Kansas State University Athletics
Sunday, December 31
Stillwater, Okla.
2 p.m.
Kansas State University
at
Oklahoma State
K-State Set to Play Rare New Year's Eve Game
Dec 29, 2017 | Women's Basketball
GAME #13
Kansas State (8-4, 0-1 Big 12) at (24/rv) Oklahoma State (10-2, 1-0 Big 12)
Sunday, December 31, 2017 | 2 p.m. | Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) | Stillwater, Okla.
TELEVISION
None
RADIO
K-State Sports Network
• Brian Smoller (play-by-play)
• Randy Peterson (analyst)
Listen Online: www.kstatesports.com/watch [free]
LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com
COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 523-277/26th season | At K-State: 69-42/4th season
vs. Oklahoma State: 7-7
Oklahoma State: Jim Littell (Southwestern '77)
Overall: 554-131/20th season | At Oklahoma State: 136-70/7th season
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (8-4, 0-1 Big 12)
G: #50 Shaelyn Martin | G: #10 Kayla Goth | C: #33 Ashley Ray | F: #1 Kaylee Page | F: #11 Peyton Williams
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Oklahoma State (10-2, 1-0 Big 12)
G: #11 Areanna Combs | G: #14 Braxtin Miller | G: #32 Loryn Goodwin | F/C: #3 Mandy Coleman | C: #54 Kaylee Jensen
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads the series, 35-32
In Stillwater: 11-17
Last Meeting: Jan. 28, 2017; K-State won 74-69
• K-State has won four of the last five in the series, including two straight.
• This is the earliest meeting between the teams in the history of the series and the first meeting in the month of December.
MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State will close out 2017 on the road, as the Wildcats travel to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to face (24/rv) Oklahoma State on Sunday at 2 p.m., at Gallagher-Iba Arena. Sunday's game is the start of a two-game road trip for K-State.
• This will be K-State's fourth game in the program's history on New Year's Eve, and the first since the 2003-04 season. K-State is 3-0 in games played on New Year's Eve (1982, 1995, 2003).
• Sunday's game will be available on the K-State Sports Network and for free at kstatesports.com, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Randy Peterson (analyst) will have the call.
• The Wildcats' losing streak in Big 12 season-openers extended to six, as K-State fell to (6/6) Baylor, 88-58, on Thursday in the league opener for both teams.
• Junior guard Kayla Goth and sophomore forward Peyton Williams led the way for K-State against the Lady Bears, combining for 35 of K-State's 58 points.
• Goth finished with a game-high 22 points on 8-of-20 shooting. She also tallied five rebounds and four assists. Over the last five games, Goth is averaging 20.0 points on a .565 field goal percentage, 7.0 assists and 3.8 rebounds.
• Goth is second in the Big 12 in assists with 6.4 per game and a career-high 77. She leads the Wildcats in scoring and ranks fifth in the Big 12 at 17.0 points. She also leads the Wildcats in field goal percentage at .552. She is responsible for 52.1 percent of K-State's made field goals this season (77 assists, 74 made field goals/290 total K-State made field goals).
• Williams reached double figures in points for the sixth time in the last seven games, as she notched 13 points on 5-of-11 shooting while hauling in nine rebounds.
• Williams is averaging 12.3 points on a .529 field goal percentage and 6.8 rebounds per game this season. She has set career-highs in blocks (16).
Number to Know
21
• The calendar year of 2017 for #KStateWBB has resulted in a 21-12 record, including an NCAA Tournament appearance and hosting the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003.
• The 21 wins are the most since K-State tallied a 27-5 record in the 2008 calendar year.
• Since 2000, K-State has 10 years with 20 or more wins.
At a Glance: Oklahoma State
• (24/rv) Oklahoma State (10-2, 1-0 Big 12) enters Sunday's game with a four-game winning streak following a 98-57 thrashing of Texas Tech on Thursday in Lubbock.
• On the sidelines, the Cowgirls are led by seventh year head coach Jim Littell. During his time in Stillwater, Littell has led the program to a 136-70 (.660) record.
• On the floor, Oklahoma State features two players averaging double figures led by graduate transfer Loryn Goodwin and senior center Kaylee Jensen.
• Goodwin, who is a guard from Cypress, Texas, is averaging 22.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.4 assists. Goodwin took a long route to Stillwater, as she started her collegiate career in 2012 at North Texas, then transferred to Butler and finally UTSA. In her Big 12 debut, Goodwin registered 20 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals at Texas Tech.
• Jensen is averaging 15.3 points and 9.0 rebounds this season. Against the Lady Raiders, Jensen registered her fifth double-double this season with 26 points and 12 rebounds.
Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 262-282 (.482) record in road games during the program's 50-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns an 102-102 (.500) mark in road contests.
• K-State had five road victories for the second straight season in 2016-17 and the fifth time in the last seven seasons.
• In his career in games played on the road, head coach Jeff Mittie is 138-160 (.463) including a 13-23 (.361) mark during his time at K-State.
Wildcats Solid From Beyond the Arc
• K-State has started the 2017-18 season by shooting 33.1 percent from 3-point range (80-of-242) which includes 6.7 made 3-point field goals per game. Kansas State is scoring 28.6 percent (240 points; 0.99 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 10 times (7-3) this season. In the Jeff Mittie era, the Wildcats have made five or more 3-pointers in a game 80 times in 111 total games.
• In four seasons under Mittie, K-State has buried 670 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. Â
• K-State has made at least one 3-point field goal in 352 consecutive games, dating back to Feb. 7, 2007.
Another New Season, Another New Goth  Â
• 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 17.0 points on a .552 field goal percentage including a 3-point field goal percentage of .452. She is also averaging 3.5 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 2.0 steals. Goth is shooting .583 on two-point field goal attempts this season.
• Goth ranks fifth in the Big 12 in scoring, is second in the league in assists and is third in assist to turnover ratio (2.8). She ranks 12th in the Big 12 and 50th in the nation in field goal percentage.
• She has set career season-highs in five statistical categories: points (204), assists (77), blocks (8) and free throws made and attempted (42-of-62).
• Over the last five games, Goth is averaging 20.0 points on a .565 field goal percentage.
• Against UNI, Goth registered a career-high 26 points on 9-of-13 shooting including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc and added five assists, four rebounds, two blocks and two steals.
• Against UT Arlington, Goth finished 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.
• She is the first player since Leticia Romero in 2013-14 to record two or more games with 20 or more points and five or more assists in a season.
• 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.
Kansas State (8-4, 0-1 Big 12) at (24/rv) Oklahoma State (10-2, 1-0 Big 12)
Sunday, December 31, 2017 | 2 p.m. | Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) | Stillwater, Okla.
TELEVISION
None
RADIO
K-State Sports Network
• Brian Smoller (play-by-play)
• Randy Peterson (analyst)
Listen Online: www.kstatesports.com/watch [free]
LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com
COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 523-277/26th season | At K-State: 69-42/4th season
vs. Oklahoma State: 7-7
Oklahoma State: Jim Littell (Southwestern '77)
Overall: 554-131/20th season | At Oklahoma State: 136-70/7th season
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (8-4, 0-1 Big 12)
G: #50 Shaelyn Martin | G: #10 Kayla Goth | C: #33 Ashley Ray | F: #1 Kaylee Page | F: #11 Peyton Williams
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Oklahoma State (10-2, 1-0 Big 12)
G: #11 Areanna Combs | G: #14 Braxtin Miller | G: #32 Loryn Goodwin | F/C: #3 Mandy Coleman | C: #54 Kaylee Jensen
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads the series, 35-32
In Stillwater: 11-17
Last Meeting: Jan. 28, 2017; K-State won 74-69
• K-State has won four of the last five in the series, including two straight.
• This is the earliest meeting between the teams in the history of the series and the first meeting in the month of December.
MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State will close out 2017 on the road, as the Wildcats travel to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to face (24/rv) Oklahoma State on Sunday at 2 p.m., at Gallagher-Iba Arena. Sunday's game is the start of a two-game road trip for K-State.
• This will be K-State's fourth game in the program's history on New Year's Eve, and the first since the 2003-04 season. K-State is 3-0 in games played on New Year's Eve (1982, 1995, 2003).
• Sunday's game will be available on the K-State Sports Network and for free at kstatesports.com, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Randy Peterson (analyst) will have the call.
• The Wildcats' losing streak in Big 12 season-openers extended to six, as K-State fell to (6/6) Baylor, 88-58, on Thursday in the league opener for both teams.
• Junior guard Kayla Goth and sophomore forward Peyton Williams led the way for K-State against the Lady Bears, combining for 35 of K-State's 58 points.
• Goth finished with a game-high 22 points on 8-of-20 shooting. She also tallied five rebounds and four assists. Over the last five games, Goth is averaging 20.0 points on a .565 field goal percentage, 7.0 assists and 3.8 rebounds.
• Goth is second in the Big 12 in assists with 6.4 per game and a career-high 77. She leads the Wildcats in scoring and ranks fifth in the Big 12 at 17.0 points. She also leads the Wildcats in field goal percentage at .552. She is responsible for 52.1 percent of K-State's made field goals this season (77 assists, 74 made field goals/290 total K-State made field goals).
• Williams reached double figures in points for the sixth time in the last seven games, as she notched 13 points on 5-of-11 shooting while hauling in nine rebounds.
• Williams is averaging 12.3 points on a .529 field goal percentage and 6.8 rebounds per game this season. She has set career-highs in blocks (16).
Number to Know
21
• The calendar year of 2017 for #KStateWBB has resulted in a 21-12 record, including an NCAA Tournament appearance and hosting the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003.
• The 21 wins are the most since K-State tallied a 27-5 record in the 2008 calendar year.
• Since 2000, K-State has 10 years with 20 or more wins.
At a Glance: Oklahoma State
• (24/rv) Oklahoma State (10-2, 1-0 Big 12) enters Sunday's game with a four-game winning streak following a 98-57 thrashing of Texas Tech on Thursday in Lubbock.
• On the sidelines, the Cowgirls are led by seventh year head coach Jim Littell. During his time in Stillwater, Littell has led the program to a 136-70 (.660) record.
• On the floor, Oklahoma State features two players averaging double figures led by graduate transfer Loryn Goodwin and senior center Kaylee Jensen.
• Goodwin, who is a guard from Cypress, Texas, is averaging 22.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.4 assists. Goodwin took a long route to Stillwater, as she started her collegiate career in 2012 at North Texas, then transferred to Butler and finally UTSA. In her Big 12 debut, Goodwin registered 20 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals at Texas Tech.
• Jensen is averaging 15.3 points and 9.0 rebounds this season. Against the Lady Raiders, Jensen registered her fifth double-double this season with 26 points and 12 rebounds.
Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 262-282 (.482) record in road games during the program's 50-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns an 102-102 (.500) mark in road contests.
• K-State had five road victories for the second straight season in 2016-17 and the fifth time in the last seven seasons.
• In his career in games played on the road, head coach Jeff Mittie is 138-160 (.463) including a 13-23 (.361) mark during his time at K-State.
Wildcats Solid From Beyond the Arc
• K-State has started the 2017-18 season by shooting 33.1 percent from 3-point range (80-of-242) which includes 6.7 made 3-point field goals per game. Kansas State is scoring 28.6 percent (240 points; 0.99 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 10 times (7-3) this season. In the Jeff Mittie era, the Wildcats have made five or more 3-pointers in a game 80 times in 111 total games.
• In four seasons under Mittie, K-State has buried 670 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. Â
• K-State has made at least one 3-point field goal in 352 consecutive games, dating back to Feb. 7, 2007.
Another New Season, Another New Goth  Â
• 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 17.0 points on a .552 field goal percentage including a 3-point field goal percentage of .452. She is also averaging 3.5 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 2.0 steals. Goth is shooting .583 on two-point field goal attempts this season.
• Goth ranks fifth in the Big 12 in scoring, is second in the league in assists and is third in assist to turnover ratio (2.8). She ranks 12th in the Big 12 and 50th in the nation in field goal percentage.
• She has set career season-highs in five statistical categories: points (204), assists (77), blocks (8) and free throws made and attempted (42-of-62).
• Over the last five games, Goth is averaging 20.0 points on a .565 field goal percentage.
• Against UNI, Goth registered a career-high 26 points on 9-of-13 shooting including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc and added five assists, four rebounds, two blocks and two steals.
• Against UT Arlington, Goth finished 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.
• She is the first player since Leticia Romero in 2013-14 to record two or more games with 20 or more points and five or more assists in a season.
• 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.
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