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Kent State made 44% of its shots and 42% of its 3-pointers in the non-conference season.

In its two MAC games, the Flashes have shot 29% from the field and 28% from 3-point distance.

They missed from everywhere in Saturday's 55-51 loss, making only 7-of-18 layups. Casey Santoro and Katie Shumate, the team's leading scorers, went 3-of-23 shooting.

Kent was outscored 34-14 in the paint.

Fifty-one points were the fewest Kent has scored this season. A week ago, they were averaging 77.8.

Thall was out "for medical reasons," coach Todd Starkey said. (He doesn't like to talk about individual players who have COVID.) Before Saturday, Thall had started 83 straight games every one since she arrived on campus.

But Western was missing one of its best players, too — 6-2 sophomore Taylor Williams. She made the MAC all-freshman team last year and is averaging 13.4 points and 9.0 rebounds this season.

Western Michigan scored the first nine points of the game and led 13-2, but KSU tied the game 16-16 in the second quarter. After that, neither team led by more than four points. The Flashes took a 51-50 with 36 seconds left, but Western hit a 3-point basket with 16 seconds left.

Kelly hadn't scored more than five points in KSU's 10 other games. She started 13 games last season but has lost that role to Hannah Young. She averaged eight points a game in 2020-21 and scored 27 against Toledo that season.

Nila Blackford had 10 points and a season-high 15 rebounds.

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