2018–19 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team
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WNIT, Second Round | |
Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Division | East Division |
Record | 20–13 (11–7 MAC) |
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Home arena | MAC Center |
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 30 | – | 6 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Central Michigan | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2019 MAC tournament winner |
The 2018–19 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team represents Kent State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by third year head coach Todd Starkey, play their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, also known as the MAC Center, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 11–7 in MAC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC women's tournament where they lost to Buffalo. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT where they defeated Green Bay in the first round before losing to Butler in the second round.
Roster
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Schedule
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Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
Nov 4, 2018* 2:00 pm | Slippery Rock | W 77–48 | MAC Center Kent, OH | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 9, 2018* 6:00 pm, ACCNE | at North Carolina | L 60–73 | 0–1 | Carmichael Arena (2,005) Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||
Nov 11, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCNE | at NC State | L 61–78 | 0–2 | Reynolds Coliseum (2,126) Raleigh, NC | |||||||
Nov 17, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | Northern Kentucky Kent State Classic | W 62–61 | 1–2 | MAC Center (1,273) Kent, OH | |||||||
Nov 18, 2018* 1:30 pm, ESPN3 | Oakland Kent State Classic | W 75–65 | 2–2 | MAC Center (821) Kent, OH | |||||||
Nov 20, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | Youngstown State | W 62–34 | 3–2 | MAC Center (1,925) Kent, OH | |||||||
Nov 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Duquesne | L 72–77 | 3–3 | MAC Center (413) Kent, OH | |||||||
Dec 2, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Wright State | L 55–61 | 3–4 | Nutter Center (343) Dayton, OH | |||||||
Dec 7, 2018* 7:00 pm | at Robert Morris | W 54–46 | 4–4 | North Athletic Complex (466) Moon Township, PA | |||||||
Dec 17, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at St. Bonaventure | W 76–64 | 5–4 | Reilly Center (457) Olean, NY | |||||||
Dec 21, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at NJIT | W 57–40 | 6–4 | Wellness and Events Center (322) Newark, NJ | |||||||
Dec 31, 2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | Clarion | W 92–38 | 7–4 | MAC Center (359) Kent, OH | |||||||
MAC regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 5, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | Eastern Michigan | W 71–64 | 8–4 (1–0) | MAC Center (1,724) Kent, OH | |||||||
Jan 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Northern Illinois | W 87–78 | 9–4 (2–0) | MAC Center (215) Kent, OH | |||||||
Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Toledo | W 58–47 | 10–4 (3–0) | Savage Arena (4,071) Toledo, OH | |||||||
Jan 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Ohio | L 81–83 | 10–5 (3–1) | Convocation Center (450) Athens, OH | |||||||
Jan 19, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | Central Michigan | L 75–82 | 10–6 (3–2) | MAC Center (1,552) Kent, OH | |||||||
Jan 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Ball State | L 44–48 | 10–7 (3–3) | Worthen Arena (1,055) Muncie, IN | |||||||
Jan 26, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Miami (OH) | L 63–79 | 10–8 (3–4) | Millett Hall (770) Oxford, OH | |||||||
Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Akron | W 73–58 | 11–8 (4–4) | MAC Center (2,224) Akron, OH | |||||||
Feb 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Western Michigan | W 55–51 | 12–8 (5–4) | MAC Center (931) Akron, OH | |||||||
Feb 9, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Buffalo | L 66–75 | 12–9 (5–5) | Alumni Arena (2,385) Amherst, MA | |||||||
Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Eastern Michigan | W 67–54 | 13–9 (6–5) | Convocation Center (1,086) Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
Feb 16, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | Bowling Green | W 77–73 | 14–9 (7–5) | MAC Center (1,660) Kent, OH | |||||||
Feb 20, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Western Michigan | W 56–52 | 15–9 (8–5) | University Arena (517) Kalamazoo, MI | |||||||
Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Ohio | L 67–69 | 15–10 (8–6) | MAC Center (1,208) Kent, OH | |||||||
Feb 27, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | Miami (OH) | W 67–58 | 16–10 (9–6) | MAC Center (1,342) Kent, OH | |||||||
Mar 2, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Bowling Green | L 49–62 | 16–11 (9–7) | Stroh Center (1,928) Bowling Green, OH | |||||||
Mar 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Akron | W 65–55 OT | 17–11 (10–7) | James A. Rhodes Arena (671) Akron, OH | |||||||
Mar 9, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Buffalo | W 62–53 | 18–11 (11–7) | MAC Center (1,731) Akron, OH | |||||||
MAC Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 11, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | (5) | (12) Bowling Green First Round | W 86–62 | 19–11 | MAC Center Kent, OH | ||||||
Mar 13, 2019 2:30 pm, ESPN+ | (5) | vs. (4) Buffalo Quarterfinals | L 52–85 | 19–12 | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH | ||||||
WNIT | |||||||||||
Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm | at Green Bay First Round | W 64–59 | 20–12 | Kress Events Center (1,269) Green Bay, WI | |||||||
Mar 23, 2019* 3:00 pm | at Butler Second Round | L 52–70 | 20–13 | Hinkle Fieldhouse (747) Indianapolis, IN | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
See also
References
- ^ "Kent State University Athletics". Kentstatesports.com.