For the fourth straight game, Kansas State trailed in the fourth quarter of a game and for the third time in that stretch the Wildcats completed the comeback with a 60-54 win at Texas on Saturday afternoon at the Erwin Center. K-State has won nine of its last 11 Big 12 road games including three straight. K-State (13-12, 7-7 Big 12) trailed by two entering the fourth quarter and Texas improved its lead to 50-45 early in the fourth quarter. However, K-State answered with a 7-2 run highlighted by Angela Harris’s third 3-pointer of the afternoon to tie the game…
Author: Mitch Fortner
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From K-State Sports K-State starter Kasey Ford struck out seven over 5 1/3 innings while Dylan Phillips had a three-night, helping the Wildcats earn a series split with a 9-2 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley Monday night at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. Ford, a senior, turned in his highest strikeout total since striking out 10 during the 2018 season. In earning the win, the 6-foot-6 righty did not surrender a base hit until the fourth inning, as he scattered just two hits in his outing and allowed one earned run. “No one wants to have success in a Kansas State…
From K-State Jordan Wicks tossed seven shutout innings while Dylan Phillips launched a two-run home run to propel K-State to its first win of the 2020 season, a 4-0 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley Sunday afternoon at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. Wicks, the reigning Big 12 Freshman of the Year, struck out seven and did not issue a walk in holding UTRGV scoreless. The left-hander from Conway, Arkansas, scattered four hits and retired the Vaqueros in order in four separate innings in turning in the ninth quality start of his career. “He was awesome,” head coach Pete Hughes said of…
K-State overcame another fourth quarter deficit to secure an overtime win, 87-83, on Sunday afternoon against Oklahoma at Lloyd Noble Center. Paired with its wins over the Sooners in 2018-19, K-State has won consecutive games at Oklahoma for the third time in program history and the first time since the 1988-89 and 1990-91 seasons. Peyton Williams and Ayoka Lee combined for 55 points and 32 rebounds. The 55 combined points are the fifth-most by two K-State teammates in school history and the most since Brittany Chambers and Mariah White set the school record of 57 on Feb. 9, 2013, at…
From K-State TCU tied an opponent school-record high with 15 made 3-point field goals, including 5 from senior Desmond Bane, as the Horned Frogs snapped a 7-game losing streak with a 68-57 win over Kansas State on Saturday afternoon before 6,288 fans at Schollmaier Arena. The 15 triples by the Horned Frogs (14-11, 5-7 Big 12) were the most allowed by a Wildcat team in more 15 years, tying the mark set originally by Missouri on Feb. 28, 1998 and tied by Saint Louis on Jan. 3, 2004. In all, five players connected on at least one 3-pointer, including a…
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From K-State Oklahoma State was a scorching 81.3 percent (13-of-16) from the field in the second half, as the Cowboys snapped a 4-game losing streak against Kansas State with a 64-59 victory on Tuesday night before 7,967 fans at Bramlage Coliseum. The team’s 81.3 field goal percentage (13-of-16) in the second half was the second highest by an opponent in a half and the highest since Colorado connected on 82.4 percent at home on Jan. 24, 2009. Overall, the Cowboys (12-12, 2-9 Big 12) connected on 51.2 percent (22-of-43) from the field, including 57.1 percent (20-of-35) from inside the 3-point…
From K-State Trailing by 18 points with 7:03 remaining in the fourth quarter, Kansas State used an incredible rally to down West Virginia, 56-55, at WVU Coliseum on Tuesday night. “Over the years, I have been through a lot of basketball games but I don’t know if I have ever had a finish quite like that,” said K-State head coach Jeff Mittie. Entering the fourth quarter West Virginia (14-8, 4-7 Big 12), held a 41-30 lead and used a 9-2 run to increase its lead to 50-32 with 7:03 to play and force a K-State timeout. K-State (11-11, 5-6 Big…
From K-State K-State’s Ayoka Lee had another strong week, as she collected her league record-tying ninth Big 12 Freshman of the Week honor in an announcement by the league office on Monday. Lee has tied Courtney Paris (2005-06) from Oklahoma for the league record for Big 12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week honors in a season since the beginning of the league in 1996-97. Last week, Lee averaged 19 points on a .452 field goal percentage and a .833 free throw percentage. She also averaged 8.5 rebounds, 3.0 blocks and 1.0 steals. During the week, Lee became the first freshman in…