2018–19 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by third-year head coach Todd Starkey, played their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, also known as the MAC Center, in Kent, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). They finished the season 20–13, 11–7 in MAC play, to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC women's tournament, where they lost to Buffalo. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT, where they defeated Green Bay in the first round before losing to Butler in the second round.

2018–19 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball
WNIT, second round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	20–13 (11–7 MAC)
Head coach	Todd Starkey (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Fran Recchia Morgan Toles Mike McKee
Home arena	MAC Center

2018–19 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Ohio	14	–	4		.778			30	–	6		.833
Miami (OH)	13	–	5		.722			23	–	9		.719
Buffalo †	12	–	6		.667			24	–	10		.706
Kent State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Akron	7	–	11		.389			16	–	15		.516
Bowling Green	2	–	16		.111			9	–	21		.300
West
Central Michigan	15	–	3		.833			25	–	8		.758
Toledo	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Northern Illinois	10	–	8		.556			19	–	13		.594
Eastern Michigan	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Western Michigan	4	–	14		.222			10	–	20		.333
Ball State	3	–	15		.167			8	–	23		.258
† 2019 MAC tournament winner

Roster

2018–19 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G/F 2 Annie Pavlansky 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Lakeview Cortland, OH G 3 Asiah Dingle 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Archbishop Williams Stoughton, MA G 5 Mariah Modkins 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) Fr Solon Solon, OH G 10 Jess Wallis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Rhea County Walters State CC Dayton, TN F 15 Sydney Brinlee 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Latta Highland CC Allen, OK F 22 Merissa Barber-Smith 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr La Follette Madison, WI G 23 Ali Poole 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Carrollton Carrollton, OH G 24 Alexa Golden 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Chartiers Valley Pittsburgh, PA G 25 Monique Smith 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Serra San Diego, CA G 31 Megan Carter 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr North Farmington Farmington Hills, MI G 32 Hannah Young 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Brookville Forest, VA G 40 Margaux Eibel 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So La Costa Canyon Carlsbad, CA F 44 Lindsey Thall 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Strongville Strongsville, OH C 50 Amanda Sape 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Bloomfield Hills Bloomfield Hills, MI	Head coach Todd Starkey (Montreat) Assistant coach(es) Fran Recchia (Virginia Tech) Morgan Toles (Florida State) Mike McKee (Kent State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: April 30, 2025

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 4, 2018* 2:00 p.m.		Slippery Rock	W 77–48		MAC Center  Kent, OH
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2018* 6:00 p.m., ACCNE		at North Carolina	L 60–73	0–1	Carmichael Arena (2,005) Chapel Hill, NC
November 11, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ACCNE		at NC State	L 61–78	0–2	Reynolds Coliseum (2,126) Raleigh, NC
November 17, 2018* 5:00 p.m., ESPN3		Northern Kentucky Kent State Classic	W 62–61	1–2	MAC Center (1,273) Kent, OH
November 18, 2018* 1:30 p.m., ESPN3		Oakland Kent State Classic	W 75–65	2–2	MAC Center (821) Kent, OH
November 20, 2018* 5:00 p.m., ESPN3		Youngstown State	W 62–34	3–2	MAC Center (1,925) Kent, OH
November 28, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Duquesne	L 72–77	3–3	MAC Center (413) Kent, OH
December 2, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Wright State	L 55–61	3–4	Nutter Center (343) Dayton, OH
December 7, 2018* 7:00 p.m.		at Robert Morris	W 54–46	4–4	North Athletic Complex (466) Moon Township, PA
December 17, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at St. Bonaventure	W 76–64	5–4	Reilly Center (457) Olean, NY
December 21, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at NJIT	W 57–40	6–4	Wellness and Events Center (322) Newark, NJ
December 31, 2018* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Clarion	W 92–38	7–4	MAC Center (359) Kent, OH
MAC regular season
January 5, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPN3		Eastern Michigan	W 71–64	8–4 (1–0)	MAC Center (1,724) Kent, OH
January 9, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Northern Illinois	W 87–78	9–4 (2–0)	MAC Center (215) Kent, OH
January 12, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Toledo	W 58–47	10–4 (3–0)	Savage Arena (4,071) Toledo, OH
January 16, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Ohio	L 81–83	10–5 (3–1)	Convocation Center (450) Athens, OH
January 19, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPN3		Central Michigan	L 75–82	10–6 (3–2)	MAC Center (1,552) Kent, OH
January 23, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Ball State	L 44–48	10–7 (3–3)	Worthen Arena (1,055) Muncie, IN
January 26, 2019 1:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Miami (OH)	L 63–79	10–8 (3–4)	Millett Hall (770) Oxford, OH
February 2, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		Akron	W 73–58	11–8 (4–4)	MAC Center (2,224) Akron, OH
February 6, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Western Michigan	W 55–51	12–8 (5–4)	MAC Center (931) Akron, OH
February 9, 2019 1:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Buffalo	L 66–75	12–9 (5–5)	Alumni Arena (2,385) Amherst, MA
February 13, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Eastern Michigan	W 67–54	13–9 (6–5)	Convocation Center (1,086) Ypsilanti, MI
February 16, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Bowling Green	W 77–73	14–9 (7–5)	MAC Center (1,660) Kent, OH
February 20, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Western Michigan	W 56–52	15–9 (8–5)	University Arena (517) Kalamazoo, MI
February 23, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		Ohio	L 67–69	15–10 (8–6)	MAC Center (1,208) Kent, OH
February 27, 2019 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Miami (OH)	W 67–58	16–10 (9–6)	MAC Center (1,342) Kent, OH
March 2, 2019 1:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Bowling Green	L 49–62	16–11 (9–7)	Stroh Center (1,928) Bowling Green, OH
March 6, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Akron	W 65–55 OT	17–11 (10–7)	James A. Rhodes Arena (671) Akron, OH
March 9, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Buffalo	W 62–53	18–11 (11–7)	MAC Center (1,731) Akron, OH
MAC tournament
March 11, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(5)	(12) Bowling Green First round	W 86–62	19–11	MAC Center  Kent, OH
March 13, 2019 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	(5)	vs. (4) Buffalo Quarterfinals	L 52–85	19–12	Quicken Loans Arena  Cleveland, OH
WNIT
March 21, 2019* 7:00 p.m.		at Green Bay First round	W 64–59	20–12	Kress Events Center (1,269) Green Bay, WI
March 23, 2019* 3:00 p.m.		at Butler Second round	L 52–70	20–13	Hinkle Fieldhouse (747) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

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See also

• 2018–19 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team