Kent State plays its third game in six days when it hosts Toledo at 2 p.m. Monday at the M.A.C. Center. The Flashes will then play another Mid-American Conference home game against Bowling Green on Wednesday.
The Toledo game was postponed during Kent’s COVID-19 outbreak in January. The Flashes went 25 days without playing a game.
They’ve had two games in the last week, losing at Ohio 85-70 Wednesday and beating Miami 71-69 Saturday. Kent State is 5-1 in the MAC and in first place by winning percentage (.833), which is how the league determines standings. Second-place Bowling Green is 10-3 (.769 winning percentage).
Lindsey Thall’s basket with 1.8 seconds to go gave Kent State its victory over Miami on Saturday.
The game will be streamed on Boxcast through the Kent State website. (Not ESPN+.) Online radio starts at 1:45 on the Kent State Radio Network. Live statistics during the game are on the KSU website.
Kent State beat Toledo 61-57 in December at Toledo. The Rockets went 4-0 in non-conference play, but are 4-7 and in ninth place in the MAC. Their leading scorer is guard Quinesha Lockett at 18.1 points a game. Guard Sophia Wiard averages 13.9 points and 4.6 assists.
Kent State’s leading scorer is sophomore forward Nila Blackford, who averages 15.4 points a game. She had 21 and 15 rebounds in the earlier Toledo game.