Colorado University Athletics
Colorado
8-16, 1-12
Kansas State
18-6, 9-4
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 23 | 28 | 51 |
| Kansas State | 38 | 35 | 73 |
Buffaloes Fall To No. 18 Kansas State, 73-51
February 19, 2005 | Women's Basketball
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Kendra Wecker had 20 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 18 Kansas State to a 73-51 victory over Colorado on Saturday night.
Veronica Johns-Richardson led Colorado (8-16, 1-12) with 14 points, and Jasmina Ilic and Kara Richards added 10 points each. Colorado matched the longest losing streak in school history with its ninth loss in a row.
Laurie Koehn finished with 15 points, hitting five 3-pointers to move into third place on the NCAA 3-point list, and Megan Mahoney added 14 points and four assists to break Mary Jo Miller's school career assists record. Mahoney has 565 assists.
Wecker scored Kansas State's first nine points, then combined with Koehn to give the Wildcats a 17-9 lead. Twiggy McIntyre added a basket and Shana Wheeler hit a free throw before Mahoney got in the act, rattling off five straight points to make it 25-16.
The Buffaloes didn't have a field goal for the final 10:08 of the first half, and Jessica McFarland's scooping layup gave Kansas State a 38-23 halftime lead.
The Wildcats scored the first six points of the second half for a 44-26 lead.
The Buffaloes shot just 33 percent from the field and were 5-for-19 from 3-point range, going nearly 15 minutes without a field goal midway through the game.
