

Clare Kelly and Katie Shumate combined for four threes in the first quarter to help the Golden Flashes build a 22-10 advantage. Kent State (21-9) made 9-of-18 three-point attempts in the first half to take a 38-25 lead. We continued to fight, but Kent State had an answer every time we tried to make a run." "I was proud of this group's effort in the second half. "You have to credit Kent State for shooting the ball well and we knew we needed to do a better job of defending them from behind the arc," said head coach Lisa Carlsen.

CLEVELAND - The Northern Illinois University women's basketball team did not keep pace with the three-point shooting of the Kent State Golden Flashes on Wednesday afternoon, falling 75-68 in the Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Championship quarterfinals at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
