Kansas State Athletics

EXHIBITION #1
Emporia State (0-0) at Kansas State (0-0)
Friday, November 3, 2017  |  5:30 p.m.  |  Bramlage Coliseum (12,528)  |  Manhattan, Kan.

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 515-273/26th season  |  At K-State: 61-38/4th season
vs. Emporia State: 7-0

Emporia State: Jory Collins (Emporia State '02)
Overall: 182-47/8th season  |  At Emporia State: Same

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (0-0)
G: #2 Cymone Goodrich  |  G: #10 Kayla Goth  |  G: #12 Rachel Ranke  |  F: #1 Kaylee Page  |  F: #11 Peyton Williams
                
Emporia State (0-0)
G: #21 Jessica Wayne  |  G: #22 Jacee Kramer  |  G: #44 Emily Miller  |  F: #20 Tiana Moala  |  F: #35 Tyra Jones

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads 8-0 [regular season meetings]
In Manhattan: K-State leads 4-0
Last Meeting: W, 76-47 [12/11/1985 in Manhattan]


MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State will play its first exhibition game this season on Friday, Nov. 3 against Emporia State at 5:30 p.m., in Bramlage Coliseum.

• Friday night's game can be seen live and for free on K-StateHD.TV, as James Westling (play-by-play) and Kristin Waller (color analyst) will have the call.  
• K-State head coach Jeff Mittie enters his 26th season of coaching and his fourth in Manhattan with a career record of 515-273 (.654), including a 61-38 (.616) record at K-State.
• Kansas State women's basketball will play its golden anniversary season in 2017-18, as the Wildcats will celebrate the 50th season of the program.
• According to the NCAA, K-State joins 25 other women's basketball programs in NCAA Division I history to play at least 50 straight seasons of intercollegiate women's basketball, including six programs reaching the mark with K-State this season: Belmont, Dayton, East Tennessee State, Kansas, Stephen F. Austin and UMBC.
• Since its first intercollegiate season in 1968-69, K-State's overall record entering the season stands at 914-567 (.617). The Wildcats rank 18th in NCAA Division I women's basketball history for program wins and just the second Big 12 school to surpass the 900-win mark (Texas).
• K-State returns five letter winners from last season's 23-11 squad that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Returning players are: seniors Shaelyn Martin, Karyla Middlebrook and Kaylee Page, junior Kayla Goth and sophomore Peyton Williams.
• The Wildcats will blend in seven newcomers for the 2017-18 season: juniors Kali Jones and Anastasia Tsybaeva and freshmen Cymone Goodrich, Mary Lakes, Rachel Ranke, Ashley Ray and Alisa Wiggins.

Number to Know
989
• #KStateWBB returns five players from last season's 23-11 team that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
• The five players registered 989 of the Wildcats' 2,294 points (43.1 percent) last season.
• The 989 returning points are the fewest points from K-State returners since the 2005-06 season.
• The seven players returning in 2005-06 registered 763 of the 2004-05 team's 2,284 points (33.4 percent).  

Series History vs. Emporia State
• K-State leads the series with Emporia State, 8-0, in regular season meetings.
• The last regular season meeting between the schools was Dec. 11, 1985.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 7-0 against Emporia State in regular season meetings.

At a Glance: Emporia State
• Emporia State enters the 2017-18 season slated for a third place finish according to the Preseason MIAA Coaches Poll. This is the first time in four years the Lady Hornets are not the league favorites.
• The Lady Hornets opened its exhibition schedule on Sunday, October 29, at Kansas. The Jayhawks downed Emporia State, 69-49.
• On the sideline, Emporia State is led by eighth-year head coach Jory Collins. Collins is 182-47 (.795) in his time in Emporia.
• Emporia State returns eight players that saw action in 14 or more games last season. Pacing the Lady Hornets is senior guard Addie Lackey. The product of Hillsboro, Kansas, averaged 12.9 points per game in 2016-17, while also handing out 2.4 assists per game.

Fresh Faces on K-State Coaching Staff
• Kansas State women's basketball head coach Jeff Mittie will have some new voices on the bench this season. The program added Chris Carr and Jayci Stone to assistant coach positions, adjusted the role of former assistant coach Ebony Gilliam and hired Ebony Haliburton.
• Carr was promoted to assistant coach following the Gilliam's decision to move into the the program's Coordinator of Recruiting Operations. Carr served as the Director of Student-Athlete Development in 2016-17.
• Stone joined Mittie's coaching staff from Stephen F. Austin to replace former assistant Jacie Hoyt, who accepted the head coaching position at UMKC. Hoyt hired former K-State guard Kindred Wesemann as an assistant coach.
• K-State's former Coordinator of Recruiting Operations, Micaella Riche, returned to her playing career and will play this season in Thessaloniki, Greece, with Panathilitkos Sykeon.
• Haliburton joined Mittie's staff in July to fill Carr's former role as the program's Director of Student-Athlete Development.

K-State Among 900-Win Club
• With a 62-49 win over UT-Arlington on Dec. 7, 2016, Kansas State became the 20th program in NCAA Division I women's basketball history and the second Big 12 team (Texas) with 900 or more wins. K-State's record in its 50th season of women's basketball stands at 914-567 (.617).
• The Wildcats have accumulated 24 20-win seasons and have secured 312 victories inside Bramlage Coliseum.
• K-State has 174 wins in the Big 12 Conference.
• In postseason play, the Wildcats have 13 wins in the NCAA Tournament and 14 wins in the WNIT.
• Kansas State has registered 220 victories when they were ranked in the Associated Press top-25 poll and achieved 78 wins against teams ranked in the AP poll.

Kansas State Roster Continues to Grow
• Since Kansas State head coach Jeff Mittie took the over the program prior to the 2014-15 season, K-State's roster has continued to grow larger in stature.
• In the 2017-18 season, K-State's roster features 12 total players and nine are six feet or taller, including six players 6'2" or taller.
• The roster includes the tallest player in program history, 6'7" junior center Anastasia Tsybaeva.
• This is the fourth straight season K-State's roster has increased its average height including the third straight season with an average height of 6'0" or taller.