From K-State Sports
For the first time in 15 years, a K-State women's basketball player recorded a triple-double as Serena Sundell earned the distinction during a 110-24 win over USC Upstate on Thursday night at Bramlage Coliseum. The 86-point margin of victory was the largest in program history, while this marks the 110 or more points in two games in the same season.
Sundell filled her stat line with 26 points on 9-of-14 shooting and a 6-of-7 effort from the foul line, a career-high and school record-tying 13 assists, 10 rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot. Sundell becomes the fifth K-State player to record a triple-double and the first since Shalee Lehning carded a triple-double at Colorado on March 7, 2009. Sundell's 26 points were the most points in a K-State triple-double and her 13 assists were the most helpers in a K-State triple-double.
Joining Sundell in double figures were Taryn Sides with a career-high 23 points with a career-high seven 3-pointers. The sophomore from Phillipsburg added five rebounds, three assists and two steals to her line. Sides is the first Wildcat to make seven or more 3-pointers in a game since Rachel Ranke made eight at Oklahoma on Feb. 10, 2019.
Senior Temira Poindexter tallied 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting, including 3-of-4 from distance.
Senior Eliza Maupin tallied 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting, five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
Senior Kennedy Taylor notched 11 points and six rebounds.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- K-State (9-1) held USC Upstate (2-9) to one made field goal (1-of-15; .067) in the first quarter and won the frame, 27-2. The two points allowed tied the school record for the fewest points allowed in a quarter since the advent of the quarter system at the start of the 2015-16 season.
- The Wildcats would win the second quarter, 23-11, shooting 52.9 percent (9-of-17) in the stanza. K-State would hold a 50-13 lead at halftime.
- In the first half, Poindexter led K-State with 14 points, while Sundell filled her stat line with 11 points, seven assists, five rebounds, a block and a steal.- K-State held USC Upstate to two made field goals in the third quarter (2-of-7), allowing the first made field goal with 3:42 to play in the stanza. The Wildcats opened the quarter on a 16-0 run and won the frame, 31-9.
- In the fourth quarter, Sundell secured the triple-double with her 10th rebound at the 2:01 mark of the fourth quarter. She was immediately subbed out to a loud ovation from the K-State faithful.
- For the second quarter of the night, K-State held USC Upstate to just two points in a quarter as the Wildcats won the frame 29-2. K-State held the Spartans to 1-of-9 (.111) shooting in the fourth quarter with the lone points coming at 8:07 of the frame. This was the first time K-State has held an opponent to two or fewer points in two quarters in the same game.
- K-State shot 57.6 percent (38-of-66) from the field including 46.4 percent (13-of-28) from 3-point range. The Wildcats dished out 28 assists on the 38 made field goals.