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K-State Drops Dillons Sunflower Showdown to KU
Jan 29, 2023 | Women's Basketball
LAWRENCE, Kansas – K-State ended the first half of its Big 12 schedule in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown on Sunday evening at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas secured an 85-72 in the first meeting between the schools in the 2022-23 season.
K-State (13-9, 2-7 Big 12) was led by senior Gabby Gregory with a team-high 25 points. She also added five rebounds and three assists to her final line. Gregory has registered 13 games this season with 20 or more points.
Joining Gregory in double figures were senior Sarah Shematsi with 12 points and six rebounds and sophomore Jaelyn Glenn with 12 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals. Glenn has pulled down five or more rebounds in all nine Big 12 games this season.
Kansas (14-5, 4-4) saw four of its five starters reach double digits in scoring and were led by a career-high 26 points by Wyvette Mayberry. Senior Taiyanna Jackson added a double-double with 21 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and four steals.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Jayhawks took control of the first quarter with an 18-3 run to build an 18-6 lead with 1:43 remaining in the opening frame. After a K-State timeout, the Wildcats scored the final four points of the quarter including a 3-pointer from Jaelyn Glenn to trail 18-10 entering the second quarter.
- In between the first and second quarters, the lights above the playing service in Allen Fieldhouse unexpectedly went dark. Both teams departed their bench areas and went to their respective locker rooms during the 25-minute delay. Both teams were allowed to warm-up for five minutes before play resumed.
- In the second quarter, the Jayhawks took an 11-point advantage, 26-15, with 7:12 remaining.. Consecutive three-pointers from Shematsi and Gregory brought the Wildcats within five, 26-21, with 5:15 remaining.
- Kansas rebuilt its edge to 14, 37-23, with 2:56 left by using an 8-0 run including a pair of 3-pointers from Holly Kersgieter. The Wildcats pulled the margin back to within 10 at halftime, 39-29, as Gregory and Shematsi each hit 3-pointers.
- The Wildcats were 8-of-20 (.400) from 3-point range in the opening half, but were 1-of-8 (.125) on two-point field goal attempts.
- K-State cut the Kansas lead to two, 43-41, with 7:22 remaining in the third quarter. The Wildcats used a 10-2 run to cut down the lead, as Gregory scored seven of the 10 points and Shematsi buried her fourth 3-pointer of the game.
- Kansas answered back with a 9-1 run to lead 52-42 with 3:19 to play in the third stanza.
- The Wildcats chipped away at the deficit and outscored the Jayhawks, 8-4 over the final three minutes of the third quarter and would pull to within six, 56-50, as Jaelyn Glenn hit a three-pointer with five seconds left.
- K-State dashed back into the game with a 7-0 run to pull within one, 60-59, with 7:33 remaining in the fourth quarter. Gregory converted a putback layup and was followed by two free throws by Emilee Ebert. Jaelyn Glenn knocked down her third 3-pointer of the evening to bring the game to one.
- Kansas used a 7-0 run of its own to go back in front by eight, 67-59, with 6:11 left.
- The Wildcats were unable to pull closer than five in the final four and a half minutes. In the last two minutes, the Jayhawks were 8-of-10 from the foul line to build its final margin.
- K-State ended the night shooting 37.5 percent (21-of-56) from the field, including 35.3 percent (12-of-34) from beyond the arc.
- The Jayhawks shot 49.1 percent (28-of-57) from the floor and shot 34.6 percent (9-of-26) from 3-point range. Kansas outscored K-State in the paint, 36-18.
QUICK FACTS
- K-State leads the series with Kansas, 78-50, and has won 15 of the last 19 meetings in the series.
- The Wildcats are 33-28 all-time in games played in Lawrence.
- Kansas State owns a 252-192 record in the month of January including a 32-40 mark in the Jeff Mittie era.
TEAM NOTES
- Sunday's starting five were Sarah Shematsi, Jaelyn Glenn, Serena Sundell, Brylee Glenn and Gabby Gregory. This was the ninth time this group started a game together this season (4-5).
- The Wildcats trailed at halftime, 39-29. This was the 11th time this season K-State trailed on the scoreboard after the first 20 minutes.
- K-State tied its season for 3-pointers made with 12 connections on Sunday. This was the fifth game with 10 or more connections this season. The season-high of 12 came against Clemson in the Paradise Jam on November 24.
- K-State saw three or more players in double figures for points for the 18th time this season.
PLAYER NOTES
- Gregory tallied her 59th career game in double figures for points and her 18th at K-State. She has scored in double figures in four straight games.
- Gregory established a new single-season career-high for points with 405.
- Gregory ended the night with four 3-pointers. This was her 15th game this season and the 43rd of her career with two or more connections from 3-point range.
- Shematsi notched her fifth game with 10 or more points this season and the seventh of her career.
- Shematsi made 4 three-pointers on Sunday, her fifth career game with four or more connections from 3-point range.
- Jaelyn Glenn scored in double figures for the 16th game this season and the 22nd time in her career.
- Jaelyn Glenn pulled in six rebounds on Wednesday, her 12th game this season with five or more rebounds and the 22nd of her career.
- Serena Sundell tied the school record for career blocked shots by a guard with 42, equaling the mark established by Kayla Goth.
FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Jeff Mittie
On three-point attempts...
"We wanted to get (Taiyanna) Jackson out of the paint as much as we could. We wanted to draw her out there. We knew that Sarah (Shematsi) has been been getting that kind of attention. We had moments where we were pretty good in that and moments where we've still got to grow in that area. But yeah, the game plan was to try to get Jackson away. You have to knock a few shots down. Sarah did that and got her away from there. It did open up some things for us, but Kansas is a really good team. They played really physical with us. I thought they played very good. They attacked our press really aggressively. This was a tight ballgame all the way to the last four or five minutes. And we just didn't make the plays down the stretch."
FROM THE FLOOR
Gabby Gregory, K-State Senior Guard
On slow starts...
"We've been talking about it for three weeks and we have got to come out beginning of games better. Yeah, like you said, we just keep talking about it. But I mean, it's just on us. We just have to change it. We got to come out at the beginning of the games ready to fight. We fight later on. But by that point, I mean, we've dug a hole so big that we got to come out early against good teams like this."
On second half runs coming up short...
"I don't think it's fatigue. I think it's just I think maybe mental focus. Letting like when we get into runs, I think we need to do a better job playing off our emotion and our fight that we've been giving. I think that we're allowing the other team to go on runs and kind of just hit us and we're not hitting back as hard as we should. I think it's just mental focus locking in knowing that it's a one-point game we got to go out and fight now. Not let them get threes not let them get it inside."
On the team's confidence...
"I'm always confident. I'm extremely confident in my team. We're still the same team to be Iowa. So I mean, it's just really locking in and focusing. We got to come out and start games better. We've shown that we can fight we just got to fight for 40 minutes instead of the last 30 minutes. So I think if we can get that figured out. I mean, we can play with anybody in the country. So I'm extremely confident in our team."
Jaelyn Glenn, K-State Sophomore Guard
On the defensive game plan...
"Defensively, we're in our our zone. We knew what we had to do in order to stop them and they kind of just exploited our defense and got what they wanted. And we just needed to stop them from doing that make them adjust."
UP NEXT
K-State begins February by starting the second half of its Big 12 schedule on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., against (18/15) Iowa State in Bramlage Coliseum. For tickets, call (800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com/tickets.
Wednesday's game will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and can be heard on the K-State Sports Network.
K-State (13-9, 2-7 Big 12) was led by senior Gabby Gregory with a team-high 25 points. She also added five rebounds and three assists to her final line. Gregory has registered 13 games this season with 20 or more points.
Joining Gregory in double figures were senior Sarah Shematsi with 12 points and six rebounds and sophomore Jaelyn Glenn with 12 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals. Glenn has pulled down five or more rebounds in all nine Big 12 games this season.
Kansas (14-5, 4-4) saw four of its five starters reach double digits in scoring and were led by a career-high 26 points by Wyvette Mayberry. Senior Taiyanna Jackson added a double-double with 21 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and four steals.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Jayhawks took control of the first quarter with an 18-3 run to build an 18-6 lead with 1:43 remaining in the opening frame. After a K-State timeout, the Wildcats scored the final four points of the quarter including a 3-pointer from Jaelyn Glenn to trail 18-10 entering the second quarter.
- In between the first and second quarters, the lights above the playing service in Allen Fieldhouse unexpectedly went dark. Both teams departed their bench areas and went to their respective locker rooms during the 25-minute delay. Both teams were allowed to warm-up for five minutes before play resumed.
- In the second quarter, the Jayhawks took an 11-point advantage, 26-15, with 7:12 remaining.. Consecutive three-pointers from Shematsi and Gregory brought the Wildcats within five, 26-21, with 5:15 remaining.
- Kansas rebuilt its edge to 14, 37-23, with 2:56 left by using an 8-0 run including a pair of 3-pointers from Holly Kersgieter. The Wildcats pulled the margin back to within 10 at halftime, 39-29, as Gregory and Shematsi each hit 3-pointers.
- The Wildcats were 8-of-20 (.400) from 3-point range in the opening half, but were 1-of-8 (.125) on two-point field goal attempts.
- K-State cut the Kansas lead to two, 43-41, with 7:22 remaining in the third quarter. The Wildcats used a 10-2 run to cut down the lead, as Gregory scored seven of the 10 points and Shematsi buried her fourth 3-pointer of the game.
- Kansas answered back with a 9-1 run to lead 52-42 with 3:19 to play in the third stanza.
- The Wildcats chipped away at the deficit and outscored the Jayhawks, 8-4 over the final three minutes of the third quarter and would pull to within six, 56-50, as Jaelyn Glenn hit a three-pointer with five seconds left.
- K-State dashed back into the game with a 7-0 run to pull within one, 60-59, with 7:33 remaining in the fourth quarter. Gregory converted a putback layup and was followed by two free throws by Emilee Ebert. Jaelyn Glenn knocked down her third 3-pointer of the evening to bring the game to one.
- Kansas used a 7-0 run of its own to go back in front by eight, 67-59, with 6:11 left.
- The Wildcats were unable to pull closer than five in the final four and a half minutes. In the last two minutes, the Jayhawks were 8-of-10 from the foul line to build its final margin.
- K-State ended the night shooting 37.5 percent (21-of-56) from the field, including 35.3 percent (12-of-34) from beyond the arc.
- The Jayhawks shot 49.1 percent (28-of-57) from the floor and shot 34.6 percent (9-of-26) from 3-point range. Kansas outscored K-State in the paint, 36-18.
QUICK FACTS
- K-State leads the series with Kansas, 78-50, and has won 15 of the last 19 meetings in the series.
- The Wildcats are 33-28 all-time in games played in Lawrence.
- Kansas State owns a 252-192 record in the month of January including a 32-40 mark in the Jeff Mittie era.
TEAM NOTES
- Sunday's starting five were Sarah Shematsi, Jaelyn Glenn, Serena Sundell, Brylee Glenn and Gabby Gregory. This was the ninth time this group started a game together this season (4-5).
- The Wildcats trailed at halftime, 39-29. This was the 11th time this season K-State trailed on the scoreboard after the first 20 minutes.
- K-State tied its season for 3-pointers made with 12 connections on Sunday. This was the fifth game with 10 or more connections this season. The season-high of 12 came against Clemson in the Paradise Jam on November 24.
- K-State saw three or more players in double figures for points for the 18th time this season.
PLAYER NOTES
- Gregory tallied her 59th career game in double figures for points and her 18th at K-State. She has scored in double figures in four straight games.
- Gregory established a new single-season career-high for points with 405.
- Gregory ended the night with four 3-pointers. This was her 15th game this season and the 43rd of her career with two or more connections from 3-point range.
- Shematsi notched her fifth game with 10 or more points this season and the seventh of her career.
- Shematsi made 4 three-pointers on Sunday, her fifth career game with four or more connections from 3-point range.
- Jaelyn Glenn scored in double figures for the 16th game this season and the 22nd time in her career.
- Jaelyn Glenn pulled in six rebounds on Wednesday, her 12th game this season with five or more rebounds and the 22nd of her career.
- Serena Sundell tied the school record for career blocked shots by a guard with 42, equaling the mark established by Kayla Goth.
FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Jeff Mittie
On three-point attempts...
"We wanted to get (Taiyanna) Jackson out of the paint as much as we could. We wanted to draw her out there. We knew that Sarah (Shematsi) has been been getting that kind of attention. We had moments where we were pretty good in that and moments where we've still got to grow in that area. But yeah, the game plan was to try to get Jackson away. You have to knock a few shots down. Sarah did that and got her away from there. It did open up some things for us, but Kansas is a really good team. They played really physical with us. I thought they played very good. They attacked our press really aggressively. This was a tight ballgame all the way to the last four or five minutes. And we just didn't make the plays down the stretch."
FROM THE FLOOR
Gabby Gregory, K-State Senior Guard
On slow starts...
"We've been talking about it for three weeks and we have got to come out beginning of games better. Yeah, like you said, we just keep talking about it. But I mean, it's just on us. We just have to change it. We got to come out at the beginning of the games ready to fight. We fight later on. But by that point, I mean, we've dug a hole so big that we got to come out early against good teams like this."
On second half runs coming up short...
"I don't think it's fatigue. I think it's just I think maybe mental focus. Letting like when we get into runs, I think we need to do a better job playing off our emotion and our fight that we've been giving. I think that we're allowing the other team to go on runs and kind of just hit us and we're not hitting back as hard as we should. I think it's just mental focus locking in knowing that it's a one-point game we got to go out and fight now. Not let them get threes not let them get it inside."
On the team's confidence...
"I'm always confident. I'm extremely confident in my team. We're still the same team to be Iowa. So I mean, it's just really locking in and focusing. We got to come out and start games better. We've shown that we can fight we just got to fight for 40 minutes instead of the last 30 minutes. So I think if we can get that figured out. I mean, we can play with anybody in the country. So I'm extremely confident in our team."
Jaelyn Glenn, K-State Sophomore Guard
On the defensive game plan...
"Defensively, we're in our our zone. We knew what we had to do in order to stop them and they kind of just exploited our defense and got what they wanted. And we just needed to stop them from doing that make them adjust."
UP NEXT
K-State begins February by starting the second half of its Big 12 schedule on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., against (18/15) Iowa State in Bramlage Coliseum. For tickets, call (800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com/tickets.
Wednesday's game will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and can be heard on the K-State Sports Network.
Team Stats
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FGM
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3FGM
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FTM
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Pts
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FGM
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3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
1
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