K-State Sports
K-State needed an extra five minutes on Thursday night, but the Wildcats were perfect in the extra frame to hold back the upset bid from Iowa State, 87-79, at Bramlage Coliseum.
With its win on Thursday night, K-State secured the 28th 20-win season in program history. This is the fifth 20-win season under the direction of head coach Jeff Mittie.
K-State extended its home court winning streak to 14 games. This is tied for the eighth-longest win streak overall in program history and tied for the fifth-longest in Bramlage Coliseum.
K-State (20-2, 8-1 Big 12) featured five players in double figures led by senior guard and All-America candidate Serena Sundell with 23 points on 10-of-19 shooting, eight assists, four rebounds, three steals and a blocked shot.
Sophomore guard Taryn Sides came off the bench to fill up the stat sheet with 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting including a perfect 4-of-4 from distance, five rebounds, five assists and four steals.
Sophomore guard Zyanna Walker recorded 11 points, seven rebounds, a steal and a block, while seniors Temira Poindexter and Jaelyn Glenn each tallied 10 points.
Emily Ryan finished with six points and nine assists for Iowa State.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Iowa State (15-8, 6-4 Big 12) trailed by seven, 71-64, with 2:46 to play following an Imani Lester jumper. The Cyclones used a 7-0 run to close out the fourth quarter to square the game and missed a buzzer beater to pull the upset.
- K-State would overwhelm the Cyclones with a 6-of-6 performance from the field in overtime to capture the frame, 16-8. The Wildcats took control of overtime five seconds into the session with a corner three-pointer from Glenn.
- After two free throws from Iowa State, Glenn finished a floater in the lane to give the Wildcats a 76-73 lead. After a defensive stop with 3:22 to play in overtime, Sides buried her fourth 3-pointer of the night from the left wing for a 79-73 lead.
- Another defensive stop from the Wildcats led to a layup from Sundell with 2:14 to play and an Iowa State timeout.- Following an Iowa State layup, K-State faced a rapidly descending shot clock. Lester dished to Sides who took a dribble to the baseline and beat the shot clock with a jumper in front of the K-State bench and angled from behind the backboard bringing the 5,497 in attendance to their feet and give K-State an 83-75 advantage with 1:26 to play.
- The Wildcats pushed its lead to 10, 85-75, after an acrobatic layup from Sundell with 48 seconds left. Sides and Sundell would each make one free throw to ice the game.- Defensively, K-State forced Iowa State into 23 turnovers including 18 by way of a Wildcat steal.
- The Wildcats shot 47.3 percent (35-of-74) from the field including 42.9 percent (9-of-21) from beyond the arc.- Iowa State shot 43.1 percent (28-of-65) including 33.3 percent (12-of-36) from long range.