Kansas State tops Kansas

Serena Sundell and Zyanna Walker led a balanced scoring attack with 15 points each as No. 7 Kansas State beat Kansas 69-58 on Saturday in front of the Wildcats’ largest home crowd of the season.

Kansas State (18-1, 7-0 Big 12) also got 13 points from Brylee Glenn.

Zakiyah Franklin had 18 points for Kansas (9-9, 2-5). The Jayhawks also got 12 points each from S’Mya Nichols and Holly Kersgieter.

K-State had trouble shaking the Jayhawks early in the second half until an 8-0 run opened up a 44-32 lead. Kansas managed to cut it to 50-43 by the end of the third quarter.

Freshman Ashlynn Shade scored 21 points, Paige Bueckers added 20 and UConn (16-3, 8-0 Big East) routed DePaul (10-10, 2-5)for its 12th straight win.

The win was the 1,196th of Geno Auriemma’s career, putting him just behind Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer, who earned her 1,202nd victory on Friday night, tying her with Mike Krzyzewski for the most wins in college basketball history. VanDerveer’s career record is 1,202—267. Auriemma’s is

1,196-159.

Darianna Littlepage-Buggs scored 24 points, Sarah Andrews had a double-double and four key free throws in the final minute, and Baylor (15-2, 4-2 Big 12) snapped a two-game losing streak by defeating Central Florida (9-7, 0-6).

Freshman Madison Booker scored 14 of her 19 points in the second half, Taylor Jones had a double double, and Texas (18-2, 5-2 Big 12) pulled away for a win over Oklahoma State (11-7, 4-3), the 1,200th win for the Longhorns’ program.

Kaylynne Truong hit seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 25 points, Yvonne Ejim added 22 and Gonzaga (18-2, 6-0 West Coast Conference) rolled to a victory over Saint Mary’s (810, 1-3) for the Bulldogs’ 29th straight win at home.

Viane Cumber scored 22 points and hit her sixth 3-pointer of the game with 4 seconds left to lift New Mexico (13-6, 4-2 MWC) to a victory over UNLV (15-2, 5-1), bringing a dramatic end to the Lady Rebels’ 29-game Mountain West Conference winning streak.