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Fourth Quarter Rally Runs Out of Steam for K-State
Jan 07, 2023 | Women's Basketball
MANHATTAN, Kansas – K-State used a scoring run which spanned the late stages of the third quarter and the early portion of the fourth to pull within one, but West Virginia pulled away late to secure its first league win of the season with a 77-70 decision over the Wildcats at Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.
K-State (12-4, 1-2 Big 12) saw its nine-game home court winning streak snapped with the defeat. The Wildcats are 23-4 over the last two seasons in games played in Bramlage.
The Wildcats saw four players reach double figures in scoring and were led by the Big 12 Conference's leading scorer, Gabby Gregory, with a game-high 26 points on 9-of-17 shooting and 4-of-11 from 3-point range. The guard from Tulsa, Oklahoma, also added five rebounds and four assists.
Gregory leads the Big 12 in 20-point games with 11 and has an active streak of five straight games with 20 or more points. Prior to joining K-State, Gregory had tallied eight career 20-point games in three seasons.
Joining Gregory in double figures were the sophomore trio of Serena Sundell (14), Brylee Glenn (10) and Jaelyn Glenn (10). Jaelyn Glenn hauled in a personal season-high 10 rebounds and notched her first career double-double and also pocketed three steals. Sundell dished out eight assists to go with four rebounds, a steal and a block.
West Virginia (10-4, 1-2) was paced by the trio of JJ Quinerly, Kylee Blacksten and Jayla Hemingway. The three places accounted for 62 of West Virginia's 77 points, as Quinerly scored 22 points, and Blacksten and Hemingway each scored 20. Blacksten and Hemingway entered Saturday's game averaging a combined 14.5 points per game.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- K-State trailed by 10 points at halftime and would see the Mountaineer lead grow to as much as 15, 47-32, in the early part of the third quarter.
- Trailing by 14, 56-32, following a Kyah Watson three-pointer with 3:30 remaining in the third quarter, K-State would close the stanza on a 13- run to pull within three, 58-55. Sundell would score six of the 13 points during the run, including a driving layup and four free throws.
- K-State started the fourth quarter with possession and had three shots on the initial possession before Gregory finished with an offensive rebound and putback with 9:18 to play and closed the deficit to one, 58-57.
- The Wildcats would narrow the game to one point on two more occasions, as Jaelyn Glenn converted two free throws and then a layup with 8:09 remaining in the fourth quarter.
- Following Glenn's layup, the Wildcats would go without a made field goal for the next five minutes, as the Mountaineers increased their advantage to seven, 70-63.
- A layup from Emilee Ebert with 3:45 to play ended the K-State drought and was followed by a Gregory jumper with 2:27 remaining to bring the Wildcats within three, 70-67. Ebert would then make 1-of-2 free throws with 1:42 to play to close the margin to two, 70-68.
- On the next West Virginia possession, the Mountaineers found Blacksten late in the shot clock and she buried just her third 3-pointer of the season with 1:23 to play. A transition putback layup from Blacksten with 1:01 left prevented the Wildcats from completing the comeback.
- K-State ended the afternoon shooting 34.8 percent (23-of-66) from the field, including 23.3 percent (7-of-30) from 3-point range. The Wildcats shot 22.7 percent (5-of-22) from the field in the fourth quarter, including an 0-of-9 effort.
- West Virginia ended the day at 46.6 percent (27-of-58) from the field and were 17-of-23 (.739) from the foul line, including a 10-of-14 (.714) effort in the fourth quarter.
- The Mountaineers held a 40-26 edge in points in the paint and an 18-8 advantage in points off turnovers.
QUICK FACTS
- West Virginia leads the series with K-State, 17-7. The Wildcats are 3-8 in games against the Mountaineers in games played in Bramlage Coliseum.
- K-State is 9-1 this season in home games. The Wildcats are 23-4 over the last two seasons in games played in Bramlage Coliseum.
- Kansas State owns a 251-187 record in the month of January including a 31-35 mark in the Mittie era.
TEAM NOTES
- Saturday's starting five were Sarah Shematsi, Jaelyn Glenn, Serena Sundell, Brylee Glenn and Gabby Gregory. This was the fifth time this group started a game together this season (3-2).
- The Wildcats trailed at halftime, 42-32. This was the sixth time this season K-State trailed on the scoreboard after the first 20 minutes.
- K-State has tallied 70 or more points in a game 13 times this season (11-2). The Wildcats recorded 12 games with 70 or more points in the 2021-22 season.
PLAYER NOTES
- Brylee Glenn carded her eighth game this season and the 18th of her career with 10 or more points.
- Gregory tallied her 55th career game in double figures for points and her 14th at K-State. She secured her Big 12 leading 11th game with 20 or more points this season and the 19th in her career.
- Gregory ended the afternoon shooting 4-of-11 from 3-point range. This was her fifth game this season and the 10th of her career with four or more connections from 3-point range.
- Sundell recorded her 10th game of the season and the 29th of her career with 10 or more points.
- Sundell dished out eight assists, which was her 29th career game and the 10th game this season with five or more assists.
- Jaelyn Glenn recorded her 18th career game and her 11th this season with 10 or more points.
- Jaelyn Glenn's 10 rebounds on Saturday was one off her career-high of 11 against Oklahoma on Jan. 23, 2022. Glenn is the fifth Wildcat this season with 10 or more rebounds in a game.
- Jaelyn Glenn pocketed three steals on Saturday, her 22nd career game with two or more steals and her 11th this season.
- Brylee Glenn tallied 10 or more points for the 18th time this season and the eighth time this season.
FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Jeff Mittie
On how West Virginia challenged the team…
"I thought they were more physical than we were from the very start. Right away posted it up a variety of players. Really I think it got really physical with us and we didn;t respond very well."
On how Brylee Glenn's injury affected the team…
"I mean players have to wait. I mean they had Quinerly (Ja'Naiya) in foul trouble. I mean, there were always factors in a game that we don't. Yeah, we hope we have everybody healthy and we hope that you don't have foul trouble, but they are just part of playing sports. You're going to have a player go down, and you're going to have a player in foul trouble. So Brylee was playing well at the time, but we need other players to step up."
On the run in the third quarter…
"We made some shots in that stretch. You got three threes to go in that stretch, didn't make any in the fourth. You know, I think in the fourth, we spent most of the day climbing from behind and yeah we just weren't able to push past them and they made plays…they made plays. Hemingway (Jayla) made plays. Kylee Blacksten made a lot of plays. I just think they were more physical than us."
DAWN PLITZUWEIT, WEST VIRGINIA HEAD COACH
Opening Statement…
"Well, first of all, I think certainly Kansas State is a really good team and that's a really good win for us. So I feel really fortunate but also I am very proud of our young ladies because we've had a chance to do is keep learning in each of our games so far, and what we call stacking. We're stacking some different skills together and I thought we had a chance to do them. You know, during stretches of that game. I thought the quarter we fouled way too much, they got to the free throw line, we gave up offensive rebounds. Then we battled back and got a lot better, you know, added as the game wore on. I thought we got better at understanding when to attack and how to attack offensively and attack their different looks. So I think it's something we can certainly continue to learn from and continue to grow from."
On what the coach learned about her team.…
"Well, I thought we showed some great resiliency, and I think we found ourselves in a spot in the third quarter when things weren't going our way and we battled back. I thought throughout the last probably, you know, 10-12 minutes of that game. So our kids are understanding you know, I think even at the end of the game some things that our kids were like 'Eh, that's right, we will learn from that, and we'll get better at that,' and I thought we did that. "
On Gabby Gregory and Serena Sundell…
"They're tough, they're so tough. You know, they both are kids that have some great size and length. You know, Gregory posts up more than Sundell does. Sundell shoots it, handles it, and gets to the rim and scores and she's so long she can score over the top of you, so I think they're really, really versatile, tough kids and I thought did a lot of great things for them"
FROM THE FLOOR
SERENA SUNDELL, SOPHOMORE GUARD
On the team's late game execution…
"I think consistency is a word coach said. I think we needed to get stops in a row and we just couldn't seem to put something together. They kept getting to the free throw line. Offensively, we needed to execute some plays at the end of the stretch, and we just didn't. We have got to get back to work and be ready to make some changes coming up."
On the focus for the next game…
"You just come into practice and practice like how we're going to play. It's easy to go through the motions and nothing is really going to prepare you for the game until you get into that game, but we've got to do a better job of mentally being there and also physically being prepared."
On playing with Gabby Gregory…
"She came in right away and obviously has experience, and is in the right place at the right time. So it's been fun to play with her and is someone I can count on to knock down shots and make plays. But like coach said, there are a lot of things I can think back to right now that we can be better at."
EMILEE EBERT, SENIOR GUARD
On difficulties in the fourth quarter…
"Serena (Sundell) kind of touched on it, but they got to the free throw line way too much. We were fouling a lot so our defense is going to have to be better. Clearly, we don't want them at the free throw line as much as they were and that was a problem for us because we couldn't string stops in a row because they were at the free throw line."
On Serena Sundell and Gabby Gregory…
"They are a lot of fun to play with. The whole team is a lot of fun to play with. But Gabby has come in and she's fit really well with this team. She has a great motor so she's super fun to play with and Serena does a good job of just handling the ball and taking care of it and getting it to us in what we need to be in. So yeah it's really important."
UP NEXT
K-State returns to the road on Wednesday, as the Wildcats visit Ames, Iowa, to face (11/14) Iowa State at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday's game will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and can be heard on the K-State Sports Network.
K-State (12-4, 1-2 Big 12) saw its nine-game home court winning streak snapped with the defeat. The Wildcats are 23-4 over the last two seasons in games played in Bramlage.
The Wildcats saw four players reach double figures in scoring and were led by the Big 12 Conference's leading scorer, Gabby Gregory, with a game-high 26 points on 9-of-17 shooting and 4-of-11 from 3-point range. The guard from Tulsa, Oklahoma, also added five rebounds and four assists.
Gregory leads the Big 12 in 20-point games with 11 and has an active streak of five straight games with 20 or more points. Prior to joining K-State, Gregory had tallied eight career 20-point games in three seasons.
Joining Gregory in double figures were the sophomore trio of Serena Sundell (14), Brylee Glenn (10) and Jaelyn Glenn (10). Jaelyn Glenn hauled in a personal season-high 10 rebounds and notched her first career double-double and also pocketed three steals. Sundell dished out eight assists to go with four rebounds, a steal and a block.
West Virginia (10-4, 1-2) was paced by the trio of JJ Quinerly, Kylee Blacksten and Jayla Hemingway. The three places accounted for 62 of West Virginia's 77 points, as Quinerly scored 22 points, and Blacksten and Hemingway each scored 20. Blacksten and Hemingway entered Saturday's game averaging a combined 14.5 points per game.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- K-State trailed by 10 points at halftime and would see the Mountaineer lead grow to as much as 15, 47-32, in the early part of the third quarter.
- Trailing by 14, 56-32, following a Kyah Watson three-pointer with 3:30 remaining in the third quarter, K-State would close the stanza on a 13- run to pull within three, 58-55. Sundell would score six of the 13 points during the run, including a driving layup and four free throws.
- K-State started the fourth quarter with possession and had three shots on the initial possession before Gregory finished with an offensive rebound and putback with 9:18 to play and closed the deficit to one, 58-57.
- The Wildcats would narrow the game to one point on two more occasions, as Jaelyn Glenn converted two free throws and then a layup with 8:09 remaining in the fourth quarter.
- Following Glenn's layup, the Wildcats would go without a made field goal for the next five minutes, as the Mountaineers increased their advantage to seven, 70-63.
- A layup from Emilee Ebert with 3:45 to play ended the K-State drought and was followed by a Gregory jumper with 2:27 remaining to bring the Wildcats within three, 70-67. Ebert would then make 1-of-2 free throws with 1:42 to play to close the margin to two, 70-68.
- On the next West Virginia possession, the Mountaineers found Blacksten late in the shot clock and she buried just her third 3-pointer of the season with 1:23 to play. A transition putback layup from Blacksten with 1:01 left prevented the Wildcats from completing the comeback.
- K-State ended the afternoon shooting 34.8 percent (23-of-66) from the field, including 23.3 percent (7-of-30) from 3-point range. The Wildcats shot 22.7 percent (5-of-22) from the field in the fourth quarter, including an 0-of-9 effort.
- West Virginia ended the day at 46.6 percent (27-of-58) from the field and were 17-of-23 (.739) from the foul line, including a 10-of-14 (.714) effort in the fourth quarter.
- The Mountaineers held a 40-26 edge in points in the paint and an 18-8 advantage in points off turnovers.
QUICK FACTS
- West Virginia leads the series with K-State, 17-7. The Wildcats are 3-8 in games against the Mountaineers in games played in Bramlage Coliseum.
- K-State is 9-1 this season in home games. The Wildcats are 23-4 over the last two seasons in games played in Bramlage Coliseum.
- Kansas State owns a 251-187 record in the month of January including a 31-35 mark in the Mittie era.
TEAM NOTES
- Saturday's starting five were Sarah Shematsi, Jaelyn Glenn, Serena Sundell, Brylee Glenn and Gabby Gregory. This was the fifth time this group started a game together this season (3-2).
- The Wildcats trailed at halftime, 42-32. This was the sixth time this season K-State trailed on the scoreboard after the first 20 minutes.
- K-State has tallied 70 or more points in a game 13 times this season (11-2). The Wildcats recorded 12 games with 70 or more points in the 2021-22 season.
PLAYER NOTES
- Brylee Glenn carded her eighth game this season and the 18th of her career with 10 or more points.
- Gregory tallied her 55th career game in double figures for points and her 14th at K-State. She secured her Big 12 leading 11th game with 20 or more points this season and the 19th in her career.
- Gregory ended the afternoon shooting 4-of-11 from 3-point range. This was her fifth game this season and the 10th of her career with four or more connections from 3-point range.
- Sundell recorded her 10th game of the season and the 29th of her career with 10 or more points.
- Sundell dished out eight assists, which was her 29th career game and the 10th game this season with five or more assists.
- Jaelyn Glenn recorded her 18th career game and her 11th this season with 10 or more points.
- Jaelyn Glenn's 10 rebounds on Saturday was one off her career-high of 11 against Oklahoma on Jan. 23, 2022. Glenn is the fifth Wildcat this season with 10 or more rebounds in a game.
- Jaelyn Glenn pocketed three steals on Saturday, her 22nd career game with two or more steals and her 11th this season.
- Brylee Glenn tallied 10 or more points for the 18th time this season and the eighth time this season.
FROM THE HEAD COACH
K-State Head Coach Jeff Mittie
On how West Virginia challenged the team…
"I thought they were more physical than we were from the very start. Right away posted it up a variety of players. Really I think it got really physical with us and we didn;t respond very well."
On how Brylee Glenn's injury affected the team…
"I mean players have to wait. I mean they had Quinerly (Ja'Naiya) in foul trouble. I mean, there were always factors in a game that we don't. Yeah, we hope we have everybody healthy and we hope that you don't have foul trouble, but they are just part of playing sports. You're going to have a player go down, and you're going to have a player in foul trouble. So Brylee was playing well at the time, but we need other players to step up."
On the run in the third quarter…
"We made some shots in that stretch. You got three threes to go in that stretch, didn't make any in the fourth. You know, I think in the fourth, we spent most of the day climbing from behind and yeah we just weren't able to push past them and they made plays…they made plays. Hemingway (Jayla) made plays. Kylee Blacksten made a lot of plays. I just think they were more physical than us."
DAWN PLITZUWEIT, WEST VIRGINIA HEAD COACH
Opening Statement…
"Well, first of all, I think certainly Kansas State is a really good team and that's a really good win for us. So I feel really fortunate but also I am very proud of our young ladies because we've had a chance to do is keep learning in each of our games so far, and what we call stacking. We're stacking some different skills together and I thought we had a chance to do them. You know, during stretches of that game. I thought the quarter we fouled way too much, they got to the free throw line, we gave up offensive rebounds. Then we battled back and got a lot better, you know, added as the game wore on. I thought we got better at understanding when to attack and how to attack offensively and attack their different looks. So I think it's something we can certainly continue to learn from and continue to grow from."
On what the coach learned about her team.…
"Well, I thought we showed some great resiliency, and I think we found ourselves in a spot in the third quarter when things weren't going our way and we battled back. I thought throughout the last probably, you know, 10-12 minutes of that game. So our kids are understanding you know, I think even at the end of the game some things that our kids were like 'Eh, that's right, we will learn from that, and we'll get better at that,' and I thought we did that. "
On Gabby Gregory and Serena Sundell…
"They're tough, they're so tough. You know, they both are kids that have some great size and length. You know, Gregory posts up more than Sundell does. Sundell shoots it, handles it, and gets to the rim and scores and she's so long she can score over the top of you, so I think they're really, really versatile, tough kids and I thought did a lot of great things for them"
FROM THE FLOOR
SERENA SUNDELL, SOPHOMORE GUARD
On the team's late game execution…
"I think consistency is a word coach said. I think we needed to get stops in a row and we just couldn't seem to put something together. They kept getting to the free throw line. Offensively, we needed to execute some plays at the end of the stretch, and we just didn't. We have got to get back to work and be ready to make some changes coming up."
On the focus for the next game…
"You just come into practice and practice like how we're going to play. It's easy to go through the motions and nothing is really going to prepare you for the game until you get into that game, but we've got to do a better job of mentally being there and also physically being prepared."
On playing with Gabby Gregory…
"She came in right away and obviously has experience, and is in the right place at the right time. So it's been fun to play with her and is someone I can count on to knock down shots and make plays. But like coach said, there are a lot of things I can think back to right now that we can be better at."
EMILEE EBERT, SENIOR GUARD
On difficulties in the fourth quarter…
"Serena (Sundell) kind of touched on it, but they got to the free throw line way too much. We were fouling a lot so our defense is going to have to be better. Clearly, we don't want them at the free throw line as much as they were and that was a problem for us because we couldn't string stops in a row because they were at the free throw line."
On Serena Sundell and Gabby Gregory…
"They are a lot of fun to play with. The whole team is a lot of fun to play with. But Gabby has come in and she's fit really well with this team. She has a great motor so she's super fun to play with and Serena does a good job of just handling the ball and taking care of it and getting it to us in what we need to be in. So yeah it's really important."
UP NEXT
K-State returns to the road on Wednesday, as the Wildcats visit Ames, Iowa, to face (11/14) Iowa State at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday's game will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and can be heard on the K-State Sports Network.
Team Stats
WVU
KState
FG%
.466
.348
3FG%
.300
.233
FT%
.739
.739
RB
38
34
TO
14
12
STL
8
8
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
26
FGM
9
3FGM
4
FTM
4
Pts
14
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
5
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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