Manhattan ? Numbers never lie, and neither does the law of averages.

In the past seven meetings, all Kansas State victories, the Kansas University women’s basketball team has lost by an average of 25.3 points.

K-State entered Saturday night’s contest boasting senior Kendra Wecker, the Big 12 Conference’s leading scorer at 20.8 points per game.

Both held up, as the Wildcats blasted the Jayhawks on Senior Night at Bramlage Coliseum, 73-46, with Wecker tallying 21 points and 13 rebounds on the same night her number 53 was hoisted to the rafters.

The Jayhawks never really were in the game, facing a 23-5 deficit just eight minutes in. Add a sellout crowd of 11,254 that bade farewell to the Wildcats’ five seniors, and nothing really went KU’s way.

“It’s tough to play in front of people who are not your fans, but that’s a part of basketball,” KU junior guard Erica Hallman said. “They came out on fire, and they didn’t slow down the whole night.

“We didn’t come out and fight for pride. We were an embarrassment to this university.”

The Jayhawks (12-14 overall, 5-10 Big 12) were confident after they left everything on the floor in a gutsy 70-60 loss Wednesday to No. 6 Baylor.

But KU could not muster the success it had just four days earlier. The Jayhawks missed open shots, allowed Kansas State (20-6, 11-4) to have its choice of open shots and, most importantly, did not play with enough emotion when facing an early deficit.

Kansas University basketball players Aquanita Burras, left, and Kaylee Brown watch the waning moments of the Jayhawks' game against Kansas State. The Wildcats won, 73-46, Saturday in Manhattan.

“They had enough momentum before the game ever started, and we gave them more,” KU coach Bonnie Henrickson said.

“I’d swallow my pride and be nice, but I just think we’re better than this. I’m not taking anything away from K-State, I just think we’re better than that.”

The night belonged to Wecker and fellow senior Laurie Koehn. Wecker hit two three-pointers to start the game, while the Jayhawks could not create open looks on offense, scoring just three field goals in the game’s first 11:35. And even when Kansas could muster open looks, they didn’t fall.

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Kansas trailed, 38-18, at halftime, and could not stop Koehn after the break. She finished the game with 19 points, including five threes, while Kansas was led by senior guard Aquanita Burras’s 11 points.

KU freshman Taylor McIntosh, right, fights for a rebound with Kansas State's Shana Wheeler.

Henrickson has repeated this season that her players had learned from defeat. But she wants no memories of this one when the Jayhawks wrap up the regular season Tuesday night at No. 17 Iowa State.

“It’ll be senior night there, and it’ll be a big, fat lovefest again, and that’s just the way it is,” she said. “We’ve just got to be better, no matter how many people are there no matter what night it is. We’ve got to bring what we can bring, and certainly we’re better than what we could bring today. That’s for sure.”

Kansas University Guard Kaylee Brown (4) fights for a loose ball with Kansas State's Laurie Koehn. The Wildcats beat the Jayhawks, 73-46, Saturday in Manhattan.