Kansas State Athletics

GAME #1
Stephen F. Austin (0-0) at Kansas State (0-0)
Friday, November 10, 2017  |  5:30 p.m.  |  Bramlage Coliseum (12,528)  |  Manhattan, Kan.

TELEVISION
K-StateHD.TV [free]
• Brian Smoller (play-by-play)
• Shalin Klein (analyst)

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
• Brian Smoller (play-by-play)
• Shalin Klein (analyst)

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 515-273/26th season  |  At K-State: 61-38/4th season
vs. Stephen F. Austin: 2-1

Stephen F. Austin: Mark Kellogg (Hastings College '81)
Overall: 293-85/12th season  |  At Stephen F. Austin: 43-20/3rd season

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
                
Stephen F. Austin (0-0)
G: #3 Chanell Hayes  |  G: #4 Kennedy Harris  |  G: #22 Taylor Jackson  |  F: #21 Stevi Parker  |  F: #32 Imani Johnson

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads 3-2
In Manhattan: K-State leads 2-0
Last Meeting: L, 82-59 [12/11/1987 in Dallas, Texas]


MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State will officially begin its 50th season of intercollegiate women's basketball on Friday against Stephen F. Austin at 5:30 p.m., in Bramlage Coliseum.

• Friday evening's game can be seen live and for free on K-StateHD.TV, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Shalin Klein (color analyst) will have the call.
• Both teams in Friday's matchup are celebrating their 50th season of intercollegiate women's basketball. The programs have combined for 1,944 wins in their storied histories (SFA - 1,030; K-State, 914).
• 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 ended its exhibition schedule unbeaten, with a 61-46 win over Fort Hays State on Monday night.
• The Wildcats were led by sophomore forward Peyton Williams with a game-high 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting.
• In the two exhibition games, Williams led K-State in scoring with 17.5 points on a .750 field goal percentage, while pulling in 6.5 rebounds.
• Just behind Williams on Monday were five players with between five and nine points. Junior guard Kayla Goth filled her stat line with nine points, seven rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks.
• Senior forward Kaylee Page added five points, nine rebounds, five assists and a steal. Page finished exhibition play with team highs of 7.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists.
• Two of K-State's freshmen guards completed exhibition action with double figure scoring averages. Rachel Ranke tallied 13.5 points, while Cymone Goodrich added 12.0.

Number to Know
40
• #KStateWBB is 40-9 (.816) in home openers, including wins in 23 of the last 25 home openers and a current seven-game winning streak.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 23-2 (.920) in home openers, including a 3-0 mark at K-State.
• Entering its 30th season of action in Bramlage Coliseum, K-State is 25-4 (.862) in home openers in Bramlage.
• For the first time since the 2013-14 season, K-State could have five players make their Wildcat debuts in a season-opener: junior Kali Jones and freshmen Cymone Goodrich, Mary Lakes, Rachel Ranke and Ashley Ray.
 
Series History vs. Stephen F. Austin
• K-State leads the series with Stephen F. Austin, 3-2, in regular season meetings.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 2-1 against Stephen F. Austin.
• The Wildcats are 14-3 against schools from the Southland Conference.

At a Glance: Stephen F. Austin
• Stephen F. Austin enters the 2017-18 season slated for a third place finish according to the Southland Conference Preseason Poll.
• In 2016-17, the Ladyjacks finished with a 25-8 overall record, reached the Southland Conference Tournament title game and lost to UTRGV in the first round of the WBI.
• On the sideline, Stephen F. Austin is led by third-year head coach Mark Kellogg. Kellogg is 43-20 (.683) in his time in Nacogdoches.
• Current K-State assistant coach Jayci Stone served as an assistant on Kellogg's in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons.
• Stephen F. Austin returns nine letter winners from last year's roster including two players that started over 20 games: redshirt senior Stevi Parker and junior Kennedy Harris.
• Parker, a Preseason All-Southland Conference Second Team selection, averaged 11.2 points and 8.6 rebounds per game a season ago.
• Harris, a guard from Austin, Texas, averaged 5.6 points and 3.7 rebounds last year.

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), an average of 18.7 wins per season.
• 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.

K-State in Season Openers
• The Wildcats have been dominant in season-openers since the team's first season in 1968-69. Kansas State is 40-9 (.816) in season openers and have won 16 of the last 18 season openers, including seven straight.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 19-6 (.760) in season-openers, including a 3-0 mark at K-State, in his previous 25 seasons.

Wildcats Secure 300th Win in Bramlage
• K-State is 312-120 (.722) all-time inside Bramlage Coliseum, which is in its 30th season of existence.
• In his career in games played in his home venue, Mittie is 316-78 (.802).
• Kansas State has protected its home floor with determination against non-conference foes with a record of 170-28 (.859) record. Head coach Jeff Mittie is 24-3 in non-conference games in Bramlage Coliseum.
• K-State was 14-4 record at home last season, with the only losses coming against Connecticut, Baylor, Texas and Stanford.
• The Wildcats reached double figures in home victories for the 28th time in program history. The Wildcats have won 10 or more games in Bramlage in three straight seasons.

Scoring Up For K-State in 2016-17
• Kansas State's offensive numbers continue to improve in Jeff Mittie's three seasons. K-State averaged 67.5 points per game with 2,294 points scored.
• K-State's 2,294 points last season were the most since the 2005-06 season when K-State scored 2,386 points.
• This was the first time K-State scored 2,000 or more points in consecutive seasons since reaching the mark in eight straight seasons from 2001-02 to 2008-09.
• The 2016-17 season was the first time since the 2013-14 season (8) that K-State had eight players with 100 or more points scored and just the second time since at least the 2000-01 season.
 
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• Kaylee Page has been one of K-State's top marksmen during her career.
• Page averaged 1.4 made 3-point field goals per game and made two or more in a game 16 times in 2016-17. When Page made two or more 3-pointers in a in the 2016-17 season, K-State was 13-3. When she makes fewer than two, the Wildcats were 10-7.
• Her 3-point field goal percentage was .360 (49-of-136) and ranked 14th in the Big 12. In league play, Page ranks eighth with a 3-point percentage of .397 (29-of-73). Her 49 connections from beyond the arc this season are a new career season-high.
• In her K-State career, Page is averaging 1.4 made 3-point field goals per game including 27 games with two or more connections from deep.
• Page is the third player in school history 6'0" or taller with 90 or more career made 3-point field goals.