The 2024–25 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by ninth-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 Mid-American Conference (MAC).
The Golden Flashes finished the season 21–12, 12–6 in MAC play, to finish in fourth place. They defeated Miami (OH) in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament before falling to Ball State in the semifinals.
Previous season The Golden Flashes finished the 2023–24 season 21–12, 13–5 in MAC play, to finish in third place. They defeated Northern Illinois, Ball State and Buffalo to win the MAC tournament championship, earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first tournament appearance since 2002. They received the #15 seed in the Albany Regional 1, where they fell to #2 region seed Notre Dame in the first round.
Preseason On October 22, 2024, the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Kent State was picked to finish second in the MAC regular season. They received one vote to win the MAC tournament.
Preseason rankings MAC preseason poll 1 Ball State 120 (10) 2 Kent State 104 (2) 3 Buffalo 98 4 Bowling Green 96 5 Toledo 82 T–6 Northern Illinois 64 Ohio 64 8 Miami (OH) 44 9 Akron 43 10 Western Michigan 34 11 Eastern Michigan 23 12 Central Michigan 20
MAC tournament champions: Ball State (8), Bowling Green (1), Buffalo (1), Kent State (1), Toledo (1)
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Schedule and results
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