Freshman forward Janae had the best game of her young career, scoring 14 points to lead the Flashes in their 64-54 loss to Chattanooga. (File photo from KSU ‘X’ — formerly Twitter — feed.)
In the second quarter of Kent State’s 64-54 loss to Chattanooga Friday, the Flashes scored only four points.
In the whole game, KSU managed only two 3-point baskets on 22 attempts.
That’s about all you need to know. The Flashes are now 2-2 on the season and play Missouri at 5:45 p.m. Saturday in the Daytona Beach Classic. Chattanooga, the preseason choice to win the Southern Conference is 5-1 and is off to its best start in 10 years. Missouri, of the Southeastern Conference, was 4-1 before its late game Friday with Tennessee Tech.
Kent State led 18-14 after the first quarter. But in the second, it didn’t score during the last seven minutes and trailed 29-22 at halftime. The Flashes made only 2-of-14 shots and 0-for-6 on 3s in the second quarter.
Chattanooga led by as many as 15 points in the second half. Kent State cut the score to 61-54 with three minutes to go, but the Flashes didn’t score again until a basket by Jenna Batsch with six seconds to go.
Freshman center Janae Tyler led Kent State with a career-high 14 points. She made 6-of-8 shots, and had three assists and two rebounds. Transfer grad student forward Mikala Moris had 12 points and redshirt senior Katie Shumate had 10. Shumate also had seven rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots.
Chattanooga’s Jada Godd had 26 points, and Jada Gunn had 20, both career highs.