Bench Aids (25/rv) K-State in Win on Saturday

Saturday, January 7

Manhattan, Kan.

8:00 PM

Kansas State University

12-4, 2-2

Texas Tech

10-5, 2-2

Texas Tech

Kansas State

Jan 07, 2017 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

MANHATTAN, Kansas – Boosted by a big bench contribution and five players in double figures, (25/rv) Kansas State defeated Texas Tech on Saturday night in Bramlage Coliseum, 68-54. K-State improved to 8-1 at home this season.

Kansas State (12-4, 2-2 Big 12) was led by freshman forward Eternati Willock with 13 points and eight rebounds. Junior forward Kaylee Page came off the bench to add 10 points and six rebounds. The duo were responsible for 23 of K-State's 28 points off the bench on Saturday night.

Freshman forward Peyton Williams recorded her first career Big 12 game in double figures with 10 points and five rebounds. Seniors Kindred Wesemann and Breanna Lewis added 11 and 10 points, respectively. Lewis added 10 rebounds and three blocks to her final stat line and pocketed her fourth double-double this season.

Texas Tech (10-5, 2-2) had one player reach double figures, as freshman Arella Guirantes registered 10 points.

Kansas State shot 36.4 percent (24-of-66) from the field, while Texas Tech shot 33.3 percent (21-of-63). The Wildcats had the advantage on the glass for the 12th time this season, 46-38, and held a 32-22 edge in points in the paint.

The Wildcats dashed out to a 7-0 lead, as Wesemann opened the scoring with a 3-pointer and Peyton Williams finished a pair of layups. The Lady Raiders quickly recovered a tied the game at seven. K-State took a pair of four-point leads in the remainder of the opening quarter and Texas Tech was only able to equal the game once, 11-11, with 2:17 left. The Wildcats held a 15-11 lead after the first frame, as Eternati Willock and Kaylee Page each converted jumpers in the final 2:16 of the quarter.

Texas Tech used a 9-2 run to go in front, 20-18, with 7:24 left in the second quarter. A Grayson Bright 3-pointer started the run and Bright registered the final basket of the rally with a rebound and putback.

K-State recaptured the lead, 32-22, at halftime. The Wildcats closed out the half on the strength of a 14-2 run. The Wildcats held the Lady Raiders without a made field goal for the final 7:23 of the second quarter.

Page started the rally for K-State with a rebound and putback followed by her first 3-pointer of the evening. Shaelyn Martin followed with a steal and layup to force a Texas Tech timeout.

After Texas Tech tallied a pair of free throws, K-State recorded seven straight points to close out the half. Wesemann buried her second 3-pointer of the night and Williams and Willock each converted two free throws. Willock and Page were the catalysts for K-State in the opening half, with Willock carding nine points and Page seven.

In the opening half, K-State shot just 33.3 percent (12-of-36) but tallied 10 offensive rebounds. Texas Tech was held to a 25.8 percent (8-of-31) effort from the floor in the opening half and turned the ball over nine times resulting in a 10-4 edge in points off turnovers for the Wildcats.

Despite three straight 3-pointers from Texas Tech's Dayo Olabode, K-State was able to answer each time to keep its lead at 10, 46-36, with 3:46 left in the third quarter.

The Lady Raiders broke through briefly to cut the lead to five, 46-41, with 2:41 left. Larryn Brooks scored all five points during the burst. A pair of layups from Willock helped K-State enter the fourth quarter with a 51-43 lead.

K-State was able to increase its lead to 13, 60-47, with 4:07 left in the fourth quarter. The Wildcats used a 7-2 run to pull away from the Lady Raiders, as Kayla Goth knocked down a 12-foot jumper, followed by a three-point play by Karyla Middlebrook on a layup and free throw. Williams answered a Texas Tech jumper with one of her own to force the Texas Tech timeout.

The Wildcats outscored Texas Tech 8-5 in the final 3:30 of the fourth quarter to seal the win. K-State held the Lady Raiders to 11 points in three of the four quarters on Saturday night.

Kansas State will conclude its two-game home stand on Wednesday night with one of the longest continuous rivalries in all of women's college basketball. K-State hosts KU at 7 p.m., in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown. For tickets, call (800) 221-CATS, stop by the K-State Athletics Ticket Office in Bramlage Coliseum or visit www.kstatesports.com/tickets. Wednesday night;s game will be broadcast on COX Channel Kansas, ESPN3, K-StateHD.TV 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 903-559… Head coach Jeff Mittie owns a career record of 504-266, including a 50-31 mark in three seasons at K-State.
• K-State leads the series with Texas Tech, 18-13.
• The Wildcats have an all-time record of 229-162 in the month of January… Under Mittie, K-State is 9-11 in January.
• Kansas State is 212-73 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 seventh game for this lineup this season… Williams made her 11th career start…14th career K-State start for Middlebrook and the 84th of her collegiate career… Martin started her 11th game this season and the 76th of her career… Wesemann has played in 110 career games and started 89... Lewis has played in 110 career games and started 105.
• K-State has made a three-point field goal in 322 straight games... The streak dates back to Feb. 7, 2007.
• The Wildcats held a 32-22 lead at the half on Saturday night… K-State is now 11-0 this season when leading at the half… In the Mittie era, K-State is 39-3 (.929) when leading at the half… Since the 2001-02 season, the Wildcats are 264-36 (.880) when leading after the first half.
• With her 10 points, Lewis moved into 16th on the K-State career scoring list with 1,312 points, passing Megan Mahoney (2001-05)… This was her 67th career game in double figures… Lewis tallied 11 rebounds, which is her 79th career game with five or more rebounds and her 21st career game with 10 or more… She ranks 11th in school history for career rebounds with 727, passing Laurie Miller (1975-79)… This was her 16th career double-double and she now ranks tied for eighth in school history for career double-doubles… Lewis finished with three blocks, her 68th career game with two or more blocks… Her career total now stands at 254 and ranks eighth in Big 12 history and needs four blocks to break the career blocks record.
• With her 11 points on Saturday, Wesemann ranks 37th in program history for career points with 1,044… Wesemann tallied her 50th career game in double figures for points… She finished the night 3-of-10 from beyond the arc, her 67th career game with two or more made… She has made 223 three-pointers in her career and ranks sixth in program history… She finished with two steals and has pocketed two or more steals in a game for the 44th time in her career.
• Kaylee Page registered her 13th career game in double figures and her fifth this season… Page was 2-of-5 from beyond the arc… This was her 19th career game with two or more connections from deep… She also hauled in six rebounds, her 12th career game with five or more rebounds.
• Willock carded her third game in double figures with 13 points and her second straight… She hauled in eight rebounds on Saturday, her seventh game this season with five or more.
• Williams tallied her third career game in double figures… She also pulled down five rebounds, her seventh game this season with five or more boards.