Temira Poindexter hit a corner 3-pointer with 56 seconds left in overtime — her eighth 3 of the game — and fifth-seeded Kansas State dodged four misses by No. 4 seed Kentucky in the closing seconds to beat the host Wildcats 80-79 in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Sunday.

Temira Poindexter was the hero for No. 5 seed K-State in this one. The senior forward scored a game-high 24 points (all on 3-pointers) and shot her team past No. 4 seed Kentucky with a one swish after the next. She made eight of 15 shots from beyond the arc with the two biggest coming in overtime.

Temira Poindexter hit her eighth 3-pointer of the game with 1:09 left in overtime Sunday and fifth-seeded Kansas State pulled off a mild upset, 80-79, of No. 4 Kentucky on its home floor in Lexington in a matchup of Wildcats in the Spokane 4 Region.