Kansas State University Athletics
Kansas State Hosts Spartak Moscow On Sunday
Nov 09, 2001 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 9, 2001
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Date:Sun., November 11, 2001 - 2 p.m.
Site:Fred Bramlage Coliseum - Manhattan, Kan. - 13,500
Television: None
Radio:The Wildcat Sports Network - WIBW 580 AM in Topeka
Ed O'Donnell (play-by-play, color)
Records:Kansas State is 1-0 overall. Spartak Moscow is 0-5 overall.
Coaches: Kansas State coach Deb Patterson (Rockford (Ill.) College '79) is 71-76 (.483) in her sixth season at K-State. Spartak Moscow are coached by Sergei Yerofeev.
Series: First meeting
Kansas State will have its last chance to prepare for its Nov. 16 season opener versus Georgia Tech when it meets Spartak Moscow Sunday, Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. in Bramlage Coliseum.
The Wildcats are coming off an impressive 83-53 exhibition win over their first exhibition opponent, the Houston Jaguars. In the win, 10 Wildcats saw action, nine scored and three players were in double-figures.
Spartak Moscow is on a nine-game, five-state tour of colleges and universities from Nov. 2 to Nov. 12 and have yet to win a game on the tour.
K-State In Exhibition Games
The Wildcats are 11-8 in exhibition games all-time. During head coach Deb Patterson's six seasons at Kansas State, the Wildcats have a 7-3 mark, including a 4-0 records in the last three seasons. K-State beat KSC Szekszard, 49-46, and Club Volna, 88-67, last year.
About Spartak Moscow
Spartak Moscow will play its second to last game on its nine-game, five-state tour across the Midwest when it takes on Kansas State.
Spartak Moscow brings a 0-4 exhibition record into the game. The team lost to Colorado State (114-54), Colorado (119-73), Tulsa (79-56), Southwest Missouri State (99-54), and Arkansas (109-52). Spartak plays Oklahoma State (Nov. 9) and Washburn (Nov. 10) prior to Sunday's game.
Marina Karpunina is Spartak Moscow's leading scorer, averaging 12.2 points and Lyudmila Sapova is the top rebounder grabbing 4.7 boards an outing.
The 16-member squad plays in the Russian Super League, the top league in Russia, and has finished either ninth or 10th in the 17-team league the past few years.
Sergei Yerofeev is in his first year coaching the team, but has been affiliated with the squad since he was 19 when his father coached the team.
Three members of Spartak Moscow, Lyudmila Sapova, Svetlana Maksimenko and Tatyana Sergeeva were members of the Russia Junior National Team that recently finished second in the 2001 FIBA Junior World Championships in Brno, Czech Republic, July 14-22. Sapova averaged 5.1 points and 2.9 rebounds in the championships, while Maksimenko averaged 2.0 points and 1.0 rebounds.
Eleven athletes for Spartak Moscow are over 6-foot and 14 who are college-aged. The tallest member of Spartak Moscow is 18-year-old Tatyana Sergeeva who is 6-foot-6. Spartak Moscow has four 17-year-olds in Lyudmila Sapova, Julia Hobjayan, Karpunina Marina and Maria Nikkar. The eldest on the team is 28-year-old Ekaterina Lebedva, who played in the World University Games in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1993.
Kansas State Rolls To 83-53 Win In Exhibition Opener
Freshman Kendra Wecker scored 21 points in her first collegiate outing, while freshman Megan Mahoney added 14 points and seven assists to lift Kansas State to an 83-53 victory over the Houston Jaguars in its first exhibition Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum.
Sophomore Nicole Ohlde finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds for the winners.
K-State used an 11-0 run midway through the first half to take a 20-9 lead. The Wildcats led by as many as 13 points before heading to halftime with a 32-21 edge. Mahoney led K-State with eight first-half points.
Runs of 12-2 and 10-1 in the early stages of the second half gave Kansas State a 57-32 lead midway through the period. The Wildcats hit 57 percent from the floor in the second half and finished with a 52 percent mark from the field throughout the game.
Laurie Koehn chipped in with eight points in her first appearance at K-State.K-State finished with a 45-33 edge on the boards and outscored the Jaguars, 48-22, in the paint.
If It Had Been A Game Of Record...
...Kansas State would have started four freshmen for the first time in school history. Rookies Kari Hanson, Laurie Koehn, Megan Mahoney and Kendra Wecker joined sophomore Nicole Ohlde as the Wildcats' starting lineup against the Houston Jaguars on Wednesday.
...Big 12 2000-2001 Freshman of the Year Nicole Ohlde would have registered the seventh double-double of her career. The Clay Center, Kan., native netted 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.
Impressive Numbers
Kansas State shot 51.6 percent (33-of-64) from the field on Wednesday. The last time the Wildcats shot over 50 percent in a game was when they shot 61.8 percent (21-of-34) against Kansas on Feb. 24, 2001.
K-State also had 24 assists on Wednesday, marking the first time since Jan. 3, 2001 (at Iowa State) that it dished out 20 or more assists.
Down And Dirty Defense
The Wildcats played pretty good defense on Wednesday as they held the Houston Jaguars to their lowest shooting percentage of the exhibition season. The Jaguars shot just 28.4 percent (19-of-67) from the field.
Kansas Connection
The Kansas Connection made its debut Wednesday. Senior Kristin Rethman, sophomore Nicole Ohlde and freshmen Laurie Koehn and Kendra Wecker (Danielle Hutton is injured) combined for 54 of the Wildcats' 83 points (65 percent) and grabbed 22 of the 'Cats 45 rebounds (49 percent).
Triple-Double?
Freshman Megan Mahoney made a good case for looking up the last time a Wildcat posted a triple-double. The Black Hawk, S.D. native, scored 14 points, snared five rebounds and lead the Wildcats with seven assists.
From Three-Point Range
The Wildcats might not have shot as well as they can from the three-point arc (9-of-25), but five different K-Staters made treys on Wednesday. Kendra Wecker was three of six, Megan Mahoney was two of three, Kristin Rethman two of five and making one each were Laurie Koehn and Kari Hanson.
Last year only three Wildcats had 10 or more three-pointers all season.
Freshman Starters?
With six freshmen on a team of 13 one to four could be in the starting rotation this year after four started K-State's first exhibition. Looking back over K-State's 34 seasons, there have been only two seasons where three Wildcats have been in the starting lineup.
Rookies Jennifer Jones, Cassandra Jones and Karen Franklin became the first freshman trio to start a game when they lined up against Wichita State on Dec. 18, 1982.
In 1987-88, head coach Matilda Mossman started freshmen Diana Miller, Kristie Bahner and Nadira Hazim. The trio made their debut on Nov. 29, 1987 in a win 82-65 over Rockhurst. After that game Miller, Bahner and Hazim didn't play together again until Jan. 8, 1988 and then started five consecutive games with the last being an 84-58 loss to Colorado on Jan. 23.
Picking Up Where She Left Off
Senior Kristin Rethman didn't miss a beat from last year to this season from beyond the three-point arc. K-State's second all-time three-point shooter knocked down two of five, shooting .400 percent.
Looking Ahead To The Season, Home Opener
Kansas State will open the regular season on Friday, Nov. 16 at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga. Tip off is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at Alexander Memorial Coliseum in the McDonald's Center.
The Wildcats are 26-7 all-time in season openers, winning the eight of the past nine. Last year, Kansas State beat UMKC, 62-49.
Kansas State is 10-2 in season openers at Bramlage Coliseum, including wins in eight of the last nine. The Wildcats also have a 22-9 mark in home openers.
Head coach Deb Patterson is 4-1 in season openers at Kansas State with her only loss coming in 1998 versus Ohio State.
One interesting note is that the Wildcats have reached 100 points in four season openers, including back-to-back games in 1980-81 and 1981-82.
The Wildcats' home opener will feature Kansas State against IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis) on Monday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in Bramlage Coliseum.