First Half Surge Sends K-State to Win

Saturday, December 20

Manhattan, Kan.

2:00 PM

Kansas State University

8-1

Grambling State

3-7

Grambling State

Kansas State

Dec 20, 2014 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

MANHATTAN, Kan. – A 13-3 run to close out the first half, including a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Deborah Meeks, propelled K-State to its seventh straight home win by a score of 61-38 over Grambling State on Saturday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum.

The Basics
• Score: Kansas State 61, Grambling State 38
• Records: Kansas State (8-1), Grambling State (3-7)
• Quick Hitter: K-State held Grambling State to 14 second half points to extend its non-conference home win streak to nine games.
• Leaders: Meeks registered a career-high 16 points, a career-best 4 three-point field goals and pulled in a career-high six rebounds on Saturday. Joining Meeks with a career-high was freshman Shaelyn Martin with 11 points.

First Half
• K-State's interior defense was solid in the early stages, as the Wildcats held Grambling State to 0-of-4 shooting on 2-point field goals. The Lady Tigers were 4-of-6 from beyond the arc in the first eight minutes to keep the score tied at 12 with 11:24 remaining.
• After Grambling State built a two-point lead, 21-19, with 6:46 to play, K-State closed out the half on an 13-3 run and held the Lady Tigers scoreless for the final 4:07 of the half, to secure a 32-24 lead at the half.
• Meeks drained a pair of threes at the end of the stanza, including a buzzer beater to push the Wildcats into the eight-point lead. Meeks tallied 3 three-pointers in the first half, setting a new K-State career-high.
• The Wildcats forced the Lady Tigers into 16 turnovers and scored 14 points off those turnovers in the opening frame.
• K-State was 13-of-33 from the field in the opening half, while Grambling State was 9-of-18 including 5-of-8 from beyond the arc.

Second Half
• K-State continued its solid offensive flow into the second half, outscoring Grambling State 16-7 over the first nine minutes to increase its lead to 48-31 with 11:22 to play.
• The Wildcats built its lead to 20, 53-33, as Meeks connected on her fourth 3 and Jessica Sheble outran the defense for a fast break layup.
• Kansas State shot .333 in the second half, but held Grambling State to .152 (5-of-33) shooting.

Game Totals
• Kansas State outrebounded Grambling State, 46-33.
• The Wildcats shot .367 for the game, including 8-of-27 from beyond the arc. This marked the most made three-point field goals made for the Wildcats since Nov. 25 against UTEP in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico when K-State made nine.

Noteworthy
• The Wildcats used a new starting lineup on Sunday, with an opening five of Antoinette Taylor, Haley Texada, Shaelyn Martin, Ashia Woods and Breanna Lewis.
• Kansas State made eight 3-point field goals on Saturday afternoon. K-State has now made a 3 in 250 consecutive games dating to Feb. 7, 2007.
• This was the ninth straight game K-State has held the advantage in points in the paint (28-12).
• This was the eighth game K-State has held the advantage in points off turnovers (21-5).
• Breanna Lewis finished with a career-high six blocks. She now has 77 in her career and ranks sixth in school history for blocks in a career. Lewis has four career games with five blocks and is third in school history for games with five or more blocks.
• Ashia Woods recorded four steals on Saturday. This was her 31st career game with two or more steals, including her sixth this season.

Coming up Next
• K-State continues its four-game home stand on Monday, Dec. 22 against Abilene Christian at 7 p.m. Monday night's game features the "Bring Your 'A' Game" promotion. Kids age 13 and under receive free admission by showing a test or project that they received an 'A' on in the first semester.