Women's Basketball
IN A FLASH: Another Flash-tastic Season!
The Kent State Golden Flashes men's and women's basketball teams gave their fans nothing to be mad (angry) about this March! Both teams ended their exceptional regular season play and continued on to play in the Mid-America Conference Tournament at Cleveland's Rocket Arena. The men's team also went on to play in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT).
IN A FLASH: Golden Flashes CLINCH - Times TWO!
On Tuesday and Wednesday last week, both Golden Flashes basketball teams - men's and women's - earned victories that clinched their entry into the 2025 Mid-America Conference Tournament.
IN A FLASH: Zapping The Zips
Kent State’s Golden Flashes women’s basketball team celebrated 50 years of women’s basketball with “gold-out” game victory over their arch-rivals, the Akron Zips.
IN A FLASH: A Spectacular Season
A spectacular season led the Golden Flashes women's basketball team to a MAC Championship win and a trip to NCAA March Madness.
IN A FLASH: South Bend Bound!
Flashes gathered on Thursday to give the Golden Flashes women's basketball team a spectacular send off as they boarded the bus for their first NCAA championship game against Notre Dame.
IN A FLASH: We Are the Champions!
In a decisive victory over the University of Buffalo Bulls (78-60) the Kent State Golden Flashes Women's basketball team won the 2024 Mid-American Conference Championship.
IN A FLASH: High School Brass
Local high school student musicians came to Kent State to rehearse and perform with the Flasher Brass Pep Band.
IN A FLASH: Blue and Gold and Pink!
The Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center was filled with splashes of pink at the Play4Kay Golden Flashes women's basketball game.
IN A FLASH: Young Golden Flash Fans Pack the MACC
On a special field trip day, more than 1,500 students from local elementary schools cheered Kent State's women's basketball team to victory.
An Unexpected Journey
Freshman Guard Dionna Gray's journey from her home in West Virginia to the Golden Flashes began as a teenager when she told her father she wanted to do something other than basketball. The deal that followed made all the difference.