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K-State Extends Home Win Streak to Seven
Nov 29, 2021 | Women's Basketball
MANHATTAN, Kansas – K-State junior center Ayoka Lee approached a triple-double and Brylee Glenn carried the Wildcats in the fourth quarter, as Kansas State extended its home-court winning streak to seven games with a 78-57 win over North Dakota State on Monday night in Bramlage Coliseum.
Lee, a 2022 All-America candidate, tied her own school record for consecutive double-doubles with her sixth straight by registering 22 points, 14 rebounds and a career-high eight blocks, which included five in the fourth quarter. This was her fourth career game with seven or more blocks and tied for the second-most in a single-game in program history.
"I think a big thing was definitely being smart," said Lee about her shot blocking efforts. "I don't think I was playing defense looking for those blocks. I think it was just one of those things that came from playing with my hands up."
Providing a big lift for the Wildcats in the fourth quarter was freshman guard Brylee Glenn. The product of Kansas City, Missouri, registered 13 of her career-high 15 points in the fourth quarter.
"I can't say what was really going through my head, nothing was really going through my head," said Glenn about her dynamic fourth quarter. "I think after I got fouled on the three-pointer and then just seeing the ball go through the basket a couple of times for me, I think that just kind of built on my confidence. And then we weren't getting many threes, that just wasn't an option for us during the game. So I knew that I had to be more aggressive and I think that's when it just came into play."
K-State (7-1) led by 17, 53-36, entering the final frame, but NDSU (2-4) cut the lead to 11, 55-44, following the first and only 3-pointer of the night from the Bison with 7:24 remaining. K-State head coach Jeff Mittie wanted to see his team respond to the late North Dakota State push and was pleased with the results.
"I was just kind of curious to see how we would respond. I think when they were the aggressive team, they had some success. When we were the aggressive team at both ends, they didn't have success. I thought we lost that aggressiveness in that stretch. I think Brylee (Glenn) gave us a big lift in getting it back. And so I thought our response to that was good. Through a season you're going to have to answer those and we're going to have to learn, if a team gets hot, don't let it be a 10-point run, turn it into a six-point run. The other teams have good players and so they're going to have flows of the game where they play really well. We can't contribute to that and I thought we contributed to it in that stretch. But I liked our response."
Glenn would then score nine of K-State's next 11 points and push the Wildcats into a 20-point lead, 66-46, with five minutes remaining. Glenn scored her points from the foul line, in transition on layups and from beyond the arc.
K-State would increase its advantage to as many as 26, 78-52, with 1:53 remaining on a Jaelyn Glenn three-pointer before NDSU used late free throws to cut the final margin to 21.
The Wildcats finished the night shooting 41.9 percent (26-of-62) from the field and were 4-of-11 (.364) from 3-point range. K-State was excellent from the foul line, making a season-high 22-of-25 (.880). North Dakota State was held to 34.5 percent (20-of-58) from the field and were 1-of-9 from beyond the arc.
With its win on Monday night, K-State matched its home win total from the 2020-21 season and have now won 10 of its last 11 home games.
K-State will begin the month of December with the 2021 Big 12/SEC Challenge and will travel to top-ranked South Carolina on Friday, December 3, for a 6 p.m. (CT), tip-off. The Wildcats will play its next three games on the road.
Friday's game can be seen on SEC Network Plus and can be heard on the K-State Sports Network and for free at kstatesports.com and on the K-State Sports app.
What They Said
JEFF MITTIE, HEAD COACH
Opening Statement…
"Well, I thought our team did some good things tonight. They had a couple shooters that were coming in extremely hot and we put a big emphasis on that. And we put a big emphasis on (Heaven) Hamling and we put a big emphasis on (Ryan) Cobbins and both are really talented players but we did not want them to get hot from three. They have come in extremely hot so right away the emphasis was to get to the line, make it uncomfortable, they can't hit their first shot of the night. We've got to get them going the other direction. I think in doing that, we gave up some drives that we've got to clean up but all in all the team was really good with the scout and really, really locked in defensively. I thought in the second quarter they were more physical than us. There was a stretch there where I didn't like us. I didn't think we were matching their physicality but I think we corrected that and we ended the quarter very well and went into half with what I felt like was a pretty good rhythm of what they were doing and what we wanted to do."
On his message to the team when North Dakota State closed the gap...
"Well, I was just kind of curious to see how we would respond. I think when they were the aggressive team, they had some success. When we were the aggressive team at both ends, they didn't have success. I thought we lost that aggressiveness in that stretch. I think Brylee (Glenn) gave us a big lift in getting it back. And so I thought our response to that was good. Through a season you're gonna have to answer those and we're going to have to learn, if a team gets hot, don't let it be a 10-point run, turn it into a six-point run. The other teams have good players and so they're going to have flows of the game where they play really well. We can't contribute to that and I thought we contributed to it in that stretch. But I liked our response."
On the struggles in the opening minutes...
"Yoki (Ayoka Lee) just didn't have a very good feel early in the game. We were getting the ball where we wanted to. I didn't really say anything other than let's just keep doing what we're doing, we're getting the ball where we want to. I like our attack, let's stay aggressive. I wanted us to flow into offense better tonight coming out of our last game. So, I still think we're a work in progress there. We're not flowing as well. But we were getting the ball exactly where we wanted to early in this game, the shots just weren't falling. That's another thing that's going to happen. So, if nothing is wrong what teams tend to do is they then start to panic and start to do different stuff. We didn't need to do anything different. We just needed to keep doing what we were doing. We know that shots are going to fall. The defensive end is where I felt we got the game going and that's where I think it really picked us up."
On the team defense...
"I think all our players have committed to that end of the floor. I think we have some flaws that we've got to cover up. The one thing I love about this team is they don't ask a lot of questions and I don't mean that in a bad way. What I mean is they just trust the information we give them and when they do have a question, it's a really intelligent one. Some teams ask eight-zillion questions and they're just making excuses. That gets to where I go, 'Just get the job done, okay, figure it out.' But this team doesn't. I thought tonight they were as good as they've been in terms of the scout, and they've been pretty good. I've been pleased with the preparation for most of our games. So, I think this team has a chance to be a good defensive team. I think we've got to make sure that we cover up our flaws. They out-rebounded us tonight, that is a problem that this team out-rebounded us. We've got to correct that. We gave them too many extra chances and then we fouled them more than we wanted to. So, those are the two areas that we've got to correct here."
AYOKA LEE, JUNIOR CENTER
On her double-double and blocking eight shots...
"I think a big thing was definitely being smart. I don't think I was playing defense looking for those blocks. I think it was just one of those things that came from playing with my hands up."
On the teamwork so far this season...
"Yeah, I think it's just all of us coming out and having that collective effort and knowing my teammates like Bry (Brylee Glenn), I know she's gonna lock up. And that's one thing that we can build momentum from and play off of. So I think just continuing to do that has been really good and it's been really fun to be on that end."
BRYLEE GLENN, FRESHMAN GUARD
On scoring 13 points in the fourth quarter...
"I can't say what was really going through my head, nothing was really going through my head. I think after I got fouled on the three-pointer and then just seeing the ball go through the basket a couple of times for me, I think that just kind of built on my confidence. And then we weren't getting many threes, that just wasn't an option for us during the game. So I knew that I had to be more aggressive and I think that's when it just came into play."
On the defense tonight...
"I just think that we just come together on defense, like it doesn't matter. Like if we're scoring well on offense, or sometimes when we don't score well on offense we put a big emphasis on defense. And it was kind of like when they were making their runs and they came within one, we would just be like we just need one stop. And then one stop turns into two and three, and we put a big emphasis on that throughout our whole time. Like in practice Coach Mittie always says it, Coach O. [Ostermann], and I think that we do a really good job on trying to do that. And I think that's why we've been so successful on defense because we are getting those thoughts and we are committed to stopping the ball and then it just makes offense come easier too.".
Lee, a 2022 All-America candidate, tied her own school record for consecutive double-doubles with her sixth straight by registering 22 points, 14 rebounds and a career-high eight blocks, which included five in the fourth quarter. This was her fourth career game with seven or more blocks and tied for the second-most in a single-game in program history.
"I think a big thing was definitely being smart," said Lee about her shot blocking efforts. "I don't think I was playing defense looking for those blocks. I think it was just one of those things that came from playing with my hands up."
Providing a big lift for the Wildcats in the fourth quarter was freshman guard Brylee Glenn. The product of Kansas City, Missouri, registered 13 of her career-high 15 points in the fourth quarter.
"I can't say what was really going through my head, nothing was really going through my head," said Glenn about her dynamic fourth quarter. "I think after I got fouled on the three-pointer and then just seeing the ball go through the basket a couple of times for me, I think that just kind of built on my confidence. And then we weren't getting many threes, that just wasn't an option for us during the game. So I knew that I had to be more aggressive and I think that's when it just came into play."
K-State (7-1) led by 17, 53-36, entering the final frame, but NDSU (2-4) cut the lead to 11, 55-44, following the first and only 3-pointer of the night from the Bison with 7:24 remaining. K-State head coach Jeff Mittie wanted to see his team respond to the late North Dakota State push and was pleased with the results.
"I was just kind of curious to see how we would respond. I think when they were the aggressive team, they had some success. When we were the aggressive team at both ends, they didn't have success. I thought we lost that aggressiveness in that stretch. I think Brylee (Glenn) gave us a big lift in getting it back. And so I thought our response to that was good. Through a season you're going to have to answer those and we're going to have to learn, if a team gets hot, don't let it be a 10-point run, turn it into a six-point run. The other teams have good players and so they're going to have flows of the game where they play really well. We can't contribute to that and I thought we contributed to it in that stretch. But I liked our response."
Glenn would then score nine of K-State's next 11 points and push the Wildcats into a 20-point lead, 66-46, with five minutes remaining. Glenn scored her points from the foul line, in transition on layups and from beyond the arc.
K-State would increase its advantage to as many as 26, 78-52, with 1:53 remaining on a Jaelyn Glenn three-pointer before NDSU used late free throws to cut the final margin to 21.
The Wildcats finished the night shooting 41.9 percent (26-of-62) from the field and were 4-of-11 (.364) from 3-point range. K-State was excellent from the foul line, making a season-high 22-of-25 (.880). North Dakota State was held to 34.5 percent (20-of-58) from the field and were 1-of-9 from beyond the arc.
With its win on Monday night, K-State matched its home win total from the 2020-21 season and have now won 10 of its last 11 home games.
K-State will begin the month of December with the 2021 Big 12/SEC Challenge and will travel to top-ranked South Carolina on Friday, December 3, for a 6 p.m. (CT), tip-off. The Wildcats will play its next three games on the road.
Friday's game can be seen on SEC Network Plus and can be heard on the K-State Sports Network and for free at kstatesports.com and on the K-State Sports app.
What They Said
JEFF MITTIE, HEAD COACH
Opening Statement…
"Well, I thought our team did some good things tonight. They had a couple shooters that were coming in extremely hot and we put a big emphasis on that. And we put a big emphasis on (Heaven) Hamling and we put a big emphasis on (Ryan) Cobbins and both are really talented players but we did not want them to get hot from three. They have come in extremely hot so right away the emphasis was to get to the line, make it uncomfortable, they can't hit their first shot of the night. We've got to get them going the other direction. I think in doing that, we gave up some drives that we've got to clean up but all in all the team was really good with the scout and really, really locked in defensively. I thought in the second quarter they were more physical than us. There was a stretch there where I didn't like us. I didn't think we were matching their physicality but I think we corrected that and we ended the quarter very well and went into half with what I felt like was a pretty good rhythm of what they were doing and what we wanted to do."
On his message to the team when North Dakota State closed the gap...
"Well, I was just kind of curious to see how we would respond. I think when they were the aggressive team, they had some success. When we were the aggressive team at both ends, they didn't have success. I thought we lost that aggressiveness in that stretch. I think Brylee (Glenn) gave us a big lift in getting it back. And so I thought our response to that was good. Through a season you're gonna have to answer those and we're going to have to learn, if a team gets hot, don't let it be a 10-point run, turn it into a six-point run. The other teams have good players and so they're going to have flows of the game where they play really well. We can't contribute to that and I thought we contributed to it in that stretch. But I liked our response."
On the struggles in the opening minutes...
"Yoki (Ayoka Lee) just didn't have a very good feel early in the game. We were getting the ball where we wanted to. I didn't really say anything other than let's just keep doing what we're doing, we're getting the ball where we want to. I like our attack, let's stay aggressive. I wanted us to flow into offense better tonight coming out of our last game. So, I still think we're a work in progress there. We're not flowing as well. But we were getting the ball exactly where we wanted to early in this game, the shots just weren't falling. That's another thing that's going to happen. So, if nothing is wrong what teams tend to do is they then start to panic and start to do different stuff. We didn't need to do anything different. We just needed to keep doing what we were doing. We know that shots are going to fall. The defensive end is where I felt we got the game going and that's where I think it really picked us up."
On the team defense...
"I think all our players have committed to that end of the floor. I think we have some flaws that we've got to cover up. The one thing I love about this team is they don't ask a lot of questions and I don't mean that in a bad way. What I mean is they just trust the information we give them and when they do have a question, it's a really intelligent one. Some teams ask eight-zillion questions and they're just making excuses. That gets to where I go, 'Just get the job done, okay, figure it out.' But this team doesn't. I thought tonight they were as good as they've been in terms of the scout, and they've been pretty good. I've been pleased with the preparation for most of our games. So, I think this team has a chance to be a good defensive team. I think we've got to make sure that we cover up our flaws. They out-rebounded us tonight, that is a problem that this team out-rebounded us. We've got to correct that. We gave them too many extra chances and then we fouled them more than we wanted to. So, those are the two areas that we've got to correct here."
AYOKA LEE, JUNIOR CENTER
On her double-double and blocking eight shots...
"I think a big thing was definitely being smart. I don't think I was playing defense looking for those blocks. I think it was just one of those things that came from playing with my hands up."
On the teamwork so far this season...
"Yeah, I think it's just all of us coming out and having that collective effort and knowing my teammates like Bry (Brylee Glenn), I know she's gonna lock up. And that's one thing that we can build momentum from and play off of. So I think just continuing to do that has been really good and it's been really fun to be on that end."
BRYLEE GLENN, FRESHMAN GUARD
On scoring 13 points in the fourth quarter...
"I can't say what was really going through my head, nothing was really going through my head. I think after I got fouled on the three-pointer and then just seeing the ball go through the basket a couple of times for me, I think that just kind of built on my confidence. And then we weren't getting many threes, that just wasn't an option for us during the game. So I knew that I had to be more aggressive and I think that's when it just came into play."
On the defense tonight...
"I just think that we just come together on defense, like it doesn't matter. Like if we're scoring well on offense, or sometimes when we don't score well on offense we put a big emphasis on defense. And it was kind of like when they were making their runs and they came within one, we would just be like we just need one stop. And then one stop turns into two and three, and we put a big emphasis on that throughout our whole time. Like in practice Coach Mittie always says it, Coach O. [Ostermann], and I think that we do a really good job on trying to do that. And I think that's why we've been so successful on defense because we are getting those thoughts and we are committed to stopping the ball and then it just makes offense come easier too.".
CATS WIN!!#KStateWBB pic.twitter.com/O0CJVEN8v1
— K-State Women's Basketball (@KStateWBB) November 30, 2021
All about the W! 😸#KStateWBB pic.twitter.com/ZxzfYpTX5w
— K-State Women's Basketball (@KStateWBB) November 30, 2021
35th career double-double ✅
— K-State Women's Basketball (@KStateWBB) November 30, 2021
22 points, 14 rebounds ✅
Just another night for @Yokie50 ✅✅✅#KStateWBB pic.twitter.com/08xOeXVDMw
Brylee getting buckets 😤#KStateWBB x @bryleeglenn12 pic.twitter.com/qLXXtCbFVy
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And ➕1⃣#KStateWBB x @Yokie50 pic.twitter.com/a0u2H7ByX5
— K-State Women's Basketball (@KStateWBB) November 30, 2021
Transition ➡️➡️➡️ BUCKET#KStateWBB x @laura_macke pic.twitter.com/xWQzFNVuce
— K-State Women's Basketball (@KStateWBB) November 30, 2021
Find the spot. Knock it down.#KStateWBB x @serena_sundell pic.twitter.com/Nce4CFkUZI
— K-State Women's Basketball (@KStateWBB) November 30, 2021
Team Stats
NDSU
KState
FG%
.345
.419
3FG%
.111
.364
FT%
.762
.880
RB
41
36
TO
18
12
STL
5
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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