Wildcats Start Road Trip at Texas Tech
Jan 31, 2017 | Women's Basketball
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FEB 1, 6:30 PM
United Supermarkets Arena
Lubbock, Texas
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16-6 (6-4 Big 12)
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TEXAS TECH
LADY RAIDERS
11-9 (3-6 Pac 12)
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MANHATTAN, Kansas – (rv/rv) Kansas State will play four of its next five games on the road, as the Wildcats travel to Lubbock, Texas, to face Texas Tech on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. This is the second straight season K-State has played five road games in the month of February.
• Wednesday’s game will be broadcast on FS Plus, as Chuck Heinz (play-by-play) and Brenda VanLengen (analyst) call the action.
• K-State (16-6, 6-4 Big 12) returned to the win column and retains its hold on fourth place in the league standings with a 74-69 win over Oklahoma State on Saturday afternoon.
• The Wildcats were led by senior guard Kindred Wesemann with 34 points on 10-of-18 shooting and a perfect 10-of-10 from the foul line. Wesemann was electric in the second half, scoring 26 points on 7-of-12 shooting to help the Wildcats overcome a nine-point second half deficit.
• Wesemann is the 23rd player in program history to score 30 or more points in a game and marked the 48th time a Wildcat has scored 30 or more points.
• For the season, Wesemann is tied for the team lead in scoring with 14.0 points per game and leads the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made and attempted (63-of-177; .356).
• Joining Wesemann in double figures on Saturday was freshman forward Eternati Willock. Willock made her first career Big 12 start and responded with 10 points, nine rebounds and a blocked shot.
• In league play, Willock is averaging 8.8 points on a .492 field goal percentage and pulling in 6.4 rebounds per game.
Number to Know
5
• #KStateWBB will play five road games in February for the second straight season.
• This is the fourth time since the inception of the Big 12 in 1996-97 that K-State will play five road games in the second month.
• In the previous three instances, K-State has reached the NCAA Tournament.
• Since 1996-97, K-State is 26-50 (.342) in February road games.
• The last time K-State won two or more road games in February came in the 2010-11 season when K-State notched a 2-2 mark.
Series History
18-13
• K-State leads the series with Texas Tech, 18-13.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 8-4 in his career against Texas Tech.
• K-State has won five of the last six meetings in the series, including three straight.
At a Glance: Texas Tech
• Texas Tech (11-9, 3-6 Big 12) saw its losing streak build to four, as the Lady Raiders fell at Kansas, 66-60, on Saturday.
• The Lady Raiders have been stellar in United Supermarkets Arena this season, owning a record of 10-1.
• Texas Tech is guided on the sideline by fourth year head coach Candace Whitaker. The 2002 graduate of Texas Tech owns a record of 45-67 (.402)?during her time in Lubbock.
• The Lady Raiders are led this season by sophomore guard Recee’ Caldwell and junior center Jada Terry.
• Caldwell, a transfer from UCLA, is averaging 15.7 points and 4.5 assists this season. She ranks sixth in the Big 12 in scoring and fifth in the league in assists. In the first meeting with K-State, Caldwell tallied five points and eight rebounds.
• Terry, a transfer from Texas A&M, is second on the team in scoring at 11.6 points and leads the Lady Raiders on the boards with 6.7 per game. At Kansas, Terry finised with 14 points, four rebounds and five blocks.
Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 258-279 (.480) record in road games during the program’s 49-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns an 98-99 (.497) mark in road contests.
• K-State had five road victories in the 2015-16 season, which are the most since 2012-13 when K-State won six road games.
• K-State notched a 10-5 (.667) record on the road in 2008-09 to break the previous school record of nine (1982-83 and 2001-02).
• In his career in games played on the road, head coach Jeff Mittie is 134-157 (.460).
Halftime Lead = K-State ‘W’ Since 2001-02
• Since the 2001-02 season, K-State is 266-36 (.881) when leading at the break. The Wildcats are 13-0 this season when leading after the first half.
• K-State is 41-3 (.932) when leading at the break under head coach Jeff Mittie.
• Since the start of the 2007-08 season, K-State is 161-12 (.931) when leading with five minutes to play including a 45-1 record under Mittie.
Wildcats in Nail-Biters
• Kansas State owns an all-time record in overtime games of 24-28 (.462), including a 21-23 record in single overtime games and an 8-14 mark in overtime games against non-conference opponents. K-State’s last overtime game came on Jan. 4, 2017 at Oklahoma, an 85-80 loss.
• Over the last eight seasons, K-State is 31-12 (.721) in games decided by five points or less.
Wesemann Joins Single Game Scoring Elite
• With her career-high 34 points against Oklahoma State on Jan. 28, Kindred Wesemann became the 23rd player in program history to score 30 or more points in a game. It was the 48th game a Wildcat has scored 30 or more points in a game.
• Wesemann’s total was a season-high by a Wildcat. She was the first Wildcat to score 30 or more points this season and the first since Breanna Lewis tallied 30 against Western Illinois on Dec. 21, 2015.
• Wesemann is the fourth player 5’7” or shorter in program history to score 30 or more points in a game and the first since Haley Texada scored 30 against Akron on March 19, 2015.
• She set the school record for points in a third quarter with 15 and tied her own school record of 11 points in a fourth quarter.
