K-State Ends Non-Conference Schedule Against Northern Iowa

GAME #11
Northern Iowa (3-7) at Kansas State (7-2)
Thursday, December 21, 2017 | 7 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) | Manhattan, Kan.

TELEVISION
ESPN3
• Brian Smoller (play-by-play)
• Missy Heidrick (analyst)

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
• Matt Walters (play-by-play)
• Kristin Waller (analyst)
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TICKETS & PROMOTIONS
• "Operation Santa" – Fans can purchase a GA ticket for only $3 by donating a new toy at the entrance to Bramlage Coliseum for Fort Riley's Operation Santa Claus
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COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 523-275/26th season | At K-State: 69-40/4th season
vs. Northern Iowa: 0-1

Northern Iowa: Tanya Warren (Creighton '88)
Overall: 189-146/11th season | At Northern Iowa: 189-146/11th season

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (8-2)
G: #12 Rachel Ranke | G: #10 Kayla Goth | F: #50 Shaelyn Martin | F: #1 Kaylee Page | F: #11 Peyton Williams

Northern Iowa (3-7)
G: #3 Karli Rucker | G: #5 Nicole Kroeger | G: #10 Ellie Howell | F: #32 Heidi Hillyard | F: #50 Megan Maahs

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Series tied, 1-1
In Manhattan: 1-0
Last Meeting: Dec. 22, 2016, UNI won 67-59
• K-State is 44-11 all-time against current members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State will conclude its non-conference schedule on Thursday night, as the Wildcats host Northern Iowa at 7 p.m.

• Thursday night's game will be available on ESPN3, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Missy Heidrick (analyst) will have the call.
• K-State registered a season-high 99 points in its 99-51 win over Chicago State on Monday. The 99 points were the most since K-State scored 102 against Florida Atlantic on Dec. 13, 2015.
• The Wildcats buried 11 three-pointers against the Cougars, marking the second-most this season and tied for the third most in the Jeff Mittie-era.
• On the way to making a season-high 34 field goals, K-State dished out a season-high 25 assists. The 25 assists were the most since the Wildcats handed out 26 assists against TCU on Feb. 11, 2015.
• Freshman guard Rachel Ranke led the Wildcats with a career-high 24 points on a career-high seven made 3-point field goals. Her seven connections were the most by a K-State freshman since Laurie Koehn made seven in the 2001-02 season.
• Junior guard Kayla Goth pocketed her second double-double of the season with 19 points and a career-high 11 assists. She also added five rebounds, four steals and a block to her final line.
• Goth leads the Big 12 in assists with 6.8 per game. She leads the Wildcats in scoring at 15.6 points and field goal percentage at .564. She is second on the team in steals with 2.1 per game. She is responsible for 50.6 percent of K-State's made field goals this season.
• Sophomore forward Peyton Williams added her second double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Williams is averaging 11.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game this season.

Number to Know
3
• #KStateWBB's Kayla Goth has registered three games this season with 10 or more assists, including an active streak of two straight.
• Goth dished out a career-high 11 assists against Chicago State on Dec. 18.
• Her 11 assists rank tied for 16th in school history for a game and is the 13th time a K-State player has handed out 11 assists in a game and first since Mariah White on Jan. 4, 2012 against Texas A&M.
• Goth is tied for third in school history for career games with 10 or more assists with Megan Mahoney.

At a Glance: Northern Iowa
• Northern Iowa (3-7) enters Thursday night's tilt with one win in its last six games. The Panthers dropped their last game, 71-47, against Iowa on December 17.
• On the sidelines, the Panthers are led by 11th-year head coach Tanya Warren. During her time in Cedar Falls, Warren has guided the program to 189-146 record and a pair of Missouri Valley Conference regular season crowns, including the 2015-16 title.
• On the floor, UNI is led by senior guard Kennedy Kirkpatrick and sophomore forward Megan Maahs.
• Kirkpatrick is averaging 11.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4/0 assists per game this season. She tallied 12 points and three assists against the Hawkeyes.
• Maahs is avergaing a double-double this season with 11.1 points on a .452 field goal percentage and 10.2 rebounds. Against Iowa, Maahs tallied 12 points and 10 rebounds.

12th Month of the Calendar Reaches 200 Wins
• In the 50th year of women's basketball at K-State, the Wildcats own a record of 220-90 (.710) in the month of December.
• Under head coach Jeff Mittie, K-State is 19-5 (.792) in the month of December.
• K-State has had a .500 or better record in the month of December 44 times in its history, including a current streak of 24 consecutive seasons.

Magic Number is 70 Points for Wildcats
• Since the 2001-02 season, K-State is 181-19 (.905) when scoring 70 or more points in a game including a 29-5 (.853) record in the Jeff Mittie era.
• K-State has scored 70 or more points in a game six times this season (6-0) including a high of 99 against Chicago State on Dec. 18. The 99 points were the most since scoring 102 against Florida Atlantic on Dec. 13, 2015.
• Last season, K-State scored 70 or more points in a game 13 times (11-2). This marked the second most games in the last 12 seasons with 70 or more points.

Wildcats Solid From Beyond the Arc
• K-State has started the 2017-18 season by shooting 33.5 percent from 3-point range (68-of-203) which includes 6.8 made 3-point field goals per game. Kansas State is scoring 28.7 percent (204 points; 1.00 points/attempt) of its points from beyond the arc.
• Kansas State registered a season-high 12 connections from beyond the arc against Omaha on Nov. 13. This was the second-most 3-point field goals made in the Jeff Mittie era and the most since Dec. 13, 2016 against Florida Atlantic when the Wildcats made 14.
• K-State has made five or more 3-pointers in a game ninetimes (7-2) this season. In the Jeff Mittie era, the Wildcats have made five or more 3-pointers in a game 79 times in 109 total games.
• In four seasons under Mittie, K-State has buried 658 three-pointers which is 6.0 per game.
• The Wildcats have made 175 or more 3-point field goals in 16 of the last 17 seasons.
• K-State has made at least one 3-point field goal in 350 consecutive games, dating back to Feb. 7, 2007.

Ranke with Range
• Freshman guard Rachel Ranke has made an instant impact to K-State's lineup this season, as she was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Week on Nov. 20.
• In her first season in Manhattan, Ranke is averaging 13.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.4 steals. She leads all Big 12 freshmen in scoring and 3-point field goals made.
• Ranke has made 31 three-point field goals this season (3.1 per game) and has made four or more 3-point field goals in four games.
• Against Chicago State on Dec. 18, Ranke registered a career-high 24 points on 8-of-18 shooting including 7-of-15 from beyond the arc. She also pulled in six rebounds.
• She is the first K-State freshman to score 20 or more points in three or more games since the 2013-14 season.
• The seven 3-pointers by the Burnsville, Minnesota, native were the most by a K-State freshman since Laurie Koehn registered seven at Texas on Jan. 30, 2002.
• In her first career start, Ranke finished with a game-high 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting, including a 6-of-12 effort from 3-point range against Omaha. She also notched two rebounds, one assist, one block and one steal in 37 minutes of action.
• In her second career start, Ranke led K-State with 23 points on 7-of-15 shooting, including a 5-of-11 effort from beyond the arc. She also tallied a 4-of-4 performance at the foul line.
• She is the first K-State freshman since the 2013-14 season to register consecutive games of 20 or more points.

Another New Season, Another New Goth
• Junior guard Kayla Goth has taken on the point guard role for K-State to begin the 2017-18 season.
• For the season, the native of DeForest, Wisconsin, is averaging a team-high 15.6 points on a .564 field goal percentage including a 3-point field goal percentage of .429. She is also averaging 3.3 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 2.1 steals. Goth is shooting .600 on two-point field goal attempts this season.
• Goth ranks seventh in the Big 12 in scoring, leads the league in assists and is second in assist to turnover ratio. She ranks 10th in the Big 12 in field goal percentage.
• She has set career season-highs in assists (68), blocks (6) and free throws made and attempted (33-of-47).
• Over the last six games, Goth is averaging 17.8 points on a .571 field goal percentage.
• Against UT Arlington, Goth tied her career-high with 25 points on a 9-of-15 shooting performance while also dishing out five assists, blocking two shots and pocketing two steals. She also set the school record for points in a quarter with 19 in the third.
• In the 2017 South Point Thanksgiving Shootout, Goth averaged 19.0 points on a .615 field goal percentage while dishing out 5.5 assists.
• In the 2016-17 season, Goth was sixth on the team in scoring (5.8 ppg) and third in field goal percentage (.437; 73-of-167). She registered the first eight double figure scoring efforts of her career last season.

Williams Goes Wild
• Sophomore forward Peyton Williams continues to progress in the low post for K-State in her second season.
• This season, Williams is averaging 11.4 points on a .532 field goal percentage. She also has 6.6 rebounds and leads the team in blocks with 14.
• Williams has tallied career season-highs in blocks (14) and three-point field goals made and attempted (3-of-10).
• Against Chicago State, Williams tallied 15 points and 10 rebounds, including five offensive boards. This was her second double-double of the season.
• For her career, Williams has nine career games with 10 or more points and five or more rebounds.
• Against Little Rock on December 16, Williams recorded a new career-high with 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting and 6-of-7 from the foul line. She also pulled in seven rebounds.
• Earlier this season, Williams finished with a career-high 19 points on a career-best 7-of-11 shooting against Penn State. She also blocked a career-high three shots.
• The Topeka, Kansas, native also tallied eight rebounds, two assists and two steals in a career-high 35 minutes.
• She has four career games with five or more offensive rebounds.

K-State Ends Non-Conference Schedule Against Northern Iowa

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Players Mentioned

Kayla Goth

Shaelyn Martin

Kaylee Page

Rachel Ranke

Peyton Williams

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