Manhattan — Kendra Wecker scored 21 points and had 10 rebounds, leading No. 19 Kansas State to an 85-42 victory over Wyoming on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
Laurie Koehn added 16 points for the Wildcats, who took control early and built a 26-point lead by halftime.
Brie Madden, who replaced graduated two-time All-American Nicole Ohlde at center, and reserve guard Twiggy McIntyre each had 10 points for Kansas State.
Madden had nine rebounds for Kansas State, which outrebounded the Cowgirls 39-22. Wecker also had five assists for Kansas State
The Cowgirls finished with more free throws (19-for-28) than field goals (10-for-38).
Against halfcourt pressure from Kansas State, Wyoming shot just 12 percent (2-for-17) and committed 14 turnovers in the first 20 minutes.
The Cowgirls missed their first seven shots and didn't connect from the floor until Kristen Lenhardt hit a three-pointer with 13:10 left in the half.
After Lorissa Ewing's basket with 9:42 remaining in the first half, Wyoming went without a field goal until Hanna Zavecz scored from the lane 47 seconds into the second half.
Zavecz was Wyoming's leading scorer with nine points.
Kansas State opened the game with a 12-0 run and hit six of its first seven shots. The Wildcats couldn't maintain that pace, but still tripled Wyoming's scoring at the half, 39-13.
Kansas State converted 20 Wyoming turnovers into 28 points.
No. 8 Baylor 60, Indiana 47
Waco, Texas -- After a one-point loss to LSU in Austin, Texas, coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson got what she wanted in Baylor's home opener.
Sophia Young and Steffanie Blackmon posted double-doubles. Young had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Blackmon 14 points and 10 boards to lead the eighth-ranked Bears (1-1).
"This is exactly what our program needs," Mulkey-Robertson said about the tough game. "There will be no more 40- or 50-point blowouts. In order to play with the big dogs, we must play a good nonconference schedule."
Indiana's defense gave the Bears fits the entire evening, holding Baylor to a 17-for-59 performance from the field. Despite their combined 30 points, they hit only nine of their 34 shots.
Cyndi Valentin led Indiana (0-1) with 13 points.
No. 21 Oklahoma 84, SE Missouri State 62
Norman, Okla. -- Dionnah Jackson had 23 points and eight assists, leading Oklahoma to a season-opening victory. The Sooners also got 17 points from Krista Sanchez. Tatiana Conceicao had 26 points for Southeast Missouri State, which shot 44.7 percent from the field. Natalie Purcell added 15 points.
South Florida 62, Texas A&M 56
Miami -- Jessica Dickson scored 21 points, and Anedra Gilmore scored 14 as South Florida beat Texas A&M in the first round of the Miami Jam. South Florida (2-1), which got 11 points from Nalini Miller, led throughout. Ashley Bolden led A&M (0-1) with 15 points.
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