The women won at St. Bonaventure 64-53.
It's not as sexy as beating UCLA or Penn State, but it does give KSU a 6-1 start on the season, its best since 2010. St. Bonaventure is 5-2, though Kent is clearly the best team it has played this season.
Kent's 64 points were the most any team has scored against the Bonnies this season.
For the second game in a row, the Flashes had an overwhelming advantage in offensive rebounding. It was 14-3 Friday. Against Penn State Sunday, it was 17-2. KSU outscored St. Bonaventure 18-5 on second-chance points, more than its margin of victory.
The Flashes had three players with at least eight rebounds. 5-10 senior guard Hannah Young led with nine while Lindsey Thall and Nila Blackford had eight.
Blackford scored 16 points, her most of the season, in just 24 minutes. Thall, KSU's leading scorer going into the game, had just three points.
Katie Shumate led the Flashes with 19 points and made 3-of-5 three-point shots. On the season, she's made 57% of her 3-pointers.
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