Kansas State University Athletics
Wednesday, December 6
Manhattan, Kan.
7 p.m.
Kansas State University
6-2
70
vs
56
UT Arlington
5-3
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2
3
4
F
UT Arlington
14
7
21
14
56
Kansas State
12
16
27
15
70
Goth’s Third Quarter Leads K-State past UT-Arlington
Dec 06, 2017 | Women's Basketball
MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State women's basketball started a five-game home stand on Wednesday night with a tough start against UT-Arlington. The Wildcats overcame first quarter offensive struggles and came back to win, 70-56. K-State improved to 4-0 in Bramlage Coliseum this season.
K-State (6-2) had three players reach double figures for the eighth straight game this season, led by junior guard Kayla Goth with a career-high tying 25 points connecting on 9 of 15 shots. This is Goth's eighth straight game scoring in double figures. Goth set the school record for points in a quarter with 18 in the third quarter to spark the Wildcats in the second half.
Junior forward Kaylee Page joined Goth in double figures with 12 points, scoring eight in the first half. Freshman guard Cymone Goodrich had a total of 10 points off the bench.
UT-Arlington (5-3) was led by Rebekah VanDijk with 20 points and 15 rebounds. Crystal Allen recorded 14 points and four assists.
Despite shooting 14 percent from the floor in the first quarter, K-State stayed close by shooting 7-of-11 from the free throw line in the opening quarter. The Mavericks would hold a 14-12 lead after the first stanza.
The Wildcats used a 14-0 run over a six-minute span to hold a 28-21 lead after the first half. After a steal by Goth in the second quarter, the Wildcats took its first lead of the night, 19-18, with a layup by freshman guard Rachel Ranke which forced a Mavericks timeout with 4:54 left in the opening half. Ranke started the run with a 3-pointer and finished the night with eight points, four assists and five steals.
K-State allowed UTA to score just seven points in the second quarter which is the fewest K-State has allowed to a foe in a second quarter this season. K-State also held the Lady Mavericks to 21 points in the first half which is the fewest points K-State has allowed this season in a first half.
In the third quarter, Goth took over the Wildcats attack. The product of DeForest, Wisconsin, scored 10 straight points, which included four straight layups and push K-State into a 42-26 lead with 5:38 remaining in the quarter.
The Wildcats would score a season-high 27 points in the third quarter, shooting 71.4 percent (10-of-14) from the field in the third frame. UT Arlington managed 21 points in the third quarter on 8-of-13 shooting to keep the game close entering the fourth frame, 55-42.
K-State's Goodrich notched five points in the fourth quarter, while Page added four to keep the Mavericks at arm's length in the final frame to send K-State to its sixth win of the season.
Kansas State shot 43.1 percent (22-of-51) from the field, but were 5-of-17 (.294) from beyond the arc. UT-Arlington shot 32.1 percent (18-of-56) from the floor, but recorded 19 turnovers to K-State's 10. K-State capitalized with a 27-10 edge in points off turnovers, which is the eighth straight game K-State has outscored its opponent in points off turnovers.
The Wildcats also registered a season-high 21-of-32 (.656) from the free throw line. This was the second time this season K-State has made 20 or more free throws in a game (vs. Stephen F. Austin; 20).
Following a 10-day break which includes finals week, Kansas State returns to action against Little Rock on Saturday, December 16, at 2 p.m., in Bramlage Coliseum. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3 and available on the K-State Sports Network.
What They Said
K-State Head Coach Jeff Mittie
On the game…
"There's a lot of areas that weren't very good tonight. Our effort wasn't very good. We are talking about a lot of things that we aren't following through with, like awareness for example. We've got to get back to the drawing board in regards to our practices to correct those things."
On Rebekah VanDijk…
"We knew we were facing a center that is number one in the country in double-doubles for a reason. She has thirty-eight in her career. She is a very tough matchup, and it hasn't mattered the competition she's played against, she is a very intelligent center, and in some areas they exposed us tonight and we have to correct those things."
Kansas State Junior Guard Kayla Goth
On setting the school record for points in a quarter…
"I was just being aggressive. I got in my own head in the first half, which kind of set me back. So just taking a step back at halftime and relooking at the situation. I was trying to get to the basket and the free throw line and trying to find my pull-up jumper. To be honest, I would like to play a whole game. It is great that I was able to come out of halftime with that but I cannot really justify that when I played such an interesting first half."
On handling the full-court press…
"I think we handled it better in stretches than others. I did not come out with the aggression that I needed to in order to break that press efficiently. We were breaking it but we were not scoring out of it. We need to capitalize on those. Just being stronger with the ball in the second half and kind of just sitting down and relaxing helped. We were on it every day in practice, so really just getting calmed down would help."
UT Arlington Head Coach Krista Gerlich
On going cold midway through the 1st half…
"I think we had a little bit of foul trouble. We had to sit some kids down in the second quarter. That kind of got us out of our rhythm. K-State got to the free throw line a lot and were scoring a lot from the line. I think K-State is obviously a good basketball team and I think they weathered the storm a little bit. I really think our kids came out of the locker room and held their own."
On moving forward from this game…
"We definitely got better in spurts. There was a couple of segments that were really really bad that we have to eliminate. However we found sound ways to score against their zone which is really big. Rebecca Van Dijk was really good all night long and our kids fought hard from the beginning. I think they are just going to keep battling and continue to learn to raise their play to compete with these type of teams."
K-State (6-2) had three players reach double figures for the eighth straight game this season, led by junior guard Kayla Goth with a career-high tying 25 points connecting on 9 of 15 shots. This is Goth's eighth straight game scoring in double figures. Goth set the school record for points in a quarter with 18 in the third quarter to spark the Wildcats in the second half.
Junior forward Kaylee Page joined Goth in double figures with 12 points, scoring eight in the first half. Freshman guard Cymone Goodrich had a total of 10 points off the bench.
UT-Arlington (5-3) was led by Rebekah VanDijk with 20 points and 15 rebounds. Crystal Allen recorded 14 points and four assists.
Despite shooting 14 percent from the floor in the first quarter, K-State stayed close by shooting 7-of-11 from the free throw line in the opening quarter. The Mavericks would hold a 14-12 lead after the first stanza.
The Wildcats used a 14-0 run over a six-minute span to hold a 28-21 lead after the first half. After a steal by Goth in the second quarter, the Wildcats took its first lead of the night, 19-18, with a layup by freshman guard Rachel Ranke which forced a Mavericks timeout with 4:54 left in the opening half. Ranke started the run with a 3-pointer and finished the night with eight points, four assists and five steals.
K-State allowed UTA to score just seven points in the second quarter which is the fewest K-State has allowed to a foe in a second quarter this season. K-State also held the Lady Mavericks to 21 points in the first half which is the fewest points K-State has allowed this season in a first half.
In the third quarter, Goth took over the Wildcats attack. The product of DeForest, Wisconsin, scored 10 straight points, which included four straight layups and push K-State into a 42-26 lead with 5:38 remaining in the quarter.
The Wildcats would score a season-high 27 points in the third quarter, shooting 71.4 percent (10-of-14) from the field in the third frame. UT Arlington managed 21 points in the third quarter on 8-of-13 shooting to keep the game close entering the fourth frame, 55-42.
K-State's Goodrich notched five points in the fourth quarter, while Page added four to keep the Mavericks at arm's length in the final frame to send K-State to its sixth win of the season.
Kansas State shot 43.1 percent (22-of-51) from the field, but were 5-of-17 (.294) from beyond the arc. UT-Arlington shot 32.1 percent (18-of-56) from the floor, but recorded 19 turnovers to K-State's 10. K-State capitalized with a 27-10 edge in points off turnovers, which is the eighth straight game K-State has outscored its opponent in points off turnovers.
The Wildcats also registered a season-high 21-of-32 (.656) from the free throw line. This was the second time this season K-State has made 20 or more free throws in a game (vs. Stephen F. Austin; 20).
Following a 10-day break which includes finals week, Kansas State returns to action against Little Rock on Saturday, December 16, at 2 p.m., in Bramlage Coliseum. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3 and available on the K-State Sports Network.
What They Said
K-State Head Coach Jeff Mittie
On the game…
"There's a lot of areas that weren't very good tonight. Our effort wasn't very good. We are talking about a lot of things that we aren't following through with, like awareness for example. We've got to get back to the drawing board in regards to our practices to correct those things."
On Rebekah VanDijk…
"We knew we were facing a center that is number one in the country in double-doubles for a reason. She has thirty-eight in her career. She is a very tough matchup, and it hasn't mattered the competition she's played against, she is a very intelligent center, and in some areas they exposed us tonight and we have to correct those things."
Kansas State Junior Guard Kayla Goth
On setting the school record for points in a quarter…
"I was just being aggressive. I got in my own head in the first half, which kind of set me back. So just taking a step back at halftime and relooking at the situation. I was trying to get to the basket and the free throw line and trying to find my pull-up jumper. To be honest, I would like to play a whole game. It is great that I was able to come out of halftime with that but I cannot really justify that when I played such an interesting first half."
On handling the full-court press…
"I think we handled it better in stretches than others. I did not come out with the aggression that I needed to in order to break that press efficiently. We were breaking it but we were not scoring out of it. We need to capitalize on those. Just being stronger with the ball in the second half and kind of just sitting down and relaxing helped. We were on it every day in practice, so really just getting calmed down would help."
UT Arlington Head Coach Krista Gerlich
On going cold midway through the 1st half…
"I think we had a little bit of foul trouble. We had to sit some kids down in the second quarter. That kind of got us out of our rhythm. K-State got to the free throw line a lot and were scoring a lot from the line. I think K-State is obviously a good basketball team and I think they weathered the storm a little bit. I really think our kids came out of the locker room and held their own."
On moving forward from this game…
"We definitely got better in spurts. There was a couple of segments that were really really bad that we have to eliminate. However we found sound ways to score against their zone which is really big. Rebecca Van Dijk was really good all night long and our kids fought hard from the beginning. I think they are just going to keep battling and continue to learn to raise their play to compete with these type of teams."
Team Stats
UTA
K-STATE
FG%
.321
.431
3FG%
.250
.294
FT%
.667
.656
RB
42
33
TO
19
10
STL
6
12
Game Leaders
Pts
25
FGM
9
3FGM
1
FTM
6
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
9
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Players Mentioned
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