Kent State University
6-3,0-0MAC
Hiram
4-3,0-0NCAC
Women’s Basketball Beats Hiram by Historic Margin
12/11/2022 6:55:00 PM | Women's Basketball
KENT, Ohio — Kent State women's basketball set a program record for margin of victory on Sunday afternoon, defeating Hiram College by a score of 105-33. The 72-point margin topped the previous record of 66 against Muskingum on Jan. 19, 1979.
The Golden Flashes (6-3) surpassed 100 points in a game for the second season in a row and posted the highest scoring performance since beating Bowling Green, 106-84, on Jan. 17, 2000. Kent State shot 38-of-72 from the floor for a season-best 52.8%.
All 13 Flashes who saw action scored and grabbed a rebound. Senior Katie Shumate led all players with 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting in only 13 minutes. Graduate students Abby Ogle and Annie Pavlansky both finished with a career-high 13 points. Junior Casey Santoro and freshman Dionna Gray added 10 points apiece. This is the second double-digit scoring game for Gray, who registered a career-high four assists.
Defensive pressure was applied from the tip and Kent State totaled 26 steals, the most in a game in more than a decade. Ogle led the way with five steals while sophomore Lexy Linton and graduate student Hannah Young added three each. The Flashes held the Terriers to 18.4% shooting and converted 35 turnovers into 52 points.
Kent State outrebounded Hiram 43-24. Freshman Tatiana Thomas led the way with a career-high eight rebounds and added a career-high eight points. Young grabbed six boards and sophomore Bridget Dunn and Pavlansky added five apiece.
Linton joined the list of Flashes who had a career-high scoring performance with six points. Redshirt freshman Elena Maier scored the first points of her collegiate career, knocking down a three-pointer from the corner during the second period.
Kent State will break for final exams and return to action Dec. 20 against Otterbein. The Education Day game will tip at 11 a.m. inside of the M.A.C. Center.
