Four Flashes Earn MAC Women’s Basketball Postseason Honors
3/12/2019 10:12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Kent State led the way with four different student-athletes earning recognition, as the Mid-American Conference announced its 2019 women's basketball postseason awards on Tuesday (March 12) morning. Redshirt junior Megan Carter was named All-MAC Third Team, senior Alexa Golden earned a spot on the MAC All-Defensive Team, while Asiah Dingle and Lindsey Thall were placed on the MAC All-Freshman Team.
The quartet helped the Golden Flashes to an 11-7 league record and No. 5 seed in the conference tournament. Kent State advanced to the MAC Tournament quarterfinals for the third year in a row with a dominant 86-62 victory against Bowling Green on Monday and will attempt to post the program's first 20-win campaign since 2010-11 when it takes on No. 4 seed Buffalo on Wednesday.
Carter ranked ninth in the MAC with a scoring average of 16.1 points per game and provided consistent offense for the Flashes throughout the season, hitting double-figures in 25 of 29 regular season contests. Carter also posted career-high averages in rebounds (4.2 rpg) and assists (2.2 apg).
Tasked with guarding the opposition's top perimeter player each night, Golden was the leader of a Kent State squad that led the MAC in field goal percentage defense (.375) and ranked third in scoring defense (61.3 ppg) and turnovers forced (18.3). She was fourth in the conference with 2.8 steals per game overall and was the league leader with 3.2 steals per game during the MAC season.
Kent State is represented on the All-Freshman Team for the first time since 2008. This is the third time the Flashes have received multiple spots on the team, and first since 1995 when Gwen Hurley and Carrie Templin earned the recognition.
Dingle averaged 12.7 points per game, which was third among freshmen in the conference. She recorded 2.0 steals per game, which led all freshmen and ranked eighth overall. The point guard shot a team-best 77.4-percent at the free throw line and was second on the team in assists (2.5 apg).
Thall led the MAC with an average of 1.9 blocks per game. She shot better than 40-percent from behind the three-point line and is one of only three players in the nation with at least 50 three-pointers and 50 blocked shots. Thall averaged 10.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.
2019 MAC Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Reyna Frost, Central Michigan
2019 MAC Women's Basketball Coach of the Year
Sue Guevara, Central Michigan
2019 MAC Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year
Erica Johnson, Ohio
20189MAC Women's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year
Cece Hooks, Ohio
2019 MAC Women's Basketball Sixth Player of the Year
Erica Johnson, Ohio
2019 MAC Women's Basketball All-MAC First Team
Cierra Dillard, Buffalo
Reyna Frost, Central Michigan
Presley Hudson, Central Michigan
Lauren Dickerson, Miami
Cece Hooks, Ohio
2019 MAC Women's Basketball All-MAC Second Team
Megan Sefcik, Akron
Summer Hemphill, Buffalo
Savannah Kluesner, Miami
Mikayla Voigt, Northern Illinois
Kaayla McIntyre, Toledo
2019 MAC Women's Basketball All-MAC Third Team
Andrea Cecil, Bowling Green
Micaela Kelly, Central Michigan
Megan Carter, Kent State
Amani Burke, Ohio
Erica Johnson, Ohio
2019 MAC Women's Basketball All-MAC Honorable Mention
Oshlynn Brown, Ball State
Danielle Minott, Eastern Michigan
Kendall McCoy, Miami
Mikaela Boyd, Toledo
Deja Wimby, Western Michigan
2019 MAC Women's Basketball All-Defensive TeamÂ
Reyna Frost, Central Michigan
Alexa Golden, Kent State
Cece Hooks, Ohio
Kaayla McIntyre, Toledo
Deja Wimby, Western Michigan
2019 MAC Women's Basketball All-Freshman TeamÂ
Thelma Dis Agustsdottir, Ball State
Morgan McMillen, Bowling Green
Asiah Dingle, Kent State
Lindsey Thall, Kent State
Erica Johnson, Ohio
