By Tim Everson

If there was any worry about how the fifth-seeded Kansas State women would fare in the NCAA tournament after ending the season with losses in three of their last four games, let the Wildcats 44-point smackdown of No. 12 seed Fairfield put worried minds at ease.

K-State, led once again by star Ayoka Lee after more than two months of injury concerns, blasted the upstart Stags, leaving no doubt in a 85-41 opening-round win Friday afternoon in Lexington, Kentucky.

K-State (27-7) came out of the game red-hot, building as much as a 13-point lead, 17-4, midway through the first quarter.

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