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

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. They defeated Northern Illinois, Ball State, and Buffalo to win the MAC tournament championship, earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first tournament appearance since 2002. They received the #15 seed in the Albany Regional 1, where they would fall to #2 region seed Notre Dame in the first round.

## 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.

### 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)
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### Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams :
| Team | Player | Year |
| 1st | Jenna Batsch | Senior |
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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | 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 | W 76–58 | 18–10 (10-5) | 14 – Gray | 15 – Dunn | 9 – Gray | MAC Center (1,082) Kent, OH |
| March 1, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Akron | W 64-44 | 19–10 (11–5) | 21 – Tied | 12 – Tyler | 9 – Gray | James A. Rhodes Arena (397) Akron, OH |
| March 5, 2025 7:00 pm | | at Bowling Green | L 61-84 | 17-12 (11-6) | 25 – Tied | 8 – Kohler | 6 – Fleming | Stroh Center (1,671) Bowling Green, OH |
| March 8, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Toledo | W 69-62 | 20-11 (12-6) | 27 – Batsch | 13 – Dunn | 5 – Dunn | MAC Center (1.754) Kent, OH |
| MAC tournament |||||||||
| March 12, 2025 2:30pm, ESPN+ | (4) | vs. (5) Miami (OH) Quarterfinals | | | | | | Rocket Arena Cleveland, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||||||
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