(24/rv) K-State Falls to (12/10) Texas in Regular Season Finale

Monday, February 27

Manhattan, Kan.

8:00 PM

Kansas State University

21-9, 11-7

Texas

22-7, 15-3

Texas

Kansas State

(24/rv) K-State Falls to (12/10) Texas in Regular Season Finale

Feb 27, 2017 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

MANHATTAN, Kansas – (24/rv) Kansas State fell short of completing a double-digit comeback on Senior Night as they fell to (12/10) Texas, 69-61, on Monday night in Bramlage Coliseum.

K-State's five seniors were honored on Senior Night as Kindred Wesemann, Breanna Lewis, Jessica Sheble, Kelly Thomson and Erica Young played their last regular season home game in Bramlage. Lewis, Sheble, Thomson and Wesemann all started a game together for the first time in their careers.

Kansas State (21-9, 11-7 Big 12) was led by junior Karyla Middlebrook with 14 points on 3-of-11 shooting, including 8-of-8 at the free throw line. Seniors Breanna Lewis and Kindred Wesemann added 12 and 11 points, respectively, while Kaylee Page finished with 10 points. Lewis was K-State's top rebounder for the 23rd time this season with nine.

Texas (22-7, 15-3 Big 12) was led by Joyner Holmes with 17 points on 6-of-14 shooting, including 5-of-5 from the free throw line. Lashann Higgs added 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting.

Kansas State shot 29 percent (18-of-62) from the field and 77.8 percent (21-of-27) from the free throw line. Texas shot 38.9 percent (28-of-72). The Wildcats' bench outscored the Longhorns 33-19.

Both teams used stingy defense in the first quarter as the Longhorns took a 9-5 advantage after the first quarter. The 14 points in the first quarter are the fewest combined points scored in a single quarter since switching to four quarters prior to the start of the 2015-16 season.

The scoring picked up in the second quarter as K-State used an 8-0 run capped off by a Peyton Williams traditional 3-point play to take a 17-16 lead with 4:42 to go in the first half.

Texas used an 11-2 run behind seven points from Holmes to take a 27-19 advantage at the break.

Sparked by four points from Lashann Higgs, the Longhorns used a 6-0 run to force a K-State timeout and take a 33-19 lead with 7:22 to play in the third quarter.

After Texas pulled out to a 15-point lead midway through the third quarter, the Wildcats used a 7-0 run to pull within eight, 39-31, with 4:00 left in the quarter.

Wesemann and Middlebrook each scored four points to spark an 8-0 run to close out the third quarter and shrink the Longhorns lead to four, 45-41.

Both teams traded buckets to start the fourth quarter before back-to-back transition layups by Texas forced a Wildcat timeout and put the Longhorns up 53-45 with 6:03 left in the game.

K-State battled to within five points multiple times over the last five minutes of play, but could never get closer than that as Texas held off the Wildcats and picked up the victory, 69-61.

Kansas State now turns its attention to postseason play, as the Wildcats travel to Oklahoma City for the 2017 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships. K-State, the four-seed in the tournament, will face Iowa State in the quarterfinals on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Saturday's game will be broadcast on FSN and throughout the K-State Sports Network.

Noteworthy
• K-State is in its 49th season of women's basketball and owns an overall record of 912-565… Head coach Jeff Mittie owns a career record of 513-271, including a 59-36 mark in three seasons at K-State.
• Texas leads the series, 20-14… The Wildcats are 8-7 in games played in Manhattan in the series.
• The Wildcats have an all-time record of 209-171 in the month of February… Under Mittie, K-State is 12-12 in February… Kansas State went 3-2 in road games in February, the most road wins in the month since the 2003-04 season (4-1).
• K-State's starting lineup: guards - Kindred Wesemann and Kelly Thomson; forwards – Jessica Sheble and Shaelyn Martin; center - Breanna Lewis… This was the first game for this starting lineup this season… This was the first career start for Sheble and the 120th game of her career… This was Thomson's second career start and her… Martin started her 25th game this season, the 90th of her career and has played in 95 career games… Wesemann has played in 124 career games and started 103... Lewis has played in 124 career games and started 119.
• K-State has made a three-point field goal in 336 straight games... The streak dates back to Feb. 7, 2007.
• With her 12 points, Lewis remains in 11th on the K-State career scoring list with 1,500 points… She is the 11th player with 1,500 career points in school history… This was her 77th career game with 10 or more points… Lewis pulled down nine rebounds on Monday and is sixth in program history for career rebounds with 832… This was her 68th career game with five or more rebounds… Lewis bagged three steals, her 40th career game with two or more steals.
• With her 11 points, Wesemann moved into 19th on the K-State career points list with 1,241 points… This was Wesemann's 61st career game and her 26th this season with 10 or more points… Wesemann pocketed three steals, and ranks 10th in program history with 189 career steals… Wesemann was 4-of-4 from the foul line and improved her consecutive free throws made streak to 14.
• Karyla Middlebrook recorded 14 points off the bench… This was her 11th game this season in double figures, including her ninth in league play… Middlebrook finished the night 8-of-8 from the foul line, her ninth game with five or more made free throws.
• Kaylee Page came off the bench to register 10 points… This was her 10th game in double figures this season and the 18th in her career… Page was 2-of-2 from beyond the arc and has tallied two or more made 3-point field goals in a game 26 times in her career… She now has 45 made threes this season, a new career season-high.
• Martin tallied five rebounds… Martin ranks 25th in school history for career rebounds with 534… This was her 61st career game with five or more rebounds… She is 13th in school history for career assists with 296.