ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Serena Sundell totaled a season-high 22 points to top 1,000 for her career, Jaelyn Glenn did not miss a shot and scored 16 and Kansas State cruised to a 72-56 victory over Central Florida on Saturday for its ninth victory in a row.
Kansas State (15-1, 3-0 Big 12 Conference) has equaled its longest win streak under coach Jeff Mittie, tying the 2016-17 squad. The Wildcats have won 15 of their first 16 games for the fourth time in program history.
Sundell, a junior, made 10 of 14 shots with two 3-pointers for K-State. She became the 45th Wildcat to reach the scoring mark, but she is the first to have at least 400 assists and 50 blocks to go along with it. Sundell, who needed eight points, reached the milestone on a jumper to open the second-half scoring. Glenn sank all seven of her shots with two 3-pointers, adding four steals.
Ayoka Lee finished with 12 points and six rebounds for the Wildcats. She is 23 points shy of becoming the third active player to score 2,000 points with 1,000 career rebounds. Lee added seven blocked shots — one off her personal best — to up her career total to a school-record 275.
Kaitlyn Peterson topped UCF (9-4, 0-3) with 22 points. She hit 9 of 23 shots, including 2 of 8 from distance, and made 2 of 7 at the free-throw line.
Glenn hit all five of her first-half shots, two from 3-point range, scoring 12 as Kansas State turned a 21-14 first-quarter lead into a 42-23 advantage at halftime. The Wildcats shot 58% from the floor in building the 19-point lead and made 3 of 6 from beyond the arc. Peterson had seven points at the break for UCF, which shot 31% overall and missed all four of its 3-pointers.
Sundell followed a 3-pointer with a layup to push the K-State lead to 20 before Peterson's layup left UCF trailing 55-37 after three quarters. The Knights got no closer than 15 in the final period.
Kansas State entered play allowing just 50.5 points per game, tops in the conference and third best in the country. Just two opponents have reached 60 points this season.
The Knights, who joined the conference this season, and Wildcats met for the first time.
UP NEXT
Kansas State: The Wildcats host Oklahoma on Wednesday and No. 10 Texas on Saturday.
UCF: The Knights travel to play fellow conference newcomer Cincinnati on Wednesday before returning home to play No. 24 West Virginia on Saturday.
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