Wildcats, Cowgirls Meet on Saturday in Bramlage

GAME #17
(20/22) Oklahoma State (12-3, 3-1 Big 12) at Kansas State (10-6, 2-3 Big 12)
Saturday, January 13, 2018 | 1 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) | Manhattan, Kan.

TELEVISION
FSN
• Ron Thulin (play-by-play)
• Brenda VanLengen (analyst)

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
• Brian Smoller (play-by-play)
• Kristin Waller (analyst)
Listen Online: www.kstatesports.com/watch [free]

PROMOTIONS & TICKETS
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COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 525-279/26th season | At K-State: 71-44/4th season
vs. Oklahoma State: 7-7

Oklahoma State: Jim Littell (Southwestern '77)
Overall: 556-132/20th season | At Oklahoma State: 138-71/7th season

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (10-6, 2-3 Big 12)
G: #50 Shaelyn Martin | G: #10 Kayla Goth | G: #12 Rachel Ranke | F: #1 Kaylee Page | F: #11 Peyton Williams

Oklahoma State (12-3, 3-1 Big 12)
F/C: #3 Mandy Coleman | G: #14 Braxtin Miller | G: #30 Maria Castro | G: #32 Loryn Goodwin | C: #54 Mandy Coleman

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads the series, 35-33
In Manhattan: 19-9
Last Meeting: December 31, 2017; Oklahoma State won 76-68
• K-State has won four of the last six meetings in the series.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State starts a two-game home stand on Saturday, as the Wildcats host (20/22) Oklahoma State at 1 p.m. This is the fifth time in the last six games for K-State that they will face an Associated Press top 25 opponent.

• Saturday's game will be available on FSN, as Ron Thulin (play-by-play) and Brenda VanLengen (analyst) will have the call.
• K-State won its second straight road game, as the Wildcats came back from a 10-point third quarter deficit to defeat Iowa State in Ames, 67-60.
• Four of the five starters for K-State reached double figures, as Kayla Goth (16), Peyton Williams (15), Rachel Ranke (14) and Kaylee Page (13) scored 13 or more points in the win.
• Goth, an All-Big 12 candidate, added seven assists to her final stat line against the Cyclones. Goth leads the Big 12 and rankls 17th in the nation in assists per game (6.4; career-high 102 assists). She also leads the Wildcats in scoring and ranks seventh in the Big 12 at 16.7 points.
• Williams registered her fourth double-double of the season with 11 rebounds to add to her 15 points, five blocks, three assists and two steals. She is the first Wildcat to register 15 or more points, 10 or more rebounds, five or more blocks and two or more steals since Breanna Lewis in the 2015-16 season.
• Ranke carded her fourth straight game in double figures as she tallied a 4-of-8 effort from beyond the arc. For the season, Ranke leads the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made per game (3.0; 48 three-point FGs made). The guard from Burnsville, Minnesota, is averaging 12.2 points per game.
• Page contributed double figures in scoring for the second time in the last three games. The forward from Wamego, Kansas, is averaging 8.8 points and 3.6 rebounds. She is second on the team in blocks with 15 this season.

Number to Know
29
• #KStateWBB tied its season-high for fourth quarter scoring this season with 29 points at Iowa State on Wednesday in the final frame.
• K-State shot 9-of-13 (.692) from the field and 7-of-9 from the foul line to tie its mark from the Dec. 18, 2017, win over Chicago State.
• K-State has scored 20 or more points in the fourth quarter six times, resulting in a 4-2 record.
• The Wildcats have outscored its opponents, 304-249 (+55), in the final quarter. K-State is averaging 19.0 points per game in the final quarter.
• The school record for points in a fourth quarter is 32 against Sam Houston State on Dec. 19, 2015.

At a Glance: Oklahoma State
• (20/22) Oklahoma State (12-3, 3-1 Big 12) enters Saturday's game following a 96-82 win over Oklahoma on Jan. 7.
• 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 138-71 (.660) record.
• On the floor, Oklahoma State features three players averaging double figures led by graduate transfer Loryn Goodwin, senior center Kaylee Jensen and freshman guard Braxtin Miller.
• Goodwin, who is a guard from Cypress, Texas, is averaging 22.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.3 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. Against Oklahoma, she tallied 31 points, eight rebounds and five assists.
• Jensen is averaging 16.7 points and 9.7 rebounds this season. Against the Sooners, Jensen registered 27 points and 11 rebounds.
• Miller earned her second Big 12 Freshman of the Week honor after averaging 18.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists last week. For the season, she is averaging 10.8 points and 3.7 rebounds.

Wildcats Send Back Shots Under Mittie
• In the first four seasons under head coach Jeff Mittie, Kansas State has piled up blocked shots. Under Mittie, K-State has sent back 540 shots for 4.7 per game in the 115 games.
• The Wildcats have 84 blocks this season (5.3 bpg). K-State ranks 28th in the nation in blocks per game and has 12 games this season with five or more blocks.
• Over the previous three seasons, K-State blocked 456 shots which were the most over a 3-season span since K-State blocked 486 shots from 2005-06 to 2007-08.
• In the 2016-17 season, K-State had 143 blocks (4.3 bpg), the third straight season with 100 or more blocks and the 11th in program history. The Wildcats blocked five or more shots in 16 games last season.

Three is not a Crowd, It's a Benefit
• Since 2011-12, when three or more players reach double figures in scoring in the same game, K-State is 84-43 (.661).
• K-State has had three or more players reach double figures in the same game 13 times this season (9-4).
• The Wildcats had a season-high four players reach double figures in a game four times, with the last occurence at Iowa State on Jan. 10.

Wildcats Solid From Beyond the Arc
• K-State has started the 2017-18 season by shooting 31.8 percent from 3-point range (105-of-330) which includes 6.6 made 3-point field goals per game. Kansas State is scoring 28.7 percent (315 points; 0.95 points/attempt) of its points from beyond the arc. K-State ranks fourth in the Big 12 in three-point field goals made per game.
• 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 14 times (9-5) this season. In the Jeff Mittie era, the Wildcats have made five or more 3-pointers in a game 84 times in 115 total games.
• In four seasons under Mittie, K-State has buried 695 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 356 consecutive games, dating back to Feb. 7, 2007.

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 13.3 points on a team-high .539 field goal percentage. She also has 7.2 rebounds and leads the team in blocks with 22.
• The native of Topeka, Kansas, ranks 57th in the nation in field goal percentage and 12th in the Big 12. She also ranks 19th in the Big 12 in scoring and ninth in rebounding.
• Williams has tallied career season-highs in points (212), free throws made (43), field goals made and attempted (82-of-152), blocks (22), steals (22) and three-point field goals made and attempted (5-of-19).
• Over the last eight games, Williams is averaging 17.3 points on a .567 field goal percentage, 8.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks.
• In K-State's game at Iowa State, Williams tallied 15 points, 11 rebounds, five blocks and two steals. This was her fourth double-double of the season and fifth of her career.
• Williams is the first Wildcat since Breanna Lewis on Feb. 29, 2016 at Oklahoma to record 15 or more points, 10 or more rebounds, five or more blocks and two or more steals in a game.
• For her career, Williams has 14 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 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting against Penn State. She also blocked a career-high three shots to go with eight rebounds, two assists and two steals in 35 minutes.
• She has four career games with five or more offensive rebounds.

Page Filling Up the Stat Book
• Senior forward Kaylee Page has provided a diverse stat line to open the 2017-18 season.
• Page is averaging 8.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 0.9 blocks. She is second on the team with her 15 blocks this season.
• Page recorded her first double-double of the season and the third of her career with 13 points, 10 rebounds, two assists and two blocks at Iowa State.
• The Wamego, Kansas, native has 10 career games with 10 or more points and five or more rebounds in the same game.
• Against Stephen F. Austin, Page led the Wildcats with 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting including 4-of-9 from beyond the arc. She also hauled in a team-high seven rebounds.
• In the second game of the season against Omaha, Page tallied 13 points, six rebounds, two assists, two blocks and one steal.
• In the 2016-17 season, Page came off the bench to average 6.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 21.9 minutes of action.
• Page set career season-highs for field goals made (71), 3-point field goals made (49) and steals (27).
• Page scored in double figures in a career-best 10 games last season, including a high of 15 points at TCU on Feb. 18.

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Players Mentioned

Kayla Goth

Breanna Lewis

Shaelyn Martin

Kaylee Page

Rachel Ranke

Peyton Williams

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