The 2025–26 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by tenth-year head coach Todd Starkey, play 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.
Previous season The Golden Flashes finished the 2024–25 season 21–12, 12–6 in MAC play, to finish in fourth place. They defeated Miami (OH), before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions Ball State in the semifinals of the MAC tournament.
Preseason On October 21, 2025, the Mid-American Conference released their preseason poll. Kent State was picked to finish atop the conference, receiving five first-place votes.
Preseason rankings +MAC Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 Kent State 133 (5) 2 118 (2) 3 115 (3) 4 112 (3) 5 105 6 101 7 86 8 51 9 48 10 44 11 42 12 36 13 23
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Tournament Champions +MAC Tournament Champions Team Votes Kent State 5 UMass 3 Toledo Ball State 1 Miami
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Preseason All-MAC Teams Preseason All-MAC TeamsTeamPlayerYearFirstJanae TylerJuniorSecondMya Babbitt Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season
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