Todd Starkey felt a sense of accomplishment following Thursday’s season-ending loss to the University of Michigan in the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament.
It was a rocky first half — one that saw the Kent State women's basketball team shoot 18.8 percent from the floor and commit 11 turnovers.
But the Flashes battled back in the second, showing they deserved their at-large bid in the game’s second most prestigious postseason tournament. And for that, the head coach was as proud as he’s ever been following a loss in his 19-years in college basketball.
Despite Kent State’s offensive surge in the second half — outscoring the Wolverines 38-24 during that span — it was unable to contain the outside shooting of the Wolverines' Katelynn Flaherty, who recorded a game-high 22 points in Michigan’s (23-9) 67-60 win over the Flashes (19-13) at Ann Arbor’s Crisler Arena.