MANHATTAN, Kansas – K-State used one of its best defensive performances of the season to register its 14th home win in front of the largest home crowd of the season, 5,868, on Sunday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum, as the Wildcats downed Oklahoma State, 56-38.
K-State (18-8, 8-6 Big 12) held Oklahoma State to a season-low for points in a game. The 38 points are tied for the fewest points K-State has allowed in a Big 12 game in the Jeff Mittie era, which spans eight seasons beginning in 2014-15. Sunday's opponent point total matches the fewest in a K-State Big 12 game since the Wildcats held Texas Tech to 38 in Lubbock on Jan. 31, 2015.
"I think our defense was good," said K-State head coach Jeff Mittie. "I think that we were really active and then I think as we struggled a little bit offensively, we let that affect us a little bit and I didn't think we were as good defensively in the second half."
For the afternoon, K-State held the Cowgirls to 20.0 percent shooting (11-of-55) and a 22.7 percent (5-of-22) performance from 3-point range.
The 14 home wins by the Wildcats this season are the most since the 2016-17 season and marks the fifth time in the 34-season history of Bramlage Coliseum in which the Wildcats have won 14 or more home games.