Kansas State’s women’s basketball team extended its unbeaten start to eight games and gave coach Jeff Mittie his 500th career victory. K-State beat Nebraska-Omaha 70-57 in Omaha on Sunday.
Mittie is 500-262 in his 25th season of coaching, including 46-27 at K-State.
K-State’s Breanna Lewis had 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting and added 12 rebounds. Kindred Wesemann had 13 points and five rebounds.
Omaha led 23-16 with 7 1/2 minutes to go in the first half, but K-State responded with a 19-5 run for the halftime lead. The Wildcats led by 12 points less than three minutes into the third quarter.