Govs Journey to Kent for Midweek Matchup with Golden Flashes

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The finest protection within the Atlantic Sun Conference meets one of the best offense within the Mid-American Conference, as Austin Peay State University’s basketball staff faces Kent State in a 6 p.m. (CT), Tuesday conflict on the Memorial Athletic and Convocational Center in Kent, Ohio.

Austin Peay (4-3) faces its second-straight staff from the MAC, as it’s coming off a 77-59 victory towards Northern Illinois, Nov. 25, at F&M Bank Arena. Collin Parker paced the Govs with 30 factors within the win towards the Huskies – the highest-scoring efficiency by a Gov in the course of the 2025-26 season.

A Montgomery City, Missouri native, Parker went 10-for-19 from the sector, 3-for-5 from three, and 7-for-8 from the free throw line in his fifth-straight sport scoring in double figures. Parker leads the Govs with 15.3 factors per sport throughout 4 begins and has APSU’s top-two scoring video games of the season after additionally scoring 22 at UNC Greensboro, Nov. 15.

The reigning ASUN Freshman of the Year, Tate McCubbin is second on the staff with 13.1 factors per sport, and scored no less than 12 factors in 6-of-7 appearances this yr. The sophomore guard/ahead additionally paces APSU with 19 three-pointers and 6.4 rebounds per sport, whereas his 10 steals are tied with Parker, Matt Enright, and Zyree Collins for the highest mark on the staff.

Collins leads the Govs with 24 assists and is third on the staff with 12.3 factors per sport – the fifth-most by a freshman of their first seven-career video games since 2000. Entering final Tuesday’s sport towards NIU, Collins additionally had scored in double figures throughout every of his first six-career video games, making him the primary Gov to attain 10-plus factors in additional than two video games to start a profession.

After being the primary Gov off the bench within the first three video games of the season, Rashsaud Marshall has began every of the final 4 video games in APSU’s frontcourt. He is coming off his third-straight sport scoring in double figures, whereas additionally amassing a season-high 9 rebounds and tabbing career-high three steals.

Austin Peay leads the ASUN in scoring protection (65.4), field-goal proportion protection (40.2%). Additionally, the Govs have held 6-of-7 opponents beneath their season scoring common. In all six of these video games, the Govs have held opponents to no less than seven factors beneath their common and three groups – Northern Illinois, Bryan, and Air Force – to 13 factors fewer than their season common.

The Governors’ matchup towards Kent State (7-1) is the second in program historical past and the primary because the Golden Flashes earned a 94-67 win in Kent, Ohio.

Wednesday’s sport can be live-streamed on ESPN+ with Cam Manna and Jana Ashley on the decision. Fans can also tune into the Governos Sports Network on ESPN Clarksville (104.1 FM / 540 AM) to listen to Brian Rives name all of the motion.

From The Jump

• After beating Northern Illinois in Clarksville final outing, Austin Peay begins a two-game highway journey with its second-ever assembly towards Kent State.
• The Golden Flashes gained the lone earlier assembly 94-67, Nov. 22, 2005.
• Collin Parker leads Austin Peay with 15.3 factors per sport, and is averaging 20.7 factors per sport in his final three video games.
• Parker is second on the staff with 5.9 rebounds per sport, and has no less than eight rebounds in three of his final 4 video games.
• Tate McCubbin leads the Govs with 6.5 rebounds per sport and is second on the staff with 13.1 factors per sport.
• Zyree Collins’ 24 assists tempo APSU. Collins was restricted to 3 factors and 10 minutes final outing towards Northern Illinois attributable to damage.
• Rashaud Marshall leads the Govs with six blocks, 18 offensive rebounds, and a 68.8 field-goal proportion.
• Austin Peay is forty sixth nationally with an ASUN-best 65.4 scoring protection.
• The Governors are also eighth nationally with an ASUN-best 11.3 steals per sport.

Scouting the Golden Flashes

• Kent State went 24-12 total with an 11-7 document in MACtion final season. The Golden Flashes fell to Miami (OH) within the MAC Tournament Semifinals and earned a bid to the 2025 NIT. After upsetting St. Bonaventure and Stanford within the first two rounds, KSU fell to Loyola Chicago 72-52 within the quarterfinals of the event.
• The Golden Flashes had been picked to complete third within the MAC Preseason Coaches Poll. Delrecco Gillespie was named a First Team All-MAC Preseason Team choice, this system’s lone preseason choice.
• Fifteenth-year head coach Rob Senderoff returns eight athletes from final season, highlighted by Delrecco Gillespie who’s averaging 19.5 factors, and 12.8 rebounds with 13 blocks and 14 assists in eight begins. Gillespie is the nation’s double-double chief, recording no less than 10 factors and 10 rebounds in all eight video games. He is also the nation’s rebounding chief with 102, whereas his 9.0 defensive rebounds per sport are finest for second in Division I. Additionally, his 3.75 offensive rebounds per sport lead the MAC and rank twentieth nationally. Gillespie has made no less than 5 subject objectives each sport this season, along with his 59 on the season rating the Tenth-best in Division I this yr.
• Morgan Safford is second on KSU with 16.7 factors per sport, whereas Cian Medley’s 53 assists lead the MAC and are eighth nationally.
• The Golden Flashes’ roster options 9 newcomers, consisting of six freshmen. UNLV switch Rob Whaley Jr. is fourth on the staff with 10.9 factors per sport and has two 20-point nights by eight video games and three begins.

Up Next

Austin Peay heads to the Lone Star State for a 1 p.m., Sunday contest towards UTRGV on the UTRGV Fieldhouse in Edinburg, Texas.

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