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It may have been KSU's best game of season. Score was 75-63.

I do a "report card" on each game on the blog. Against Western, KSU surpassed five of six benchmarks.

Western is a good team; it had won seven of eight games and its first two MAC games. Kent State is now 1-2 in MAC and 8-6 overall.

KSU bench, which I've been complaining about all season, had its best game, outscoring WMU 15-6. The only other game Kent's bench had outscored its opponent was against Division III Hiram.

Flashes had 11 assists on 22 baskets, another place they had lagged. They outscored WMU 24-9 on free throws, 17-7 on turnovers and 16-9 on fast breaks.

Katie Shumate led Flashes with career-best 20 points and also had eight rebounds. Asiah Dingle had 17 points and four assists. Backup point guard Mariah Modkins also had four assists to go with six points. The two guards had only one turnovers between them.

Flashes go on the road to Northern Illinois and Miami next week.

Full story on the blog at http://wbbFlashes.com.