In front of a raucous home crowd for the WNIT Super 16 game on Friday night, the Washington Huskies came back from an eight-point halftime deficit to Kansas State and responded with a second half surge that carried them to victory, 55-48.
Game Summary
1st Quarter
UW’s Trinity Oliver started things off with the first basket of the game.
.@Oliver3Oliver puts the first points on the board!
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— Washington Women’s Basketball (@UW_WBB) March 25, 2023
Washington went scoreless for the last 6 minutes and 36 seconds of the first period.
Meanwhile, the Wildcats finished the first quarter with a 10-2 run that gave them a 14-9 lead to end the quarter.
UW was led by Trinity Oliver’s four points in the first period.
2nd Quarter
In the second period, the Huskies continued to struggle offensively.
UW was led by Lauren Schwartz, TT Watkins and Hannah Stines who tallied two points each in the period.
.@lschwartz15 drives in for the bucket!
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— Washington Women’s Basketball (@UW_WBB) March 25, 2023
The Huskies made only one of their final nine shots (1 for 9) to end the second quarter.
Washington managed only 20% shooting overall and 0.0% from three-point range.
At the half, the wildcats held an 8-point lead over the Huskies, 25-17.
Washington finished the half shooting 37.7% overall and 5.0% from three-point range.
3rd Quarter
Washington outscored Kansas State 20-7 in the third quarter.
Lay Lay ????
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— Washington Women’s Basketball (@UW_WBB) March 25, 2023
Trinity Oliver led the Huskies offensive explosion with 9 points in the third period, along with 1 rebound, 1 assist and 2 steals.
STEAL‼️
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— Washington Women’s Basketball (@UW_WBB) March 25, 2023
At the the end of the third period, the Dawgs held a 5-point lead, 37-32.
UW shot 53.8% overall and 16.7% from three-point range in the third period.
4th Quarter
The fourth period was tightly contested as Washington only outscored Kansas State by two points, 18-16.
Step on through, @haleyvandykee!
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— Washington Women’s Basketball (@UW_WBB) March 25, 2023
However, Washington shot 50% overall (and 0.0% from three-point range) in the fourth quarter, as the Huskies held the lead down the stretch to secure victory, 55-48.
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— Washington Women’s Basketball (@UW_WBB) March 25, 2023
