'Cats cruise to 3rd-straight win
The Wildcats scored the first points of the game against the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Nov. 8, and never looked back, winning 68-39.
K-State dominated points in the paint, scoring 40 to UTRGV’s 12. Tzoana Tampakou led all scorers with 16 points on the day. Nastja Claessens aided her, scoring 14, along with freshman Shaila Nde, who scored 11. Nde led the team with six rebounds, and senior guard Taryn Sides dished out eight assists. Sides had only one filed goal during the game, but it was a 3-pointer, marking 200 in her career and ninth on K-State’s all-time list.
The Wildcat’s defense was also effective, holding the Vaqueros to 25.9% from the field and 8.7% from beyond the arc.
K-State improved to 3-0 on the season, and plays its next game at 11 a.m. on Nov. 10 against the Montana Grizzlies. The game is the fourth and final of K-State’s homestand to start the season, and is the annual Education Day game.
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