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A status report after Kent State's opening road trip North Carolina:

1. Team certainly has potential. Flashes held their own against Carolina for most of the game and played evenly against N.C. State in the second half (though game was never close). Both ACC teams had more size, more talent and more experience than Kent.

2. Redshirt junior guard Megan Carter played like an all-star. She had 39 points and led all scorers at N.C. State.

3. Kent's next three top scorers were freshmen — point guard Asiah Dingle, forward Lindsey Thall and guard Hannah Young. Dingle shows no fear and major quickness in attacking the basket. She also needs to foul less.

4. The offense runs on drives, pull-up jumpers by Carter and three-point shooting. Three-point percentage wasn't good (27.1). Team showed little post scoring.

5. Defense and rebounding looked adequate, as best we could tell against strong competition.

Full story, plus a look at the three recruits expected to sign with KSU Wednesday and MAC results so far, is on the blog at http://wbbflashes.com.