The team, fortunately, has a bye week to regroup before it plays Akron at home next Saturday.
Kent fell behind Miami 11-0, then 22-10 after the first quarter, and the game was never close.
Miami played far better offense than usual. The Redhawks shot 54 percent from the field — 13 points above its average. Kent had led the conference in field goal defense.
To be honest, before the game I had would have thought that if KSU had scored 63 points, they would be in the game.
This might have been their worst game of the season. It was their worst margin since they lost to 18-0 North Carolina State in the second game of the season. They hadn't lost a game by less than seven points since then.
Burden, when you talk about the weak sophomore and junior classes, you forget about Megan Carter. She's a redshirt junior, yes, but she'll be back next year. She scored 21 Saturday, her fourth time in five games over 20. She's playing much better than last season, and that's helped the team as much as adding Dingle and Thall.
Thall scored 13 of her 16 points against Miami inside, which is encouraging.
Starkey said he though the team looked mentally tired and that they badly needed the bye week to regroup.
Before the season, I would have guess they would have been 2-5 or 3-4 now. The Ball State game always was iffy. We were spoiled by that winning streak.
Now they play a lot of average and below-average teams in the MAC (except Buffalo, which is really good). We'd find soon if KSU is just average, too.
The Flashes are 10-8 overall and 3-4 in the MAC. They're tied for sixth with Akron, Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois.
Akron, by the way, beat Toledo 70-64 in overtime Saturday. It was the Zips' first victory over a team with a winning record.
Full game story is on the blot at
http://wbbflashes.com.