(22/rv) Kansas State, Iowa State Meet on Saturday
Jan 19, 2017 | Women's Basketball
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JAN 21, 5:00 PM CT
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Ames, Iowa
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15-4 (5-2 Big 12)
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IOWA STATE
CYCLONES
10-8 (1-6 Big 12)
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MANHATTAN, Kansas - (22/rv) Kansas State will play its final road game in the month of January on Saturday, as the Wildcats travel to Ames, Iowa, to face Iowa State at 5 p.m.
• Saturday evening’s game will be broadcast online at Cyclones.TV, as Rich Fellingham (play-by-play) and Molly Parrott (analyst) call the action.
• The Wildcats (15-4, 5-2 Big 12) increased its win streak to four games and have won five of its last six, downing TCU on Wednesday, 74-63.
• K-State dished out a season-high 22 assists on 26 made field goals against the Horned Frogs. The Wildcats shot 50.0 percent or better from the field for the fourth time this season in the win.
• The Wildcats were led by the senior center Breanna Lewis, senior guard Kindred Wesemann and freshman forward Eternati Willock. Lewis, a Naismith Trophy and All-America candidate notched 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting, nine rebounds, four blocks and two steals. Lewis is averaging 16.1 points on a .570 field goal percentage in Big 12 play.
• With her four blocks, Lewis set the school record for career blocks with 259 in her time in Manhattan. She ranks seventh in Big 12 history in the category.
• Wesemann carded 18 points on 5-of-11 shooting from beyond the arc. She moved into fifth on the K-State career 3-point field goals made list with 231 to her name.
• Wesemann, an All-Big 12 candidate, is averaging 13.1 points and 3.0 three-point field goals made per game in leage play.
• Willock came off the bench to add 10 points, eight rebounds and four assists. In Big 12 action, she is averaging 10.5 points on a .520 field goal percentage and is pulling in 7.5 rebounds.
Number to Know
5
• #KStateWBB currently has a 5-1 record in the month of January.
• The five wins in the first month of 2017 are the most in the Big 12 round-robin schedule format, which started in the 2012-13 season.
• The five wins this month are the most since K-State pocketed five wins in January of the 2011-12 season.
• The five wins this month have been aided by a current four-game win streak, tying the longest in Big 12 play in the Jeff Mittie era.
Series History
49-37
• K-State leads the series with Iowa State, 49-37.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 3-7 against Iowa State.
At a Glance: Iowa State
• Iowa State (10-8, 1-6) enters Saturday’s game with one win in their last seven games, falling at (2/2) Baylor on Wednesday night, 68-42. The Cyclones are 10-3 at Hilton Coliseum this season.
• On the sideline, Iowa State is led by 22nd-year head coach Bill Fennelly. In his time with the Cyclones, Fennelly has achieved a record of 457-231 (.664).
• On the floor, Iowa State has three players averaging double figures led by senior guard Seanna Johnson and sophomore guard Bridget Carleton.
• Johnson leads the Cyclones with 16.5 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Johnson was held scoreless at Baylor with seven rebounds.
• Carleton, a product of Chatham, Ontario, is second on the team in scoring with 15.8 points and is third in rebounding with 5.0 per game. Against the Lady Bears, Carleton tallied a team-high 17 points. In league play, Carleton is averaging a team-high 16.9 points and is second in rebounding at 5.4 per game.
Sharing is Caring
• K-State registered a season-high 22 assists against TCU on Jan. 18. This was the second time this season that the Wildcats handed out 20 or more assists.
• Over the last 11 seasons, K-State owns a 50-0 record when dishing out 20 or more assists in a game including two games with 30 or more.
• For the season, Kansas State is handing out 15.3 assists per game and owns a 1.0 assist to turnover ratio. K-State ranks fifth in the Big 12 in assists per game and assist to turnover ratio.
• K-State has dished out an assist on 62.0 percent of its field goals this season (291 assists/469 field goals made), including seven games with assists on 70 percent or more of the made field goals which includes a season-high of 84.6 percent of made field goals against TCU on Jan. 18.
K-State Strong in the Lane
• Kansas State has opened the 2016-17 season with a 636-398 for a +238 advantage in points in the paint. The 636 points (33.5 ppg) are 48.5 percent of the Wildcats’ overall point total this season.
• The Wildcats recorded a 60-12 advantage in the lane against Tulsa on Nov. 14. The 60 points in the paint were the most by a K-State team since at least the 2006-07 season.
• Kansas State registered its second-highest total of the season of 54 points in the lane against West Virginia on Jan. 1. It was the most in a Big 12 game by K-State since scoring 54 points in the paint against TCU on Feb. 11, 2015.
• K-State has scored 30 or more points in the paint in 13 games this season and have had the edge in the lane in 17 games.
• In the previous two seasons under head coach Jeff Mittie, K-State has ended both seasons with the edge in the paint and have scored 900 or more points in the lane in both seasons.
Lewis has Increased Efficiency
• Breanna Lewis has continued to be an effective scorer around the basket and has joined the top 10 in program history for career field goal percentage and the top 15 in field goals made.
• Lewis has tallied a 126-of-207 (.609) effort from the field this season and is fourth in the Big 12 and 12th in the nation in field goal percentage.
• Last season, Lewis finished with a career-high .550 field goal percentage with a career-best 231 made field goals on 420 attempts.
• For her career, the 2016-17 Naismith Trophy candidate ranks ninth in program history for career field goal percentage at .528 (587-of-1111). Her career field goal percentage of .528 ranks third among players with 1,000 or more career field goals attempted.
• Lewis is the 11th player in program history with 550 or more made field goals in a career and ranks ninth in school history for field goals made.
The Little Engine from Threeland
• For her career, senior guard Kindred Wesemann is the sixth player in program history with 200 or more 3-point field goals in a career as she has drained 231 three-point field goals and is fifth in school history.
• Wesemann leads the Big 12 and is 21st in the nation for 3-point field goals made per game (3.0) and is converting from the arc at .370.
• Against TCU on Jan. 18, Wesemann was 5-of-11 from beyond the arc. She has 20 career games with four or more connections from the 3-point line, including seven this season.
• Her career 3-point field goal percentage is .349 which received a boost from last season’s career best effort of .397.
• Wesemann was one of the top 3-point shooters in the Big 12 in the 2015-16 season. For the year she was 85-of-214 (.397) and had the most made 3-point field goals by a Wildcat in a season since Brittany Chambers made 117 in the 2012-13 season. Her 85 connections from deep ranked seventh in school history for 3-point field goals made in a season.
• She led the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made per game (2.7) and was seventh in 3-point field goal percentage. She ranked 45th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage and 30th in 3-point field goals made per game.
