Kent State University
12-6,3-3MAC
Toledo
10-8,4-2MAC
Medley Scores New Career High as Flashes Ground Rockets
1/21/2025 10:12:00 PM | Men's Basketball
TOLEDO – Kent State Men's Basketball defeated the Rockets of the University of Toledo on Tuesday night by a final score of 83-64. Sophomore guard Cian Medley dropped a new career high as the Golden Flashes earned their third conference win on the season.
The first bucket did not fall for either squad until 17:32 with Kent State striking first with a three. The Flashes led the Rockets for the opening 10 minutes going on a 16-10 run by the second media timeout. Cian Medley dropped double-digits quickly in the ballgame on the back of four first half threes. The Flashes utilized great defense holding Toledo to just 30 points in the first half leading by 14 at the break. Kent State kept their foot on the gas in the second matching the Rockets basket per basket. With 13:27 left to play Medley set a new scoring career high surpassing his previous 15 points. With 5:33 left to play VonCameron Davis drained a pair of free throws to give KSU their biggest lead of the night at 20. The Golden Flashes kept their cushion intact down the stretch outscoring the Rockets 39-34 in the second half earning the 19-point victory.
Tuesday was win No. 17 for the Kent State program all-time in Toledo, and the 57th win against the Rockets overall. As a team Kent State shot 56.6% from the floor and went 11-11 from the charity stripe. Just one game after matching his career high, Medley dropped a new one scoring 22, going 7-12 including 4-7 from behind the arch. It was the highest single game point total of his college career so far. Davis tallied another double-digits performance with 19 as did fellow senior Sulligner with 12 for his 12th. Marquis Barnett racked up 13 on his way to his fourth double-digit performance Jamal Sumlin grabbed eight rebounds in the game tallying a new career high and leading the Flashes for the first time this season.
Kent State Men's Basketball will be back in action Friday, Jan. 24 on the road against Ohio University. Tipoff between the Golden Flashes and Bobcats is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. The game is KSU's second flexed game of the season and will be broadcast on ESPNU. For more information on Kent State men's basketball, fans can follow the team on X, Instagram and Facebook.
