Green Bay, Wis. ? Kevin Borseth’s program at Wisconsin-Green Bay is no longer one of the best-kept secrets in women’s college basketball.

“We came in here with great respect and we walk out of here with as much respect as you can give any team in the country,” KSU coach Deb Patterson said after her seventh-ranked Wildcats survived a scare by the Phoenix, 80-75, Thursday at the Phoenix Sports Center. “They’re as fine a basketball team as we’ve lined up against.”

Kendra Wecker’s 31 points and a 39-26 advantage on the glass — including 13 rebounds by Wecker — helped the Wildcats stave of yet another possible shocker by the Phoenix.

The Wildcats (9-1) nearly joined the growing list of Green Bay’s victims before finally outlasting the Phoenix (6-2) with their superior size and sharpshooting.

The Wildcats didn’t breath easy until Megan Mahoney’s two free throws with 4.2 seconds left capped the scoring.

The Phoenix, who got 23 points from Sara Boyer and 18 from Chandra Johnson, had won six straight overall and 13 in a row at home. They were hoping for an upset that would vault them into the Top 25 for the first time in history.

“We came that close to beating them,” Boyer said. “I think we’ve got to feel proud of ourselves.”

Green Bay led 59-55 with just under 8 minutes left, but Wecker hit a three-pointer to spark the Kansas State comeback.

Kansas State's Laurie Koehn, center, tries to block a three-pointer by Wisconsin-Green Bay's Sara Boyer as Kansas State coach Deb Patterson looks on. The seventh-ranked Wildcats won, 80-75, Thursday at the Phoenix Sports Center in Green Bay, Wis.

Chelsea Domenico’s first basket of the game, a three-pointer, capped a 10-2 Wildcats run that gave Kansas State a 65-61 lead with six minutes left, and Kansas State never trailed again.

“We know that they’re a good team,” Wecker said. “And they proved tonight that they’re a really good team. And they’re tough to defend because they have so many people that can shoot the three-pointer and they’ve got some big girls inside.

“We knew just the teams they had beaten, TCU and Oregon, those are some big-time teams. They’re a great team and they’re going to do very, very well this year.”

Pity the teams that face Green Bay come tournament time, Wecker said.

“You don’t ever want to play a team like this because they have so many weapons and they’re so good off the offensive end,” she said. “It was a great test for us tonight.”

Green Bay’s winning streak included victories over Wisconsin, Oregon, Miami, Texas Christian and Ohio State.

“When I set this schedule up I honestly didn’t feel we’d be in the position we are right now, to be as competitive as we are,” Borseth said. “But our kids really want to play.”

Colorado 65, Colorado State 51

Boulder, Colo. – Tera Bjorklund had 14 points and Linda Lappe and Sabrina Scott added 13 points each as Colorado popped Colorado State.

Bjorklund, who had five assists and six rebounds, scored six points in the last 10 minutes as Colorado (7-1) outscored Colorado State (5-2) 30-16 in that stretch. Lappe had 11 points in the second half as Colorado beat the Rams for the first time since Nov. 30, 1993.

Scott also had her second double-double of the year with 10 rebounds.

Katie Borton led Colorado State with 11 points. The Rams scored a season-low 51 points and shot a season-low 37 percent.

Joy Jenkins tied the game for the Rams at 35-35 with a layup with 10:28 left, but CSU didn’t have another field goal until Shannon Strecker’s rebound basket four minutes later