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MANHATTAN — Aaryn Ellenberg had a season-high 31 points to go with nine steals, and Oklahoma held off a last-gasp rally by No. 23 Kansas State for a 65-57 victory Tuesday night.
Morgan Hook added 11 points for the Sooners (11-5, 3-2 Big 12), who rebounded from a meltdown at Oklahoma State to ruin the Wildcats’ first appearance in the Top 25 since the 2008-09 season.
Tasha Dickey scored 18 points and Jalana Childs had 16 for the Wildcats (13-4, 4-1), who had knocked off then-No. 9 Texas A&M and then-No. 10 Texas Tech during a five-game winning streak. They had also won eight straight games at Bramlage Coliseum.
Ball security and poor perimeter defense proved to be their downfall. Kansas State committed 18 turnovers and allowed the Sooners to shoot 7 of 13 from beyond the arc.
The Wildcats were just 3 of 22 from three-point range.
Ellenberg led the way with five three-pointers. The sophomore guard from Las Vegas, who has shot better than 40 percent from long range in her career, moved past Sunny Hardeman and into sixth place on the career list with 142 three-pointers. She’s only failed to make one in two career games.
She also played solid defense on Brittany Chambers, who came into the game averaging a team-best 16.3 points. The junior guard finished with 10 points on 2-of-11 shooting, and contributed six turnovers in a sloppy backcourt performance by the Wildcats.
Ellenberg hit seven of her first eight shots and all five of her three-pointers while scoring 19 points in the first half, sending Oklahoma into the locker room leading 33-25.
Kansas State managed to put together an 11-1 run to climb back into the game, and a basket by Branshea Brown with 13:30 left gave the Wildcats a 38-37 lead.
But the Sooners answered, and it was Ellenberg leading the charge.
She scored 10 of the Sooners’ next 14 points, and an 11-0 gave coach Sherri Coale’s team some breathing room. Ellenberg’s 3-pointer with 9:34 left gave Oklahoma a 52-42 lead.
Kansas State mounted one last push, trimming the lead to 58-56 on a bucket by Dickey off a nifty feed from Childs with just over 2 1 / 2 minutes left. But the Wildcats couldn’t pull even, and Hook made four free throws in the last minute-plus to seal the victory.
OKLAHOMA (11-5, 3-2): Griffin 2-4 4-6 8, Ellenberg 11-22 4-4 31, Hook 3-9 4-4 11, Campbell 0-4 1-2 1, Hand 4-8 0-0 9, Cerina 0-0 1-2 1, Harden 0-2 0-0 0, Williams 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 22-53 14-18 65.
KANSAS ST. (13-4, 4-1): Childs 5-11 6-10 16, B. Brown 4-5 0-2 8, Chambers 2-11 4-4 10, Dickey 8-20 2-2 18, White 2-7 0-0 5, Caron 0-1 0-0 0, Ostermann 0-1 0-0 0, Woods 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-58 12-18 57.
Halftime—Oklahoma 33-25. 3-Point Goals—Oklahoma 7-13 (Ellenberg 5-8, Hand 1-1, Hook 1-3, Harden 0-1), Kansas St. 3-22 (Chambers 2-9, White 1-4, Woods 0-1, Caron 0-1, Ostermann 0-1, Dickey 0-6). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Oklahoma 34 (Williams 9), Kansas St. 38 (B. Brown, Childs 8). Assists—Oklahoma 12 (Hook 6), Kansas St. 14 (White 9). Total Fouls—Oklahoma 11, Kansas St. 13. A—3,439.
