K-State women trounce UTEP in Puerto Vallarta
Kansas State’s women’s basketball team built a 28-point halftime lead and rolled to a 72-43 win over Texas-El Paso in the first game of the Hardwood Tournament of Hope in Puerto Valllarta, Mexico.
K-State held UTEP to 15 first-half points, limiting the Miners to 18.2 percent shooting (6 of 33) while K-State shot 57.1 percent (16 of 28) on the way to a 43-15 lead.
Breanna Lewis and Haley Texada finished with 14 points apiece for K-State, and Asia Woods and Bri Craig each scored 13.
Tuesday’s result represented a 74-point swing from last November’s game in El Paso, when UTEP beat K-State 84-39.
Kansas State will play Santa Clara on Wednesday in Puerto Vallarta.
Texas-El Paso: McCants 0-2 0-0 0, Turner 2-7 3-4 7, McKinney 1-9 0-0 3, Telles 1-7 0-0 3, Taylor 5-15 1-4 11, Gari 0-2 0-0 0, Miscenko 2-6 0-0 4, Welles 6-10 1-2 13, Kenedy 0-4 0-2 0, Eduardo 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 18-67 5-12 43.
Kansas State: Lewis 6-6 2-3 14, Woods 6-11 1-3 13, Texada 4-9 3-5 14, Wesemann 1-5 2-2 5, Martin 1-4 2-6 4, Sheble 0-1 0-0 0, Young 0-2 1-2 1, Meeks 1-2 0-0 2, Taylor 2-2 0-0 5, Mertz 0-0 0-0 0, Brown 0-0 1-2 1, Craig 4-6 1-2 13, Jones 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-50 13-25 72.
Halftime – Kansas State 43, UTEP 15. 3’s – UTEP 2-14 (Turner 0-1, McKinney 1-7, Telles 1-4, Welles 0-1, Kennedy 0-1), Kansas State 9-20 (Woods 0-1, Texada 3-7, Wessemann 1-4, Martin 0-1, Taylor 1-1, Craig 4-6). Rebounds – UTEP 37 (Taylor and Kennedy 7), Kansas State 47 (Woods 13). Assists – UTEP 10 (McKinney and Eduardo 4), Kansas State 18 (Wesemann 4).
This story was originally published November 25, 2014 at 8:40 PM with the headline "K-State women trounce UTEP in Puerto Vallarta."