Kansas State and Missouri women to face in the second round of the WNIT

The Kansas State and Missouri women’s basketball teams have a date in the postseason.

Both picked up opening-round victories in the WNIT on Thursday night and will meet in the round of 32.

Kansas State will play host to Missouri at 2 p.m. Sunday in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan.

K-State dominated early against Akron and cruised to a 86-68 win at Bramlageon Thursday.

Missouri, meanwhile, won at Northern Iowa 69-61.

The Wildcats scored the first 10 points of their game on way to a 50-32 halftime lead.

Guard Haley Texada pushed the Cats to the win with 30 points on eight-of-11 shooting from the field, including four three-pointers, and 10-of-13 shooting at the line.

Texada also had four assists and three steals. She had 19 points by halftime.

K-State shot 57.1 percent for the game while holding Akron to 39 percent from the floor.

Breanna Lewis added 11 points for Kansas State, while Ashia Woods and Brianna Craig each contributed 10 points.

K-State improved to 19-13.

With its win at Northern Iowa, Missouri improved to 18-13. The 18 wins are the most for the Tigers since 2006, when the MU women finished 21-10.

Jordan Frericks came up big for Missouri on Thursday night. She had 14 points and 14 rebounds for her 12th double-double of the season. Six of Frericks’ rebounds came on the offensive end.

Morgan Eye also scored 14 points for Missouri. She made three of 10 three-point shots.

This story was originally published March 19, 2015 at 10:34 PM with the headline "Kansas State and Missouri women to face in the second round of the WNIT."