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Star wide receiver Tanner Koziol and the Ball State Cardinals (1-4) meet the Kent State Golden Flashes (0-5) on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET, at Dix Stadium.
The Cardinals are favored, but by less than a touchdown (-4.5), versus the Golden Flashes. The over/under for this game is 59.5 points.
Keep reading to check out our betting preview for this season, and discover all of our predictions here, too!
Ball State -4.5 vs. Kent State
Ball State vs. Kent State Betting Odds
- Spread favorite: Cardinals (-4.5)
- Moneyline: Cardinals (-194), Golden Flashes (+159)
- Total: 59.5 points
Ball State vs. Kent State Betting Stats and Info
The Cardinals have won three times against the spread (in five tries). In one game as the moneyline favorite, Ball State won. Kent State has yet to win a game against the spread so far this season (0-5-0). The Golden Flashes are winless in four games against the spread when underdogs by 4.5 points or more. Kent State has played a game as the underdog on the moneyline four times so far this season, losing each game.
Ball State vs. Kent State Recent Stats and Trends
Ball State Cardinals
- Ball State has covered the spread twice, and is 0-3 overall, over its past three games.
- Ball State’s past three games have hit the over.
- Ball State has averaged a total of 54.8 combined points over its last three games, 4.7 less than this game’s over/under of 59.5.
Kent State Golden Flashes
- Kent State has no wins against the spread and is 0-3 overall in its past three contests.
- In its past three games, Kent State has hit the over twice.
- Kent State has averaged a total of 55.2 combined points in its last three games, 4.3 less than this matchup’s over/under of 59.5.
Ball State vs. Kent State Key Players
Ball State Cardinals
- Kadin Semonza has 1,133 yards through the air (226.6 per game) and a 66.9% completion percentage (117-for-175), tossing 11 touchdown passes and seven interceptions.
- Braedon Sloan has rushed for a team-high 347 yards (69.4 per game) and scored two touchdowns. Receiving, he has reeled in 17 passes for 201 yards and one touchdown.
- Vaughn Pemberton has 44 rushing yards on 12 attempts.
- Koziol has been targeted 51 times and has 38 catches, leading his team with 391 yards (78.2 ypg) while also scoring three touchdowns.
- Cam Pickett has 185 receiving yards on 23 receptions (36 targets), with one touchdown, averaging 37 yards per game.
- This season Riley Tolsma leads the team with 2.5 sacks and has added two TFL and seven tackles.
- Over the course of the current campaign, Jackson Wiegold has totaled 10 tackles and one TFL and leads the team in tackles.
- Joey Stemler has intercepted one pass to lead the team while adding three tackles, one TFL, and one pass defended.
Kent State Golden Flashes
- Devin Kargman has passed for 432 yards (45-of-82), with three touchdowns and two interceptions (86.4 yards per game).
- Ky Thomas has run for a team-leading 140 yards on 46 attempts (28 yards per game).
- Ayden Harris has run for 83 yards on 24 carries (16.6 yards per game), with one touchdown on the ground.
- Chrishon McCray has 17 catches (44 targets) and paces his team with 309 receiving yards (61.8 per game) while scoring four touchdowns.
- Luke Floriea has tacked on 291 yards on 19 catches and three touchdowns. He has been targeted 31 times and averages 58.2 receiving yards.
- Dashawn Martin has caught four passes on 13 targets for 46 yards, averaging 9.2 yards per game.
- This season Kameron Olds leads the team with three sacks and has added three TFL, 13 tackles, and one interception.
- Rocco Nicholl’s 35 tackles mean he’s the team’s top tackler.
- In terms of picks, Olds leads the team with one interception this season and has added 13 tackles, three TFL, three sacks, and one pass defended.