K-State Hosts Oklahoma on Wednesday Night

GAME #18
Oklahoma (8-9, 3-3 Big 12) at (rv/-) Kansas State (11-6, 3-3 Big 12)
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 | 7 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) | Manhattan, Kan.

TELEVISION
ESPN3
• Brian Smoller (play-by-play)
• Kristin Waller (analyst)

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
• Matt Walters (play-by-play)
• Shalin Klein (analyst)
Listen Online: www.kstatesports.com/watch [free]

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COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 526-279/26th season | At K-State: 72-44/4th season
vs. Oklahoma: 5-13

Oklahoma: Sherri Coale (Oklahoma Christian '87)
Overall: 473-236/22nd season | At Oklahoma: Same

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

Oklahoma (8-9, 3-3 Big 12)
C: #0 Vionise Pierre-Louis | G: #14 Shaina Pellington | G: #21 Gabbi Ortiz | G: #22 Ana Llanusa | G: #23 Maddie Manning

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Oklahoma leads the series, 37-26
In Manhattan: 15-14
Last Meeting: February 21, 2017; K-State won 79-71
• K-State has won three of the last four meetings in Manhattan.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State ends a two-game home stand on Wednesday, as the Wildcats host Oklahoma at 7 p.m. This is the first home game against an unranked league opponent this season.

• Wednesday's game will be available on ESPN3, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Kristin Waller (analyst) will have the call.
• K-State ended a three-game home losing streak and picked up its second win over a ranked opponent this season with an 80-64 win over Oklahoma State on Jan. 13.
• All five starters for K-State reached double figures, marking the first time in the Jeff Mittie era this has been achieved and the first time since March 4, 2013, at Baylor.
• Kaylee Page led K-State against the Cowgirls with a season-high 20 points, including a career-high six 3-point field goals made. The forward from Wamego, Kansas, is averaging 9.5 points and 3.4 rebounds this season.
• Peyton Williams registered 18 points, nine rebounds, three assists and two steals against the Cowgirls. For the season, the product of Topeka, Kansas, is averaging 13.5 points on a .552 field goal percentage with 7.3 rebounds.
• Kayla Goth, an All-Big 12 candidate, recorded her third double-double this season with 11 points, 10 assists and five rebounds. Goth leads the Big 12 and ranks 13th in the nation in assists per game (6.6; career-high 112 assists). She also leads the Wildcats in scoring and ranks eighth in the Big 12 at 16.4 points.
• Shaelyn Martin registered her first career double-double, posting 12 points and 11 rebounds. Martin has continued to be diverse with 6.0 points, a team-high 7.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists.
• Rachel Ranke carded her fifth straight game in double figures as she tallied 12 points and a career-high four assists. For the season, the freshman from Burnsville, Minnesota, is averaging 12.2 points per game and leads K-State with 50 three-point field goals made.

Number to Know
10.6
• #KStateWBB's Kayla Goth has improved her season to season scoring average by 10.6 points. She ended the 2016-17 season with 5.8 points per game and currently stands at 16.4 points per game.
• If she ends the 2017-18 season at this mark, she would become the third player in program history to improve her season to season average by 10.0 or more points.
• Tammie Romstad holds the record for largest scoring average improvement from one season to the next at 14.2 points per game (5.4 ppg in 1978-79; 19.6 ppg in 1979-80).
• Haley Texada is the other Wildcat to jump her scoring average by double digits from one season to the next, as she improved by 10.8 points (1.0 ppg in 2011-12; 11.8 ppg in 2012-13).

At a Glance: Oklahoma
• Oklahoma (8-9, 3-3 Big 12) fell to (5/5) Baylor on Sunday, 74-52. The Sooners have lost two of their last three games.
• Oklahoma is guided on the sideline by 22nd year head coach Sherri Coale. The 1987 graduate of Oklahoma Christian owns a record of 473-236 (.667) during her time in Norman.
• The Sooners feature five players averaging double figures led by senior center Vionise Pierre-Louis and graduate senior Maddie Manning.
• Pierre-Louis is averaing 15.3 points on a .609 field goal percentage and a team-high 7.9 rebounds per game. Against the Lady Bears, Pierre-Louis carded 14 points, five rebounds and three blocks.
• Manning is averaging 13.5 points and is second on the team in rebounding with 5.6 per game.

Magic Number is 70 Points for Wildcats
• Since the 2001-02 season, K-State is 182-20 (.901) when scoring 70 or more points in a game including a 30-6 (.833) record in the Jeff Mittie era.
• K-State has scored 70 or more points in a game eight times this season (7-1) 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.

Sharing is Caring
• Kansas State has opened the season with 15.8 assists per game and own a 1.2 assist to turnover ratio. The Wildcats have an assisted shot rate of 64.4 percent (268 assists/416 made field goals). According to herhoopstats.com, K-State ranks 40th in the nation in assisted shot rate.
• K-State dished out 25 assists on 34 made field goals (73.5 percent) against Chicago State on Dec. 18, the most since handing out 26 against TCU on Feb. 11, 2015. K-State has eight games this season with assists on 70 percent or more of the made field goals. K-State has handed out 20 or more assists in five games this season.
• The Wildcats are 55-2 when handing out 20 or more assists over the last 12 years.
• Under head coach Jeff Mittie, K-State has registered 1,669 assists on 2,662 made field goals which is an assist percentage of 62.7 percent.
• In the 2016-17 season, K-State handed out 14.7 assists per game (500 total assists) and owned a 1.0 assist to turnover ratio. K-State ranked fifth in the Big 12 in assists per game and third in league only games (14.1 apg).
• This was the first season since 2005-06 that K-State handed out 500 or more assists. This marked the seventh time in program history that K-State registered 500 or more assists in a season.
• Since assists became an officially tracked stat in 1981-82, Kansas State has registered an assist percentage of 60.0 percent or higher 19 times in its history including a current streak of four straight seasons.

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• Kaylee Page has been one of K-State's top marksmen during her career.
• In her K-State career, Page is averaging 1.4 made 3-point field goals per game including 33 games with two or more connections from deep and six career games with four or more 3-point field goals made.
• K-State is 26-7 when Page makes two or more 3-point field goals in a game.
• Page holds the school record for 3-point field goals made by a player 6'0" or taller in school history with 120 connections.

Goth Giveth
• Junior guard Kayla Goth has been a solid distributor this season.
• Goth has handed out a career single-season high 112 assists (6.6 apg) with just 50 turnovers (2.24 assist to turnover ratio) this season. She leads the Big 12 and is 13th in the nation in assists per game and ranks 16th in the nation in total assists. She also leads the Big 12 in double figure assist games with four.
• According to herhoopstats.com, Goth ranks eighth in the nation with an assist rate of 42.4 percent (assist rate defined: percentage of teammate field goals assisted on while on the court).
• She has 14 games this season with five or more assists, including four with 10 or more assists.
• Goth has been responsible for 51.0 percent (112 assists; 100 made field goals) of K-State's made field goals this season. Her 112 assists are 41.8 percent of K-State's overall assist total (268).
• Against Chicago State, Goth dished out a career-high and team season-high 11 assists. She was the first Wildcat to hand out 11 or more assists since Mariah White against Texas A&M on Jan. 4, 2012.
• Goth is the first K-State player to hand out 10 or more assists in four or more games in a season since Shalee Lehning in the 2008-09 season (10 games). She is tied for third in school history for career double figure assist games.
• In her career, Goth ranks second in program history for assist-to-turnover ratio (1.79). She has 200 assists in her career and ranks 28th in program history for career assists.

Home is Where the Rebounds are for Martin
• Shaelyn Martin has been a diligent rebounder for K-State this season, including in the friendly confines of Bramlage Coliseum.
• In K-State's 10 home games this season, Martin is averaging 8.3 rebounds, 7.5 points and 4.7 assists.
• Martin has two games this season, both at home, with 15 rebounds which is her career-high. She is tied for fourth in school history for career games with 15 or more rebounds.
• Martin is the first K-State player in since Nicole Ohlde in the 2002-03 season to have two games with 15 or more rebounds in one season.
• In 65 career home games, Martin is averaging 6.3 rebounds. Her 411 rebounds at home represent 60.3 percent of her career total of 682.

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Players Mentioned

Kayla Goth

Shaelyn Martin

Kaylee Page

Rachel Ranke

Peyton Williams

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