K-State Sports
MANHATTAN – K-State used a scoring run that spanned the late stages of the third quarter and the early portion of the fourth to pull within one, but West Virginia pulled away late to secure its first league win of the season with a 77-70 decision over the Wildcats at Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.
K-State (12-4, 1-2 Big 12) saw its nine-game home court winning streak snapped with the defeat. The Wildcats are 23-4 over the last two seasons in games played in Bramlage.
The Wildcats saw four players reach double figures in scoring and were led by the Big 12 Conference’s leading scorer, Gabby Gregory, with a game-high 26 points on 9-of-17 shooting and 4-of-11 from 3-point range. The guard from Tulsa, Oklahoma, also added five rebounds and four assists.
Gregory leads the Big 12 in 20-point games with 11 and has an active streak of five straight games with 20 or more points. Prior to joining K-State, Gregory had tallied eight career 20-point games in three seasons.
Joining Gregory in double figures were the sophomore trio of Serena Sundell (14), Brylee Glenn (10) and Jaelyn Glenn (10). Jaelyn Glenn hauled in a personal season-high 10 rebounds and notched her first career double-double and also pocketed three steals. Sundell dished out eight assists to go with four rebounds, a steal and a block.
West Virginia (10-4, 1-2) was paced by the trio of JJ Quinerly, Kylee Blacksten and Jayla Hemingway. The three places accounted for 62 of West Virginia’s 77 points, as Quinerly scored 22 points, and Blacksten and Hemingway each scored 20. Blacksten and Hemingway entered Saturday’s game averaging a combined 14.5 points per game.