K-State Wins Sixth Straight Over KU

Wednesday, January 11

Manhattan, Kan.

8:00 PM

Kansas State University

13-4, 3-2

Kansas

6-10, 0-5

Kansas

Kansas State

Jan 11, 2017 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

MANHATTAN, Kansas – Behind a dominant performance on the boards from Breanna Lewis, Kansas State defeated Kansas Wednesday night in Bramlage Coliseum, 73-60. K-State improved to 9-1 at home this season and secured the 28th win in the last 34 games over the Jayhawks including a 6-0 mark in the Jeff Mittie era.

Kansas State (13-4, 3-2 Big 12) was led by Lewis with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Lewis, a Naismith Trophy candidate, recorded her 17th career double-double and her fifth this season. Junior guard Karyla MIddlebrook added 11 points, seven assists and six rebounds.

Kansas (6-10, 0-5 Big 12) was led by junior Jessica Washington, who came off the bench to score 31 points on 10-of-14 shooting, including 7-of-10 from downtown.

K-State shot 42.6 percent (26-of-61) from the field, while Kansas shot 37.5 percent (21-of-56). The Wildcats had the edge on the boards for the 13th time this season, 41-31, and outscored the Jayhawks 38-20 in the paint.

The Wildcats raced out to a 16-0 lead, as Lewis dominated the glass with seven offensive rebounds in the first five minutes while also tallying seven points. Kansas answered with back-to-back 3-pointers to push within 10, but K-State extended the lead back to 13 twice before taking a 22-9 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Wildcats and Jayhawks traded baskets for the first five minutes of the second quarter before a Washington 3-pointer trimmed the lead to nine, 30-21, and forced a K-State timeout with 4:09 to play in the half.

The Jayhawks held K-State to just one field goal in the last five minutes of the first half to cut the Wildcat lead to seven, 33-26, to close the half.

Lewis led the way for the Wildcats in the opening half, scoring nine points and setting a team season-high with eight offensive rebounds. Middlebrook and Kaylee Page each added six points.

In the opening half, K-State shot just 34.3 percent (12-of-35) but tallied 14 offensive rebounds and outscored the Jayhawks 13-3 on second chance points. Kansas was held to 38.5 percent (10-of-26) from the field in the first half.

K-State opened the second half on a 12-0 run behind three consecutive layups and extended their lead to 47-30 with 4:46 to go in the third quarter.

After a Kylee Kopatich 3-pointer, Kindred Wesemann drilled a 3-pointer at the buzzer to put the Wildcats up 57-36 after three quarters.

The Wildcats pushed their lead to 25 two separate times early in the fourth quarter before the Jayhawks used an 8-0 run to fight back within 11 at the 1:48 mark. K-State made free throws down the stretch to secure the victory, 73-60.

K-State returns to the road this weekend, as the Wildcats travel to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to face Oklahoma State on Saturday. Game time at Gallagher-Iba Arena is set for 4 p.m., and will be broadcast on FOX Sports Oklahoma and on the K-State Sports Network.

Noteworthy
• K-State is in its 49th season of women's basketball and owns an overall record of 904-559… Head coach Jeff Mittie owns a career record of 505-266, including a 51-31 mark in three seasons at K-State.
• K-State leads the series, 69-46… Kansas State has won six straight in the series and has won 28 of the last 34 meetings in the series… The Wildcats are 33-15 in games played in Manhattan.
• The Wildcats have an all-time record of 230-162 in the month of January… Under Mittie, K-State is 10-11 in January.
• Kansas State is 213-73 when ranked in the Associated Press top-25.
• K-State's starting lineup: guards - Kindred Wesemann and Karyla Middlebrook; forwards – Peyton Williams and Shaelyn Martin; center - Breanna Lewis… This was the eighth game for this lineup this season… Williams made her 12th career start…15th career K-State start for Middlebrook and the 85th of her collegiate career… Martin started her 12th game this season and the 77th of her career… Wesemann has played in 111 career games and started 90... Lewis has played in 111 career games and started 106.
• K-State has made a three-point field goal in 323 straight games... The streak dates back to Feb. 7, 2007.
• The Wildcats held a 33-26 lead at the half on Wednesday night… K-State is 12-0 this season when leading at the half… In the Mittie era, K-State is 40-3 (.930) when leading at the half… Since the 2001-02 season, the Wildcats are 265-36 (.880) when leading after the first half.
• With her 15 points, Lewis moved up four places on the K-State career scoring list from 16th to 12th with 1,312 points, passing Marlies Gipson (2005-09), Angie Finkes (1996-00), Gayla Williams (1977-81) and Kimberly Dietz (2004-08)… This was her 68th career game in double figures… Lewis tallied 10 rebounds, which is her 80th career game with five or more rebounds and her 22nd career game with 10 or more… She ranks 11th in school history for career rebounds with 737… This was her 17th career double-double and she now ranks eighth in school history for career double-doubles… Lewis finished with one block… Her career total now stands at 255 and ranks eighth in Big 12 history and needs three blocks to break the career blocks record.
• With her 12 points on Wednesday, Wesemann ranks 35th in program history for career points with 1,056… Wesemann tallied her 51st career game in double figures for points… She finished the night 2-of-4 from beyond the arc, her 68th career game with two or more made… She has made 225 three-pointers in her career and ranks sixth in program history.
• Middlebrook ended the night with a diverse stat line of 11 points, six rebounds and seven assists… She carded her fifth game in double figures this season… This was her fourth game this season with five or more rebounds… Middlebrook tallied her fifth career game at K-State with five or more assists… This was her fifth game this season with two or more steals.
• Kaylee Page was 2-of-3 from beyond the arc… This was her 20th career game with two or more connections from deep.
• Martin ended the night with six assists, five rebounds, two blocks and two steals… She now has 20 career games with five or more assists… This was Martin's 53rd career game with five or more rebounds… Martin has five career games with two or more blocks… She has pocketed two or more steals in a game for the 34th time in her career.