Kent State Golden Flashes vs Akron Zips Prediction & Picks - NCAA Men

Prediction published on 2/28/25, 12:35 PM  by Travis Pulver | Modified on 2/28/25 at 12:38 PM in NCAA Men Picks

The Kent State Golden Flashes (19-9, 9-6) will go or win No. 20 on the year when they take on the MAC-leading Akron Zips (22-6, 14-1) at the James A. Rhodes Arena in Akron, OH. The Mac-tion gets underway at 9 p.m. ET; fans can find coverage via ESPN2 and ESPN+.

February has been a good month for the Golden Flashes. They went 6-1 during the month, with their one loss coming against the No. 2 team in the MAC, Miami (OH), 96-92 in overtime. They’ll go into this game riding a high that comes with beating a good Toledo team 105-65 on Tuesday. Five players scored in double digits for that game, led by VonCameron Davis with 21. Akron enters this game on the heels of their 14th conference win of the season, 87-82 vs. Ball State. Their lone conference loss was last week vs. Ohio.

When these two teams played on Jan. 31 on Kent State’s home court, the Zips easily won, getting out to a 48-31 lead at the half before cruising to an 85-71 finish. Nate Johnson led the way with 20 points, but the Zips had six players score in double digits, including all five starters.