KANSAS CITY, Mo. – K-State, the five-seed, used a hot first half shooting effort from the field to take a double-digit lead, but four-seed West Virginia came back to secure a 73-69 win in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship at T-Mobile Center on Friday.
K-State (26-7) was led by a trio of seniors: Kennedy Taylor, Temira Poindexter and Serena Sundell. Taylor carded a personal season-high 21 points on a perfect 9-of-9 shooting and added three rebounds. Taylor is the first player in Big 12 Championship history to go perfect from the field on nine or more field goal attempts.
Poindexter notched 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including a 3-of-5 effort from long range and added six rebounds.
Sundell finished with 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting and nine assists. With her nine assists on Friday, the All-Big 12 First Team selection set the school record for assists in a season with 233, breaking the previous mark of 229 held by Shalee Lehning from the 2008-09 season.
Jeff Mittie, Temira Poindexter & Kennedy Taylor
