Author: Demetri Manousos
As the most-watched women’s college basketball season winds down, the All-Star Game was a great way to take a break from the intensity of the Final Four and relax with an exhibition game. The two rosters, comprised of ten players each, were coached by Hall of Famers Nancy Lieberman and Cheryl Miller. Team Miller grabbed […]
After winning the MAC Tournament the Kent State women’s basketball team earned their first berth in March Madness since 2002. The Flashes were placed as a No. 15 seed and given the tall task of going on the road to South Bend to take on the No. 2 seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Kent State […]
The biggest game of the MAC season featured the conference’s biggest rivalry, the Akron Zips and Kent State Golden Flashes. The Zips swept Kent in the regular season, winning both games and taking a one-game lead in the all-time series record. VonCameron Davis, who scored 26 in the upset in the quarterfinal victory against Toledo, […]
After Buffalo took down No. 1 Toledo in the first semifinal, Kent State handled No. 2 Ball State in the second semifinal, preventing the top two seeded teams from making the MAC Championship Game. Kent State entered the game as the favorite, being seeded at No. 3 and having beaten No. 4 Buffalo twice in […]
The Zips fell behind 2-0 early on, but scored the game’s next eight points to go up six with 15:53 remaining in the first half. Unfortunately for Akron, those eight points would wind up being half of their first half total. Ohio cut the lead to two, but then went over five minutes without scoring. […]
After upsetting Toledo in the quarterfinals, the Golden Flashes struggled to put points on the board early on against Bowling Green. In the first five minutes and change, Kent State had two made shots, three turnovers, and an 11-6 deficit. The Flashes woke up, going on a 9-2 run to claim their first lead of […]
In a rematch of the March 6 matchup, in which Ball State won 75-71, it was the Flashes who held the lead for the majority of the first quarter. After going down 5-2 early, Kent State played excellent defense and grabbed multiple offensive rebounds to go on a 12-0 run in the final seven minutes […]
After falling behind in their quarterfinal victory against Western Michigan, Toledo again fell behind early on. The Rockets found themselves in a 9-0 hole early on, but went on an 11-2 run to tie the game. However, the Toledo offense again went cold, giving up eight straight points, and eventually found themselves down 19-13 at […]
No. 1 Toledo Rockets – 59 vs. No. 8 Kent State Golden Flashes – 67 After losing to the Rockets on the road on March 8, the Flashes fell to the No. 8 seed, setting up another matchup with Toledo. The Kent State offense only scored 26 in the first half of the meeting on […]
No. 1 Toledo Rockets – 72 vs. No. 8 Western Michigan Broncos – 61 In the opening game of the tournament, the Western Michigan Broncos came ready to play, taking a 20-16 lead on the MAC’s top team at the end of the first. They would continue to outplay the Rockets through the second quarter […]