Temira Poindexter tied her season high with five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting to help No. 11 Kansas State beat Arizona State 81-69. Kansas State (19-1, 7-0 Big 12) has won 14 consecutive games, the fourth longest active streak in the nation. Serena Sundell scored 15 points for the Wildcats.
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Jalyn Brown led the Sun Devils with a career-high 32 points on 11-of-14 shooting and made 9 of 11 from the free-throw line. Arizona State has lost four in a row. Brown scored six points in a 10-0 run that gave the Sun Devils a five-point lead nearly midway through the second quarter. Kansas State scored 12 of the next 14 points and, after Lovett made two free throws for ASU, Poindexter hit a 3-pointer that gave the Wildcats a 36-30 lead at halftime.
Poindexter hit a 3-pointer to open the scoring in the third quarter, Zyanna Walker followed with another to stretch the lead to 42-32 about 90 seconds in and and Kansas State led by at least seven points the rest of the way.JuJu Watkins delivers late to propel No. 4 USC past Indiana 73-66 for 13th straight winThe Wildcats had 26 assists on 29 baskets, shot 53% from the field, and made 13 of 24 from 3-point range.
Arizona State plays host to No. 20 West Virginia on Wednesday. Kansas State is off until Saturday, when the Wildcats visit Colorado.
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