K-State Sports
MANHATTAN – For the second straight summer, K-State women’s basketball will send a four-player contingent to the 2022 Red Bull USA Basketball 3X Nationals at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts on May 13-15.
K-State’s representatives at the event will be junior Taylor Lauterbach, and sophomores Brylee Glenn, Jaelyn Glenn and Serena Sundell.
The 3X Nationals will tip off May 13 with preliminary round games. Teams will be seeded based on preliminary records before entering bracket play. Games will be played on the Hall of Fame’s Jerry Colangelo Court of Dreams, located in the heart of the Museum. The event is open to the public with purchase of admission to the Hall of Fame. Broadcast information, team rosters and the full schedule will be announced at a later date.
The event will serve as the final evaluation of athletes for selection to various 2022 USA Basketball 3x3 men’s and women’s national teams, including the 2022 FIBA 3x3 World Cup, set for June 21-26 in Antwerp, Belgium.
Played on a half court with a 10-minute clock and a 12-second shot clock, the first team to 21 points, or the team in the lead at the end of regulation, is the winner. Participating teams earned their spots in the 2022 Red Bull USA Basketball 3X Nationals either through Red Bull USA Basketball 3X regional qualifying tournaments last fall or via an at-large invitation from USA Basketball.
After the 3X Nationals, the new season of Red Bull 3X will kick off this summer in partnership with USA Basketball. Approximately 10 men’s and women’s qualifier tournaments around the country, plus four regional championship events, will help identify a new pipeline of 3x3 talent who have a goal of competing in the 2023 Red Bull USA Basketball 3X Nationals. Visit www.redbull.com/3X for more information and to register.
K-State played in the 2021 Red Bull USA Basketball 3X Nationals, as the squad went 2-2.
Lauterbach has played in 55 career games with the Wildcats and has pulled in 113 rebounds and tallied 30 blocked shots.
Brylee Glenn, a 2022 Big 12 All-Freshman Team recipient, averaged 8.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.3 steals. A three-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week honoree, Glenn notched 10 games with 10 or more points including five in Big 12 action. She was second on the team in steals with 43 and carded 13 games with two or more steals.
Jaelyn Glenn carded 6.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.4 steals. Glenn led the Wildcats in steals with 46 and became the sixth freshman in program history to register 200 or more points, 125 or more rebounds and 45 or more steals in their freshman season.
Sundell, a 2022 All-Big 12 honorable mention recipient and unanimous selection to the 2022 Big 12 All-Freshman Team, was the first K-State freshman guard to register 300 or more points, 175 or more assists and 20 or more blocks. She joined Kayla Goth as the only K-State guards in program history to reach these season milestones at any time in their careers.
Sundell, a five-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week recipient, was the only freshman in K-State history and the only freshman in the nation in the 2021-22 season to register 175 or more assists and 50 or more 3-point field goals made in their debut season.
K-State completed its 54th season of action with a 20-13 overall record, its 17th NCAA Tournament appearance and advanced to the second round for the third time in four NCAA Tournament bids under head coach Jeff Mittie. The Wildcats will enter the 2022-23 season two wins shy of 1,000 in its history. Mittie needs one victory to reach 600 in his coaching career and five wins to reach 150 during his time in Manhattan.