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(03-05-2022 04:14 PM)cschierh Wrote:  If the MAC gets its act together, it will announce seedings for next week's league tournament later this afternoon.

I don't think it looks good for Kent State. Flashes are 10-10 and tied for the last spot in the tournament with Ohio, Bowling Green and Western Michigan. MAC rules say in multi-team ties, the tiebreakers go to the teams with the best record against all other teams in the tie. KSU has won only one game (Saturday's OU game) against the other three teams.

That's all unofficial. Tiebreaker rules are quite convoluted, and MAC never posted anything about possibilities after six teams were tied for five spots going into today.

Ohio finished 9-10 but is considered tied with Kent State because MAC decided early in the season that a team should not be penalized for having a game canceled because of COVID.

In Saturday's game, KSU shot 27.1% from the field and Ohio 26.9%. Flashes made 17-of-21 free throws, Ohio 7-of-18. Ohio's Cece Hooks, who has scored more points than any other player in MAC history, was 0-for-11 from the line. She scored only eight points and was 4-of-21 on field goals. She came into the game averaging 23 points a game. Over the season, she had averaged 60% on foul shots.

Lindsey Thall had three 3-point baskets to break Larissa Lurken's record for most 3-pointers in a career. Thall has 215.

I’m actually glad we didn’t get in as a 7 or 8 seed. It would have been ugly.