2024–25 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team

2024–25 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball
2024–25 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	17–10 (9–5 MAC)
Head coach	Todd Starkey (9th season);
Associate head coach	Fran Recchia
Assistant coaches	Alexa Golden; Paige Salisbury;
Home arena	MAC Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ball State	13	–	2	.867	21	–	7	.750
Buffalo	11	–	4	.733	22	–	5	.815
Toledo	11	–	4	.733	20	–	6	.769
Kent State	10	–	5	.667	18	–	10	.643
Miami (OH)	9	–	6	.600	17	–	9	.654
Bowling Green	9	–	6	.600	16	–	11	.593
Central Michigan	7	–	8	.467	12	–	15	.444
Western Michigan	7	–	8	.467	11	–	15	.423
Northern Illinois	5	–	10	.333	12	–	15	.444
Ohio	4	–	11	.267	6	–	20	.231
Akron	3	–	12	.200	9	–	19	.321
Eastern Michigan	1	–	14	.067	2	–	24	.077

† 2025 MAC tournament winner As of February 26, 2025

The 2024–25 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team represents Kent State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by ninth-year head coach Todd Starkey, play their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, also known as the MAC Center, in Kent, Ohio as members of the Mid-American Conference.

Previous season

The Golden Flashes finished the 2023–24 season 21–12, 13–5 in MAC play, to finish in third place.^[1] They defeated Northern Illinois,^[2] Ball State,^[3] and Buffalo to win the MAC tournament championship, earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first tournament appearance since 2002.^[4] They received the #15 seed in the Albany Regional 1,^[5] where they would fall to #2 region seed Notre Dame in the first round.^[6]

Preseason

On October 22, 2024, the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Kent State was picked to finish second in the MAC regular season. Kent State received 1 vote to win the MAC Tournament.^[7]

Preseason rankings

MAC preseason poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Ball State	120 (10)
2	Kent State	104 (2)
3	Buffalo	98
4	Bowling Green	96
5	Toledo	82
T-6	Northern Illinois	64
T-6	Ohio	64
8	Miami (OH)	44
9	Akron	43
10	Western Michigan	34
11	Eastern Michigan	23
12	Central Michigan	20

MAC tournament champions: Ball State (8), Bowling Green (1), Buffalo (1), Kent State (1), Toledo (1)

Source:^[7]

Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams
Team	Player	Year
1st	Jenna Batsch	Senior

Source:^[7]

Roster

2024–25 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Kaley Perkins	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Oklahoma	Houston, Texas
F	1	Tatiana Thomas	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Bolingbrook High School	Bolingbrook, Illinois
G	2	Meghan Murray	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Hampton High School	Hampton, Pennsylvania
G	3	Corynne Hauser	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Rochester Area High School	Rochester, Pennsylvania
G	4	Journey Hildebrand	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Brunswick High School	Brunswick, Ohio
F	5	Bianca Juzzo	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	New Mexico Junior College	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
G	10	Eléna Maier	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Jr	Waunakee Community High School	Waunakee, Wisconsin
G	11	Lexy Linton	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Jackson Memorial High School	Westampton, New Jersey
G	12	Jenna Batsch	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Loveland High School	Loveland, Ohio
F	15	Bridget Dunn	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Carmel High School	Carmel, Indiana
G	21	Dionna Gray	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Jr	Huntington High School	Huntington, West Virginia
G	22	Joy Bergstrom	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Fr	South Dakota	Mount Prospect, Illinois
G	23	Mya Babbitt	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Millard South High School	Papillion, Nebraska
C	30	Riley Rismiller	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Dayton	Coldwater, Ohio
F	34	Janae Tyler	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Holt High School	Lansing, Michigan

Head coach

Todd Starkey (Montreat)

Assistant coach(es)

Fran Recchia (Virginia Tech)
Alexa Golden (Kent State)
Paige Salisbury (Kent State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 26, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	James Madison MAC–SBC Challenge	L 56–67	0–1	20 – Rismiller	10 – Dunn	2 – Perkins	MAC Center (1,350) Kent, OH
November 7, 2024* 7:00 pm, Boxcast TV	Walsh	W 113–54	1–1	20 – Babbitt	12 – Dunn	7 – Murray	MAC Center (1,242) Kent, OH
November 14, 2024* 7:00 pm, ACCNX	at No. 13 NC State	L 51–79	1–2	17 – Dunn	8 – Dunn	3 – Batsch	Reynolds Coliseum (4,368) Raleigh, NC
November 16, 2024* 8:00 pm, FloHoops	at Elon	L 63–66	1–3	18 – Batsch	10 – Dunn	3 – Dunn	Schar Center (691) Elon, NC
November 20, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Duquesne	W 81–61	2–3	20 – Gray	8 – Tyler	5 – Gray	MAC Center (1,147) Kent, OH
November 23, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Xavier	W 89–69	3–3	25 – Babbitt	12 – Dunn	7 – Gray	MAC Center (1,059) Kent, OH
November 28, 2024* 1:30 pm	vs. Brown Puerto Rico Clasico	W 74–51	4–3	16 – Babbitt	8 – Rismiller	5 – Gray	Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez (100) Bayamón, PR
November 29, 2024* 1:30 pm	vs. Colorado State Puerto Rico Clasico	L 54–60	4–4	13 – Gray	10 – Dunn	5 – Batsch	Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez Bayamón, PR
December 5, 2024* 3:00 pm, ESPN+	at Niagara	W 89–73	5–4	23 – Babbitt	12 – Dunn	6 – Tied	Gallagher Center (371) Lewiston, NY
December 16, 2024* 11:00 am, Boxcast TV	Virginia–Lynchburg	W 103–41	6–4	17 – Batsch	12 – Dunn	13 – Murray	MAC Center (478) Kent, OH
December 19, 2024* 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at Coppin State	L 61–67 ^OT	6–5	13 – Gray	18 – Dunn	5 – Batsch	Physical Education Complex (295) Baltimore, MD
December 29, 2024* 1:00 pm, Boxcast TV	John Carroll	W 97–59	7–5	18 – Babbitt	9 – Dunn	8 – Gray	MAC Center (1,239) Kent, OH
MAC regular season
January 1, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Bowling Green	W 81–71	8–5 (1–0)	15 – Batsch	7 – Tied	4 – Batsch	MAC Center (1,078) Kent, OH
January 5, 2025 2:00 pm, CBSSN	Buffalo	W 82–73	9–5 (2–0)	23 – Batsch	16 – Dunn	5 – Tied	MAC Center (1,203) Kent, OH
January 8, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Toledo	L 59–70	9–6 (2–1)	14 – Batsch	7 – Rismiller	6 – Babbitt	Savage Arena (4,055) Toledo, OH
January 11, 2025 3:30 pm, ESPN+	at Ohio	W 79–64	10–6 (3–1)	19 – Batsch	10 – Dunn	8 – Batsch	Convocation Center (4,011) Athens, OH
January 15, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Ball State	L 57–66	10–7 (3–2)	13 – Tied	15 – Dunn	5 – Batsch	MAC Center (1,157) Kent, OH
January 18, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Western Michigan	W 80–50	11–7 (4–2)	19 – Batsch	11 – Dunn	6 – Tied	MAC Center (2,448) Kent, OH
January 22, 2025 11:00 am, ESPN+	at Central Michigan	W 77–56	12–7 (5–2)	16 – Batsch	6 – Tied	6 – Batsch	McGuirk Arena (1,510) Mount Pleasant, MI
January 25, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	at Miami (OH)	W 77–63	13–7 (6–2)	19 – Batsch	13 – Dunn	4 – Babbitt	Millett Hall (364) Oxford, OH
January 29, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Eastern Michigan	W 79–59	14–7 (7–2)	33 – Batsch	7 – Babbitt	9 – Gray	MAC Center (1,239) Kent, OH
February 1, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Akron	W 73–51	15–7 (8–2)	25 – Batsch	13 – Rismiller	4 – Dunn	MAC Center (2,256) Kent, OH
February 5, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Northern Illinois	L 69–73	15–8 (8–3)	17 – Babbitt	12 – Dunn	4 – Gray	Convocation Center (1,401) DeKalb, IL
February 8, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Troy MAC–SBC Challenge	W 84–73	16–8	26 – Tyler	8 – Dunn	9 – Gray	Trojan Arena (2,412) Troy, AL
February 15, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Miami (OH)	L 62–64	16–9 (8–4)	18 – Tyler	8 – Dunn	5 – Batsch	MAC Center (1,180) Kent, OH
February 19, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Buffalo	L 70–76	16–10 (8–5)	17 – Tied	10 – Tyler	8 – Gray	Alumni Arena (1,436) Amherst, NY
February 22, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPNU/ESPN+	at Ball State	W 60–54	17–10 (9–5)	18 – Batsch	13 – Dunn	4 – Tied	Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
February 26, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Northern Illinois						MAC Center Kent, OH
March 1, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+	at Akron						James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH
March 5, 2025 7:00 pm	at Bowling Green						Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
March 8, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Toledo						MAC Center Kent, OH
MAC tournament
March 12–15, 2025 ESPN+/CBSSN	vs.						Rocket Arena Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[8]^[9]

References

^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
^ "'Gave us all we can handle': Kent State women's basketball advances to MAC semifinals". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
^ "Kent State routs Ball State, advances to MAC women's basketball championship game". AOL. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
^ "Kent State tops Buffalo for MAC women's title, clinches first NCAA Tournament berth since 2002". Cleveland.com. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
^ "2024 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
^ "How Hannah Hidalgo's frustration turned into defensive intensity in NCAA Tourney opener". Notre Dame Insider. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "MAC Announces 2024-25 Women's Basketball Preseason Poll & Teams". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Kent State Golden Flashes. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
^ "Kent State Golden Flashes 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

[1] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

[2] "'Gave us all we can handle': Kent State women's basketball advances to MAC semifinals". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

[3] "Kent State routs Ball State, advances to MAC women's basketball championship game". AOL. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

[4] "Kent State tops Buffalo for MAC women's title, clinches first NCAA Tournament berth since 2002". Cleveland.com. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

[5] "2024 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

[6] "How Hannah Hidalgo's frustration turned into defensive intensity in NCAA Tourney opener". Notre Dame Insider. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

[poll-7] "MAC Announces 2024-25 Women's Basketball Preseason Poll & Teams". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

[8] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". Kent State Golden Flashes. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

[9] "Kent State Golden Flashes 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 26, 2025.

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