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Hot Toledo offense ends women’s basketball season

March 22, 2022

The Kent State women’s basketball team held its previous two opponents to an average of 54.1 points on 31.9 percent shooting going into the second round of the WNIT. The Flashes’ season ended in...

Injuries, exhaustion plague women’s basketball in loss to BG

Owen MacMillan Sports Editor • March 4, 2021

The Kent State women’s basketball team was not outscored by more than five in any one quarter, but Bowling Green State University steadily built a large lead.The Flashes lost 82-65 in the Stroh Center,...

Kent State rides hot start to complete two-day sweep of NIU

Owen MacMillan Sports Editor • February 21, 2021

The Kent State women’s basketball team played its best quarter of basketball all season right out of the gates against Northern Illinois University Sunday, taking a 33-17 lead after just 10 minutes.The...

Women’s basketball rides fourth quarter success to knock off NIU

Owen MacMillan Sports Editor • February 20, 2021

As Northern Illinois University looked to inbound the ball, Kent State sophomore guard Katie Shumate bounced up and down, waving her arms and legs to obscure the inbounder’s vision.Shumate’s hustle...

Exhausted Flashes can’t keep up with CMU, lose second straight

Owen MacMillan Sports Editor • February 13, 2021

In a game in which the Kent State women’s basketball team (7-5, 6-3 Mid-American Conference) had trailed by as much as 23, the Flashes found themselves tied with Central Michigan University (13-6, 11-4...

Women’s basketball heads to Cleveland for MAC Tournament this week

Kathryn Rajnicek Sports reporter • March 9, 2020

Last season, Kent State ‘s starters missed one game combined because of injury and illnesses.This season, the Flashes starting five missed five games and lost a key bench player early in Mid-American...

Shumate, Dingle lead women’s basketball past Toledo

Amanda Levine Sports editor • February 15, 2020

Kent State and the University of Toledo were tied for fifth in the league going into Saturday’s game. The top four teams in Mid-American Conference receive a first round bye in the MAC Tournament. The...