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Tuesday, November 30
Manhattan, Kan.
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K-State rallies past Jackrabbits
11/30/2010 11:04:00 PM | Women's Basketball
MANHATTAN, Kan. - South Dakota State led the vast majority of the game, but Kansas State made the plays down the stretch to claim a 56-51 victory in non-conference women's basketball action Tuesday night at Bramlage Coliseum.
The Wildcats stayed unbeaten, improving to 6-0. SDSU dropped to 3-3 on the season, with all three losses coming on the road.
After Kansas State scored a basket on the opening possession of the game, the Jackrabbits reeled off the next 11 points. Kristin Rotert gave SDSU a 5-2 lead with a three-pointer and Jennie Sunnarborg scored six consecutive points. The Jackrabbit lead grew to as many as 14 at 21-7 on a basket by Steph Paluch with 8 minutes and 45 seconds remaining in the front half.
K-State chipped away at the deficit before scoring the final six points of the half to pull to within six, 27-21, at halftime.
The second half started much the same as the first as the Jackrabbits scored the first five points on a basket by Sunnarborg and three-pointer by Rotert to build the lead back to double digits. However, Kansas State rallied to knot the game at 38-all on a layup by Brittany Chambers midway through the second half and took its first lead since 2-0 at the 9:15 mark on a basket by Taelor Karr.
The Jackrabbits responded by scoring the next six points to gain a 44-40 lead and clung to a two-point lead, 49-47, heading into the under-four-minute media timeout.
Chambers gave the Wildcats the lead for good at 50-49 with 2:15 to play with her third three-pointer of the night. Branesha Brown converted a traditional three-point play on the next K-State possession and the Wildcats made 3-of-4 free throws in the final 20 seconds to seal the victory.
Sunnarborg paced the Jackrabbits with 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the field, while Rotert, the co-Summit League Player of the Week, added 17 points, including a season-high three three-pointers.
Leah Dietel led the Jackrabbits' 31-30 rebounding advantage with a game-high eight rebounds.
SDSU finished the game 20-of-44 from the field, 45.5 percent, including 5-for-14 on three-pointers. Free throws proved to be the difference in the contest as the Jackrabbits made 6-of-9 attempts, 66.7 percent, while K-State was 14-of-20, 70 percent.
After going 6-of-25 from the field in the opening half, the Wildcats ended the night 18-of-52, 34.6 percent, including 6-of-21 from long range.
Chambers shared game-high with 18 points, while Brown contributed 12 points and a team-high seven rebounds.
SDSU, which committed 38 turnovers in its last outing, made 20 miscues in Tuesday's game. Kansas State committed 17 turnovers.
The Jackrabbits open Summit League play Saturday afternoon, hosting rival North Dakota State. Tipoff is slated for 5 p.m. at Frost Arena, with the men's game completing the doubleheader at 7:30 p.m.
NOTES: Kansas State leads the all-time series, 3-1 ... the two teams had not met since the 1975-76 season ... SDSU dropped to 6-6 against Big 12 Conference opponents since moving to Division I at the start of the 2004-05 season ... Rotert took over third place in career three-pointers with 196, passing Megan Vogel (194 from 2004-07) ... Rotert also jumped two spots in career scoring to 25th with 1,131 points, passing both Dawn Hull (1,125 points from 1993-96) and Lisa Kannegieter (1,130 points from 1991-94) ... SDSU dropped to 2-1 when leading at the half and 2-2 when out-rebounding an opponent this season ... Dietel and Chambers were teammates at Jordan (Minn.) High School ... attendance was 2,767
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