Manhattan ? Kansas State followed one of its worst performances of the season with one of its best.

Nicole Ohlde scored 26 points and Kendra Wecker had 16 points and 11 rebounds, leading No. 12 Kansas State over No. 16 Baylor, 85-65, Tuesday night.

Kansas State dominated a strong frontcourt inside and never trailed in winning its 28th straight home game — three days after playing poorly in an 81-63 loss at Nebraska.

“Our performance at Nebraska was an aberration,” Kansas State coach Deb Patterson said. “We knew we had to bring great stuff to be competitive.”

The Wildcats (14-3, 5-1 Big 12 Conference) did just that. They went on an 11-2 run to start the second half to quickly turn a close game into a rout.

“I think we came out and did everything right that we didn’t do Saturday,” Wecker said. “We came out aggressive in the second half and put them in a position they couldn’t recover from.”

Kansas State led 34-30 at halftime, but Megan Mahoney then scored seven points as Kansas State began the second half with an 11-2 run.

Then Laurie Koehn, who had 13 points, hit back-to-back three-pointers to give the Wildcats a 23-point lead, their biggest of the game, with 9:50 to go.

With Ohlde and Wecker leading the way, the Wildcats outscored the Bears 32-24 in the paint.

“It was nonexistent,” said Baylor coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson of her team’s inside play. “I know I sound like a broken record, but Kendra Wecker is the player. What doesn’t she do?”

Mahoney added 13 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. Ohlde was 14-of-17 from the foul line, and Amy Dutmer added 11 points.

Emily Niemann led the Bears (16-4, 4-3) with 23 points. Steffanie Blackmon had 13 points and 13 rebounds, and Sophia Young had 12 points.

The Wildcats were 24-for-30 from the free-throw line in beating Baylor for the fourth straight time.

“I think our team was just really focused tonight,” Mahoney said. “We tried to put the nail in the coffin.”

Kansas State took a 22-9 lead with 10:15 remaining in the first half, but then scored only once in the next six minutes. The Bears went on an 11-0 run to cut the margin to one point with 3:47 remaining.

“We started to get real passive,” Patterson said. “We understood at halftime how important it was to be assertive and aggressive. We did that in the second half.”