2023–24 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team
{{Short description|American college basketball season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| sport = women's basketball
| year = 2023–24
| team = Kent State Golden Flashes
| logo = Kent State K.svg
| logo_size = 150
| conference = Mid-American Conference
| short_conf = MAC
| CoachRank =
| APRank =
| record = 21–12
| conf_record = 13–5
| head_coach = Todd Starkey
| hc_year = 8th
| assoc_coach = Fran Recchia
| asst_coach1 = Alexa Golden
| asst_coach2 = Paige Salisbury
| arena = MAC Center
| champion = MAC tournament champions
| tourney = NCAA tournament, first round
| tourney_result =
}}
{{2023–24 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings}}
The 2023–24 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by eighth-year head coach Todd Starkey, played their home games at the MAC Center in Kent, Ohio, as members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The team finished the regular season at 18–10 and finished third in the Mid-American Conference with a 13–5 record in conference play.{{Cite web |title=2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings |url=https://getsomemaction.com/standings.aspx?standings=198 |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=getsomemaction.com}} In the 2024 MAC women's basketball tournament, the Golden Flashes defeated Northern Illinois,{{Cite web |date=2024-03-13 |title=Kent State Takes Down NIU in MAC Tournament Quarterfinals |url=https://kentstatesports.com/news/2024/3/13/womens-basketball-kent-state-takes-down-niu-in-mac-tournament-quarterfinals.aspx |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Kent State Golden Flashes |language=en}} Ball State{{Cite web |date=2024-03-15 |title=Kent State Dominates Inside, Takes Down Ball State in MAC Tournament Semifinals |url=https://kentstatesports.com/news/2024/3/15/womens-basketball-kent-state-dominates-inside-takes-down-ball-state-in-mac-tournament-semifinals.aspx |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Kent State Golden Flashes |language=en}} and Buffalo{{Cite web |date=2024-03-16 |title=MAC Champs! Kent State Beats Buffalo in Women’s Basketball Championship Game |url=https://kentstatesports.com/news/2024/3/16/womens-basketball-mac-champs-kent-state-beats-buffalo-in-womens-basketball-championship-game.aspx |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Kent State Golden Flashes |language=en}} to win their fourth MAC tournament title and first since 2002, and advance to the 2024 NCAA tournament. In the NCAA tournament, the Golden Flashes were seeded 15th in the Albany 1 region and fell to second-seeded Notre Dame in the first round{{Cite web |date=2024-03-23 |title=Kent State Drops NCAA Tournament First Round Game to No. 2 Seed Notre Dame |url=https://kentstatesports.com/news/2024/3/23/womens-basketball-kent-state-drops-ncaa-tournament-first-round-game-to-no-2-seed-notre-dame.aspx |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Kent State Golden Flashes |language=en}} to finish the season at 21–11.{{cite web |last=Mascitti |first=Carly |date=March 19, 2024 |title='It still feels unreal': Kent State prepares for first NCAA tournament appearance in decades |url=https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/it-still-feels-unreal-kent-state-prepares-for-first-ncaa-tournament-appearance-in-decades |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=News 5 Cleveland |language=en}}
Previous season
The Golden Flashes finished the 2022–23 season 21–11, 12–6 in MAC play, to finish in fourth place.{{Cite news |title=2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings |url=https://getsomemaction.com/standings.aspx?standings=181 |access-date=February 19, 2024 |work=Mid-American Conference}} In the MAC tournament, they defeated Northern Illinois in the quarterfinals,{{Cite news |date=March 8, 2023 |title=Early Three-Point Shooting Barrage Helps Flashes Advance to MAC Tournament Semis |url=https://kentstatesports.com/news/2023/3/8/womens-basketball-early-three-point-shooting-barrage-helps-flashes-advance-to-mac-tournament-semis.aspx |access-date=February 19, 2024 |work=Kent State Golden Flashes |language=en}} before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions Toledo in the semifinals.{{Cite news |last=Hickman |first=Cliff |date=March 10, 2023 |title=Kent State falls to top-seeded Toledo in MAC women's basketball tournament semifinals |url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/kent-state/2023/03/10/mac-tournament-score-kent-state-toledo-basketball-katie-shumate-lindsey-thall-quinesha-lockett/69992432007/ |access-date=February 19, 2024 |work=Akron Beacon Journal |language=en}} They received an at-large bid into the WNIT,{{Cite news |date=March 13, 2023 |title=Bracket, Round 1 matchups and times announced for 2023 Postseason WNIT |url=https://womensnit.com/news/2023/3/13/general-bracket-round-1-matchups-and-times-announced-for-2023-postseason-wnit.aspx |access-date=February 19, 2024 |work=WNIT Pre and Post Tournament |language=en}} where they lost to Syracuse in the first round.{{Cite news |last=McClendon |first=James |date=March 15, 2023 |title=Dyaisha Fair torches Kent State for 24 points; Syracuse women advance to second round of WNIT |url=https://www.syracuse.com/orangewomen/2023/03/dyaisha-fair-torches-for-24-points-syracuse-women-advance-to-second-round-of-wnit.html |access-date=February 19, 2024 |work=Syracuse.com |language=en}}
Roster
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{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Tatiana|last=Thomas|num=1|pos=F|ft=5|in=10|class=so|home=Bolingbrook, IL|high_school=Bolingbrook High School}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Corynne|last=Hauser|num=3|pos=G|ft=5|in=7|class=so|home=Rochester, PA|high_school=Rochester High School}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Bianca|last=Juzzo|num=5|pos=F|ft=5|in=11|class=jr|home=Ribeirão Preto, Brazil|high_school=New Mexico Junior College}}
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{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Lexy|last=Linton|num=11|pos=G|ft=5|in=8|class=jr|home=Westampton, NJ|high_school=Jackson Memorial High School}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Jenna|last=Batsch|num=12|pos=F|ft=6|in=1|class=jr|home=Loveland, OH|high_school=Loveland High School}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Katie|last=Shumate|num=14|pos=G|ft=6|in=0|class=sr|rs=y|home=Newark, OH|high_school=Newark High School}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Bridget|last=Dunn|num=15|pos=F|ft=6|in=3|class=jr|home=Carmel, IN|high_school=Carmel High School}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Dionna|last=Gray|num=21|pos=G|ft=5|in=4|class=so|home=Huntington, WV|high_school=Huntington High School}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Abby|last=Ogle|num=22|pos=G|ft=5|in=8|class=gs|home=Baldwin City, KS|high_school=West Virginia}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Mya|last=Babbitt|num=23|pos=G|ft=5|in=8|class=fr|home=Papillion, NE|high_school=Millard South High School}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Mikala|last=Morris|num=30|pos=C|ft=6|in=2|class=gs|home=Springfield, OH|high_school=Quinnipiac}}
{{CBB roster/Player|sex=w|first=Janae|last=Tyler|num=34|pos=F|ft=6|in=1|class=fr|home=Lansing, MI|high_school=Holt High School}}
{{CBB roster/Footer
|head_coach=
- Todd Starkey ({{college|Montreat}})
|asst_coach=
- Fran Recchia ({{college|Virginia Tech}})
- Alexa Golden ({{college|Kent State}})
- Paige Salisbury ({{college|Kent State}})
|roster_url=https://kentstatesports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/2023-24
|accessdate=February 19, 2024
}}
Schedule and results
{{CBB schedule start|attend=yes}}
|-
!colspan=12 style={{NCAA color cell|Kent State Golden Flashes}}| Exhibition
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 5, 2023
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = Muskingum
| site_stadium = MAC Center
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| tv =
| score = 106–35
| attend = –
| record = –
}}
|-
!colspan=12 style={{NCAA color cell|Kent State Golden Flashes}}| Non-conference regular season
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 12, 2023
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| opponent = Louisiana
| site_stadium = Cajundome
| site_cityst = Lafayette, LA
| gamename = MAC–SBC Challenge
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 64–55
| attend = 572
| record = 1–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 14, 2023
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| opponent = LSU
| opprank = 7
| site_stadium = Pete Maravich Assembly Center
| site_cityst = Baton Rouge, LA
| tv = SECN+
| score = 79–109
| attend = 9,117
| record = 1–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 21, 2023
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| opponent = Xavier
| site_stadium = Cintas Center
| site_cityst = Cincinnati, OH
| tv = FloHoops
| score = 64–57
| attend = 324
| record = 2–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 24, 2023
| time = 5:45 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| neutral = yes
| opponent = Chattanooga
| site_stadium = Ocean Center
| site_cityst = Daytona Beach, FL
| gamename = Daytona Beach Classic
| tv = FloHoops
| score = 54–64
| attend = 200
| record = 2–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 25, 2023
| time = 5:45 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| neutral = yes
| opponent = Missouri
| site_stadium = Ocean Center
| site_cityst = Daytona Beach, FL
| gamename = Daytona Beach Classic
| tv = FloHoops
| score = 67–64
| attend = 250
| record = 3–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = November 29, 2023
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = Coppin State
| site_stadium = MAC Center
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 77–40
| attend = 1,077
| record = 4–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 3, 2023
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| opponent = Florida State
| opprank = 15
| site_stadium = Donald L. Tucker Center
| site_cityst = Tallahassee, FL
| tv = ACCNX
| score = 49–76
| attend = 1,237
| record = 4–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 10, 2023
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| opponent = Duquesne
| site_stadium = UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse
| site_cityst = Pittsburgh, PA
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 82–89
| overtime = 2OT
| attend = 1,054
| record = 4–4
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 19, 2023
| time = 11:00 a.m.
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = Lake Erie
| site_stadium = MAC Center
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 84–20
| attend = 1,791
| record = 5–4
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = December 30, 2023
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = La Roche
| site_stadium = MAC Center
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 109–31
| attend = 788
| record = 6–4
}}
|-
!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Kent State Golden Flashes}}| 2023–24 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 3, 2024
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| away = yes
| opponent = Buffalo
| site_stadium = Alumni Arena
| site_cityst = Amherst, NY
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 73–64
| attend = 1,188
| record = 7–4
| conference = 1–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 6, 2024
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| opponent = Ohio
| site_stadium = MAC Center
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 92–63
| attend = 820
| record = 8–4
| conference = 2–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 10, 2024
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| away = yes
| opponent = Miami (OH)
| site_stadium = Millett Hall
| site_cityst = Oxford, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 69–38
| attend = 289
| record = 9–4
| conference = 3–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 14, 2024
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| opponent = Northern Illinois
| site_stadium = MAC Center
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| tv = CBSSN
| score = 73–48
| attend = 838
| record = 10–4
| conference = 4–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 17, 2024
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| opponent = Toledo
| site_stadium = MAC Center
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 76–87
| attend = 1,321
| record = 10–5
| conference = 4–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 20, 2024
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| away = yes
| opponent = Akron
| site_stadium = James A. Rhodes Arena
| site_cityst = Akron, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 69–60
| attend = 1,059
| record = 11–5
| conference = 5–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 24, 2024
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| opponent = Eastern Michigan
| site_stadium = MAC Center
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 66–57
| attend = 754
| record = 12–5
| conference = 6–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 27, 2024
| time = 4:00 p.m.
| away = yes
| opponent = Bowling Green
| site_stadium = Stroh Center
| site_cityst = Bowling Green, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 82–74
| attend = 2,296
| record = 13–5
| conference = 7–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = January 31, 2024
| time = 6:30 p.m.
| away = yes
| opponent = Ball State
| site_stadium = Worthen Arena
| site_cityst = Muncie, IN
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 46–57
| attend = 1,073
| record = 13–6
| conference = 7–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 3, 2024
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| opponent = Central Michigan
| site_stadium = MAC Center
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| attend =
| record = 13–6
| conference = 8–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 7, 2024
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| opponent = Western Michigan
| site_stadium = MAC Center
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 70–57
| attend = 1,854
| record = 14–6
| conference = 9–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 10, 2024
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| opponent = Old Dominion
| site_stadium = MAC Center
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| gamename = MAC–SBC Challenge
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 76–82
| attend = 1,044
| record = 14–7
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 17, 2024
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| away = yes
| opponent = Central Michigan
| site_stadium = McGuirk Arena
| site_cityst = Mount Pleasant, MI
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 77–54
| attend = 1,189
| record = 15–7
| conference = 10–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 21, 2024
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| away = yes
| opponent = Ohio
| site_stadium = Convocation Center
| site_cityst = Athens, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 77–79
| attend = 567
| record = 15–8
| conference = 10–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 24, 2024
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| opponent = Akron
| site_stadium = MAC Center
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 73–51
| attend = 2,080
| record = 16–8
| conference = 11–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = February 28, 2024
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| away = yes
| opponent = Eastern Michigan
| site_stadium = George Gervin GameAbove Center
| site_cityst = Ypsilanti, MI
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 76–64
| attend = 1,440
| record = 17–8
| conference = 12–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 2, 2024
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| opponent = Buffalo
| site_stadium = MAC Center
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 67–59
| attend = 2,687
| record = 18–8
| conference = 13–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 6, 2024
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| opponent = Ball State
| site_stadium = MAC Center
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 71–75
| attend = 1,290
| record = 18–9
| conference = 13–4
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 9, 2024
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| away = yes
| opponent = Toledo
| site_stadium = Savage Arena
| site_cityst = Toledo, OH
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 61–83
| attend = 6,238
| record = 18–10
| conference = 13–5
}}
|-
!colspan=12 style={{NCAA color cell|Kent State Golden Flashes}}|2024 MAC women's basketball tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 13, 2024
| time = 6:30 p.m.
| neutral = yes
| seed = 3
| opponent = Northern Illinois
| oppseed = 6
| site_stadium = Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
| site_cityst = Cleveland, OH
| gamename = Quarterfinals
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 63–60
| attend = 1,426
| record = 19–10
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 15, 2024
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| neutral = yes
| seed = 3
| opponent = Ball State
| oppseed = 2
| site_stadium = Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
| site_cityst = Cleveland, OH
| gamename = Semifinals
| tv = ESPN+
| score = 65–50
| attend =
| record = 20–10
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 16, 2024
| time = 11:00 a.m.
| neutral = yes
| seed = 3
| opponent = Buffalo
| oppseed = 4
| site_stadium = Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
| site_cityst = Cleveland, OH
| gamename = Championship
| tv = CBSSN
| score = 78–60
| attend = 2,292
| record = 21–10
}}
|-
!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Kent State Golden Flashes}}|2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = March 23, 2024
| time = 2:15 p.m.
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| seed = 15 A1
| opponent = Notre Dame
| opprank = 9
| oppseed = 2 A1
| site_stadium = Joyce Center
| site_cityst = Notre Dame, IN
| gamename = First round
| tv = ESPN
| score = 67–81
| overtime =
| record = 21–11
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule end
|timezone=Eastern
|poll=AP poll|region=A1|regionname=Albany 1}}
Sources:{{Cite news |title=2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule |url=https://kentstatesports.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2023-24 |access-date=February 19, 2024 |work=Kent State Golden Flashes}}{{Cite news |title=Kent State Golden Flashes Schedule 2023-24 |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2309/season/2024 |access-date=February 19, 2024 |work=ESPN}}
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