By Randy Peterson, K-State Athletics Communications
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CHICAGO, Ill. – A 65 minute delay due to a power outage at the Jones Convocation Center and a subsequent move to a different facility couldn’t derail K-State, as the Wildcats downed Chicago State, 63-54, on Saturday.
Playing in front of family and friends, junior center Breanna Lewis led K-State with 21 points on 10-of-16 shooting, eight rebounds and two steals. Kindred Wesemann added 15 points and three assists, while Megan Deines chipped in with 10 points and four assists.
K-State used a 9-0 run midway through the first quarter to take an 11-6 lead. Lewis scored four points during the run, while Wesemann capped the rally with an acrobatic layup.
The Wildcats would use a 6-0 run, highlighted by a Bri Craig three-pointer, to end the quarter and hold a 17-8 lead.
Chicago State narrowed K-State’s lead to six, 22-16 with 6:19 to play in the second quarter on a deep three from Caitlin Nix.
The Wildcats quickly pushed the lead back to 27-16, as Craig and Wesemann scored five points.
K-State closed out the half on a 7-2 run to lead 34-22 at the break.
Kansas State shot 44.8 percent from the field, including 40.0 percent from beyond the arc. The Wildcats held the Cougars to 33.3 percent shooting and forced eight turnovers.
Lewis scored the first six points of the third quarter for K-State, pushing the Wildcats into a 40-26 lead with 5:46 to play.
Chicago State closed the gap to nine, 40-31, with 4:45 to play in the quarter.
Following a turnover by K-State, power to the Jones Convocation Center went out forcing a 65 minute delay in the game and the game being moved to the Dickens Center which is the home of the Chicago State volleyball team and practice gyms for both men’s and women’s basketball.
Wesemann was on fire after the delay, scoring seven of K-State’s 14 points sparking the Wildcats to a 54-41 lead at the end of the third.
In the fourth quarter, Chicago State cut the K-State lead to seven, 61-54, with 1:05 to play. A layup late in the shot clock by Kaylee Page put K-State back in front by nine, 63-54, with 37 seconds remaining to seal the game.
Game Totals
• K-State shot 25-of-56 (.446) from the floor, while Chicago State was 17-of-43 (.395).
• The Wildcats held a 37-22 edge in rebounding.
• Both teams turned the ball over 17 times, but K-State had 16 assists and pocketed 11 steals.
Wesemann tallied her 22nd career game and her fifth straight with 10 or more points. She tallied her 31st career game with two or more connections.
Lewis posted her 30th career game with 10 or more points, including six games this season. Lewis posted her 40th career game with five or more rebounds and her seventh this season. She also tallied two steals which is the 19th time in her career and the fourth time this season she has recorded two or more steals.
Martin has four career games with 10 or more rebounds including three straight. She has 24 career games with five or more rebounds. Martin also tallied three steals, her 24th career game with two or more.
Deines registered her fourth game in double figures in a Wildcat uniform.
K-State returns to Bramlage on Monday to host UT Rio Grande Valley at 7 p.m.
