The women host Miami at 7 p.m. Monday at the M.A.C. Center. The game is one of a number rescheduled from COVID-10 cancellations earlier in the season.
It will be KSU’s third game in six days. The Flashes won the first two, beating Central Michigan 68-57 Wednesday and winning at Eastern Michigan 70-61 Saturday. They’re 4-8 and in ninth place in the Mid-American Conference, a game behind a three-team tie for sixth between Northern Illinois, Ohio and Bowling Green. NIU beat Ohio 80-70 on Sunday.
Miami is 3-7 but played one of its best games of the season Saturday, winning at fourth-place Western Michigan 80-67. The Redhawks’ best player is junior guard Peyton Scott, who averages 18.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. She beat Kent State on a 3-point shot at the buzzer last year in Oxford.
Kent State is allowing 61.3 points a game in MAC play, third in the league. It scores 62.8, which ranks 10th. Miami ranks ninth in scoring 65.0 points and allows 69.1, which ranks seventh.
The game is on ESPN3 and the Golden Flashes Radio Network. Statistics during the game can be found on the KSU website.