FINAL SCORE
	() Western Kentucky	69
	() Kennesaw State	72

January 28, 2026
VyStar Arena - Kennesaw, Ga.

FINAL STATISTICS

Official Box Score

() Western Kentucky vs () Kennesaw State

Game Totals -- Final Statistics

January 28, 2026 at VyStar Arena - Kennesaw, Ga.

() Western Kentucky 69

No.	Player	S	Pts	FG	3FG	FT	OR	DR	TR	PF	A	TO	Blk	Stl	Min	+/-
02	HACKMAN, LJ	G	10	2-10	1-4	5-5	0	4	4	3	3	0	0	1	27	-2
05	EDELEN, JACK	G	4	2-9	0-2	0-0	1	3	4	0	2	1	0	1	28	-2
06	UNSELD, KADE	G	8	3-11	2-10	0-0	1	2	3	4	1	1	0	0	19	-5
11	MURDIX, TERRION	G	8	2-9	0-2	4-4	1	3	4	4	4	2	0	3	19	2
21	ODIAHI, LEEROY	C	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	22	-3
01	KEITA, BLAISE		4	1-2	0-0	2-2	3	5	8	3	0	0	2	0	16	1
04	MYERS, RYAN		12	4-8	2-4	2-2	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	24	1
08	NEWELL, GRANT		15	4-15	2-5	5-8	4	1	5	1	0	1	2	1	25	-5
10	STINNETT, CADE		4	0-2	0-2	4-4	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	19	-2
	TEAM		0				4	2	6	0		2
	TOTALS		69	20-69	7-29	22-25	16	24	40	22	10	8	6	7	200

Shooting By Period

Period	FG	FG%	3FG	3FG%	FT	FT%
1st Half	11-39	28%	4-19	21%	10-11	91%
2nd Half	9-30	30%	3-10	30%	12-14	86%
Game	20-69	29.0%	7-29	24.1%	22-25	88.0%

Deadball Rebounds: 6,1

Last FG: 2nd-02:43

Biggest Run: 5-0

Largest lead: By 10 at 2nd-06:30

Technical Fouls: None.

() Kennesaw State 72

No.	Player	S	Pts	FG	3FG	FT	OR	DR	TR	PF	A	TO	Blk	Stl	Min	+/-
02	SIMPSON, TREY	F	6	2-5	0-2	2-2	0	6	6	2	1	0	2	0	34	5
04	RICKARD, KADEN	G	3	1-6	0-1	1-3	0	4	4	5	2	2	1	0	16	-4
06	SHERMAN, FRANKQUON	F	6	1-3	0-1	4-4	1	9	10	1	2	1	0	1	31	11
11	JOHNSON, RJ	G	19	6-12	4-6	3-6	1	2	3	1	4	2	3	1	39	1
13	LUE, BRAEDAN	F	16	6-15	0-3	4-6	6	1	7	4	0	3	3	3	27	1
03	WASHINGTON III, DARIUS		7	2-5	0-0	3-3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	14	-13
21	HARRIS, JADEN		7	2-4	2-2	1-2	1	2	3	3	0	4	0	0	30	8
23	TAYLOR, AMIR		8	3-3	1-1	1-4	0	2	2	3	0	1	0	0	10	6
	TEAM		0				1	2	3	0		0
	TOTALS		72	23-53	7-16	19-30	11	29	40	20	9	13	9	6	200

Shooting By Period

Period	FG	FG%	3FG	3FG%	FT	FT%
1st Half	12-29	41%	4-9	44%	9-11	82%
2nd Half	11-24	46%	3-7	43%	10-19	53%
Game	23-53	43.4%	7-16	43.8%	19-30	63.3%

Deadball Rebounds: 5,1

Last FG: 2nd-02:29

Biggest Run: 10-0

Largest lead: By 6 at 1st-08:47

Technical Fouls: None.

Game Notes:
Officials:Landon Brandes, Michael Wallace, Ryan Christian
Attendance:1636

Start Time:07:02 PM ET
End Time:09:19 PM ET
Game Duration:2:16
Conference Game;
Kennesaw State is the No. seed and Western Kentucky is the No. seed in the ;

Score	1st	2nd	TOT
WKU	36	33	69
KSU	37	35	72

WKU led for 14:05. KSU led for 22:19.
Game was tied for 3:36.
Times tied:6 Lead Changes:10

Points	WKU	KSU
In the Paint	22	30
Off Turns	12	8
2nd Chance	17	8
Fast Break	5	7
Bench	35	22
Per Poss	0.945 30/73	1.091 33/66

Official Box Score

() Western Kentucky vs () Kennesaw State

First Half Statistics Only

January 28, 2026 at VyStar Arena - Kennesaw, Ga.

Western Kentucky 36

No.	Player	S	Pts	FG	3FG	FT	OR	DR	TR	PF	A	TO	Blk	Stl	Min	+/-
02	HACKMAN, LJ	G	6	1-6	1-4	3-3	0	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	13	4
05	EDELEN, JACK	G	0	0-6	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	13	1
06	UNSELD, KADE	G	3	1-6	1-6	0-0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	11	-1
11	MURDIX, TERRION	G	6	2-5	0-1	2-2	1	2	3	1	3	2	0	1	12	2
21	ODIAHI, LEEROY	C	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	12	3
01	KEITA, BLAISE		4	1-2	0-0	2-2	2	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	8	-4
04	MYERS, RYAN		7	3-3	1-1	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	12	-5
08	NEWELL, GRANT		6	1-7	1-3	3-4	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	10	-3
10	STINNETT, CADE		0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	-2
	TEAM						3	0	3	0		1
	TOTALS		36	11-39	4-19	10-11	11	13	24	9	6	4	3	3	100

Shooting By Period

Period	FG	FG%	3FG	3FG%	FT	FT%
1st Half	11-39	28%	4-19	21%	10-11	91%
Game	20-69	29.0%	7-29	24.1%	22-25	88.0%

Deadball Rebounds: 6,1

Last FG Half: WKU 2nd-02:43

Kennesaw State 37

No.	Player	S	Pts	FG	3FG	FT	OR	DR	TR	PF	A	TO	Blk	Stl	Min	+/-
02	SIMPSON, TREY	F	2	0-3	0-2	2-2	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	15	0
04	RICKARD, KADEN	G	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	10	2
06	SHERMAN, FRANKQUON	F	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	5	6	1	1	0	0	0	15	6
11	JOHNSON, RJ	G	13	4-7	3-4	2-2	1	0	1	1	2	1	3	1	19	-1
13	LUE, BRAEDAN	F	14	6-12	0-2	2-2	2	1	3	2	0	1	2	1	16	4
03	WASHINGTON III, DARIUS		5	1-2	0-0	3-3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	-4
21	HARRIS, JADEN		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	14	1
23	TAYLOR, AMIR		3	1-1	1-1	0-2	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	5	-3
	TEAM						0	1	1	0		0
	TOTALS		37	12-29	4-9	9-11	4	15	19	10	5	5	7	3	100

Shooting By Period

Period	FG	FG%	3FG	3FG%	FT	FT%
1st Half	12-29	41%	4-9	44%	9-11	82%
Game	23-53	43.4%	7-16	43.8%	19-30	63.3%

Deadball Rebounds: 5,1

Last FG Half: KSU 2nd-02:29

Score	1st	2nd	TOT
WKU	36	33	69
KSU	37	35	72

Points (This Period)	WKU	KSU
In the Paint	12	16
Off Turns	2	5
2nd Chance	9	2
Fast Break	0	2
Bench	17	8
Per Poss	1.000 16/36	1.088 17/34

Official Play-By-Play

() Western Kentucky vs () Kennesaw State

First Half

January 28, 2026 at VyStar Arena - Kennesaw, Ga.

Period 1

Starters:

Western Kentucky: 2 HACKMAN,LJ (G); 5 EDELEN,JACK (G); 6 UNSELD,KADE (G); 11 MURDIX,TERRION (G); 21 ODIAHI,LEEROY (C);

Kennesaw State: 2 SIMPSON,TREY (F); 4 RICKARD,KADEN (G); 6 SHERMAN,FRANKQUON (F); 11 JOHNSON,RJ (G); 13 LUE,BRAEDAN (F);

Time

VISITORS: Western Kentucky

Score

Margin

HOME: Kennesaw State