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Kent State's 2022 recruiting class includes three really good guards from three states. They are:

DIONNA GRAY, 5-4 point guard from Huntington, West Virginia. MaxPreps named her West Virginia player of the year last season. Prep Hoop Girls has her as the No. 2 recruit in the state in the class of 2022. She averaged 17.2 points 6.2 assists, 5.3 steals and 4.2 rebounds as a junior.

CORYNNE HAUSER, a 5-7 guard from Rochester, Pennsylvania. She was a first-team all-state selection last season, when she averaged 19.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 3.4 steals. Coach Todd Starkey calls her "one of the most dynamic playmakers we've recruited."

TATIANA THOMAS, a 5-10 wing from Bolingbrook, Illinois. She averaged 10 points, 8.5 rebounds and three assists last season despite not being the top scoring option on her team. Her high school coach called her a "rebounding machine."

Starkey said the three were "can't miss" players, comparable to the 2019 class of Nila Blackford, Katie Shumate and Clare Kelly. Blackford was second-team all-MAC last season and Shumate honorable mention are sophomore. Kelly started 13 games last season.

All three were highly recruited. Hauser had more than 20 Division I offers.

Lots more detail is on the blog at HTTP://wbbFlashes.com.

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Flashes' home opener is at 2 p.m. Sunday against Saint Francis of Pennsylvania at the M.A.C. Center.

KSU beat Northern Kentucky 80-73 Thursday while Saint Francis, picked to finish third in the North East Conference, lost to Marshall 73-53.