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After watching Sunday's game, I feel pretty good about this team.

Oklahoma State was 4-0 and had averaged 90 points and 49% shooting. Kent State held them to 56 points and 31% shooting (22% from 3-point distance).

OSU hadn't played the toughest schedule, but it had handily beaten Missouri State, which made it to the second round of the NCAA last season.

Kent State had a nice game plan to slow down the Cowgirls.

The game was tied at the end of the first quarter and at halftime. When Oklahoma took a six-point lead late in the third quarter, grad student Lindsey Thall scored 10 straight points. The last seven minutes were played within three points.

The lead changed hands 17 times during the game.

Kent State took a 57-56 lead with four seconds to go when freshman Corryne Hauser scored on a left-handed off-balance layup. On Oklahoma State's last possession, KSU grad student Hannah Young leaped in the air to bat away a pass and break up a backdoor cut.

Katie Shumate led KSU with 23 points, eight rebounds and three steals.

KSU is 2-2 on the season and will play Quinnipiac, a consistently good mid-major, on Saturday in the first round of the Christmas City Classic in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Detailed game story is on the blog at HTTP://wbbFlashes.com.