Ball State finished 73.3% at the free throw line by converting 22 of 30 shots. In addition, Ball State snagged 28 rebounds (6 offensive, 22 defensive), but couldn't earn a rejection. Ball State recorded 15 assists and had 10 steals in this game. When it comes to the defense, Kent State allowed the other team to shoot 33.9% from the floor on 19 out of 56 shooting. They also distributed 15 assists for the contest as well as forcing the other team into 10 turnovers and earning 9 steals. Regarding pulling down rebounds, they earned 40 with 9 of them being offensive. When they shot from the free throw line, the Golden Flashes buried 16 of 23 attempts for a percentage of 69.6%. Kent State wrapped up the game with a 43.9% field goal percentage (25 out of 57) and made 9 out of their 26 shots from distance.

Delrecco Gillespie is one player who was a contributor for the contest. He ended up finishing with 22 points on 7 out of 10 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 37 mins and collected 14 boards. He finished the contest at 70.0% from the field and also totaled 2 dimes.

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Kent State will take the court with a win-loss record of 19-7 on the campaign. They cough up possession 13.9 times per contest and as a unit they are committing 19.4 personal fouls every game. As a unit, Kent State is snagging 40.4 rebounds per game and is sitting with 428 assists so far this season, which is 54th in the nation in terms of passing the rock. The Golden Flashes are connecting on 35.1% on 3-pointers (250 of 712) and 74.3% from the charity stripe. They average 86.0 pts per game (20th in college) while going 45.8% from the field.

Defensively, the Golden Flashes are forcing 12.2 turnovers per contest while drawing 21.0 personal fouls. They are 300th in college hoops in giving up assists with 389 surrendered for the year. The Golden Flashes are allowing a field goal percentage of 43.4% (709 of 1,633) and they relinquish 34.0 rebounds per game as a team. They give up 34.1% on three-point shots while they are 331st in college in PPG from their opponents (80.0).

For their last game, the Bowling Green Falcons went home victorious with a score of 80-70 against Toledo. The Falcons snagged 27 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards for a total of 35 in this contest. They turned it over 7 times, while getting 7 steals in this matchup. Toledo was called for 16 personal fouls in the game which took the Falcons to the free throw line for a total of 19 tries. They were able to knock down 13 of those for a rate of 68.4%. With respect to shots from downtown, Bowling Green made 11 of 21 tries (52.4%). Overall, the Falcons went 28 for 59 from the floor which gave them a rate of 47.5%. The Falcons permitted Toledo to make 25 of 64 attempts from the field which had them at 39.1% for the game. They finished the game shooting 41.7% from distance by connecting on 10 of 24 and ended up going 10 of 13 at the free throw line (76.9%). When it comes to how they cleaned up the glass, Bowling Green permitted Toledo to snag 36 in total (11 on the offensive glass).

Javontae Campbell was important for the Falcons in this game. He accumulated 19 points in his 39 mins of playing time and accounted for 5 dimes in this contest. He knocked down 8 of 13 in this game for a field goal rate of 61.5%, and had 4 rebounds.

Bowling Green has a mark of 16-10 for the year. As an offensive unit, the Falcons are connecting on 48.4% from the field, which has them ranked 37th in college. Bowling Green has accounted for 2,141 pts for the season (82.3 per contest) and they average 36.0 boards per game. They are dishing out assists 14.7 times per game (133rd in college) and they turn it over 11.8 times per game. The Falcons are committing 17.4 fouls per contest and they connect on 73.8% from the charity stripe.

The Bowling Green defense allows 33.3% on shots from beyond the perimeter (209 of 627) and their opponents are knocking down 71.8% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have conceded 13.5 dimes and 33.0 total boards per game, which is 189th and 100th in the nation. The Falcons defensively are ranked 84th in D-1 in points given up per game with 70.2. They have forced 15.7 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 43.0% from the field (118th in D-1).

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Bowling Green

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