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The women routed Miami 83-61 for their third straight victory.

Miami is just 3-7 MAC and 5-13 overall, but the Redhawks had beaten fourth-place Western Michigan by 13 points Saturday in Kalamazoo.

Kent State is now 5-6 in the conference and 13-7 overall. The Flashes are a half-game out of a three-way tie for sixth and just a game out of fourth place.

The game was one of Kent's best of the MAC season. The Flashes shot 48% from the field, their fourth straight game shooting over 45%. Before that, they were shooting under 35% in the league.

Nila Blackford had 22 points and nine rebounds. Over the Flashes' last six games, Blackford has averaged 19.5 points and made 60.2% of her shots (41-of-68).

Lindsey Thall scored 11 points, including the 200th 3-point basket of her career. Only Larissa Lurken has made more (212). Thall has at least 10 games to try to catch her.

Katie Shumate had 15 points and Bridget Dunn, returning after missing a game because of illness, scored 13. Hannah Young had eight points and seven rebounds.

Kent State's game plan was to attack the basket and draw fouls against an aggressive Miami defense. The Flashes made a season-high 25 free throws in 28 attempts. Miami made 5-of-6.

KSU led for 37 of 40 minutes and held Miami to 11 points in the fourth quarter. In its previous three games, the Redhawks had averaged 27 points in the last period.

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