K-State, KU Set for Sunflower Showdown on Sunday

GAME #21
Kansas State (11-9, 3-6 Big 12) at Kansas (11-9, 2-7 Big 12)
Sunday, January 28, 2018 | 4 p.m. | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) | Lawrence, Kan.

TELEVISION
FS1
• Dave Raymond (play-by-play)
• Missy Heidrick (analyst)

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

PROMOTIONS & TICKETS
• Call (800) 34-HAWKS or visit www.kuathletics.com

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 526-282/26th season | At K-State: 72-47/4th season
vs. Kansas: 10-5

Kansas: Brandon Schneider (Wayland Baptist '95)
Overall: 426-194/20th season | At Kansas: 25-56/3rd season

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (11-9, 3-6 Big 12)
G: #10 Kayla Goth | G: #12 Rachel Ranke | F: #1 Kaylee Page | F: #11 Peyton Williams | F: #50 Shaelyn Martin

Kansas (11-9, 2-7 Big 12)
G: #0 Christalah Lyons | G: #2 Brianna Osorio | G: #22 Chayla Cheadle | G: #33 Kylee Kopatich | C: #35 Bailey Helgren

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads the series, 70-46
In Lawrence: 30-25
Last Meeting: February 25, 2017; K-State won 61-54
• K-State has won seven straight in the series.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - In one of the longest continuous rivalries in all of women's college basketball, Kansas State travels to Lawrence on Sunday to face Kansas in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown at 4 p.m. This will be the first matchup this season between the programs, who are each celebrating their 50th season of intercollegiate action.

• Sunday's game will be available on FS1, as Dave Raymond (play-by-play) and Missy Heidrick (analyst) will have the call.
• K-State's losing streak extended to three games, as the Wildcats fell 68-63 against (24/24) TCU on Wednesday. This was K-State's seventh game against an Associated Press top 25 opponent in the first nine Big 12 games this season.
• Junior Kayla Goth, an All-Big 12 candidate, recorded her fourth double-double this season with 17 points, 11 assists, seven rebounds and three steals.
• The guard from DeForest, Wisconsin, leads the Big 12 and ranks 11th in the nation in assists per game (6.7; career-high 134 assists). She also leads the Wildcats in scoring and ranks seventh in the Big 12 at 16.7 points per game.
• Goth is the only player in the Big 12 who is responsible for 50.0 percent or more of her team's made field goals this season, as she stands at 52.2 percent (134 assists and 120 field goals made/463 total made field goals).
• Freshman Rachel Ranke added 16 points, including a 4-of-11 effort from beyond the arc, and six rebounds. This was her sixth game this season with four or more connections from beyond the arc.
• The guard from Burnsville, Minnesota leads the Wildcats and ranks second in the Big 12 with 57 three-point field goals made this season. She ranks fifth in program history for 3-point field goals made by a freshman.

Number to Know
12
• #KStateWBB's Kayla Goth has 12 games this season with 15 or more points and five or more assists.
• Among the NCAA Division I top-15 for assists per game, Goth is one of four players in the nation with 12 or more games with 15 or more points and five or more assists in the same game.
• Goth is the only player in the Big 12 who is responsible for 50.0 percent or more of her team's made field goals this season, as she stands at 52.2 percent (134 assists and 120 field goals made/463 total made field goals).
• Goth's 12 games with 15 or more points and five or more assists are the most since at least the 1996-97 season in program history.

At a Glance: Kansas
• Kansas (11-9, 2-7 Big 12) dropped its sixth straight game with a 97-64 loss at Oklahoma on Jan. 24.
• On the sideline, Kansas is led by third-year head coach Brandon Schneider. Schneider is 25-56 (.309) in his time in Lawrence.
• Leading Kansas this season are junior guards Christalah Lyons, Kylee Kopatich and Brianna Osorio.
• Lyons is pacing the Jayhawks with 14.5 points and 3.6 assists.
• Kopatich is second on the team in scoring at 13.8 points and rebounding at 4.4 per game.
• Osorio is third on the team in scoring at 11.4 per game. At Oklahoma, Osorio led the Jayhawks with 17 points.

50th Season of K-State WBB
• Kansas State women's basketball is playing its golden anniversary season in 2017-18, as the Wildcats will celebrate the 50th season of the program.
• According to the NCAA, K-State joins 25 other women's basketball programs in NCAA Division I history to play at least 50 straight seasons of intercollegiate women's basketball, including six programs reaching the mark with K-State this season: Belmont, Dayton, East Tennessee State, Kansas, Stephen F. Austin and UMBC.
• K-State's record in its 50th season of women's basketball stands at 925-576 (.616), entering the season ranked 18th in NCAA Division I women's basketball history for program wins. K-State is averaging 18.7 wins per season.
• The Wildcats have accumulated 24 20-win seasons and have secured 319 victories inside Bramlage Coliseum.
• K-State has 177 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 80 wins against teams ranked in the AP poll.

Magic Number is 70 Points for Wildcats
• Since the 2001-02 season, K-State is 182-21 (.897) when scoring 70 or more points in a game including a 30-7 (.811) record in the Jeff Mittie era.
• K-State has scored 70 or more points in a game nine times this season (7-2) 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 15.7 assists per game and own a 1.2 assist to turnover ratio. The Wildcats have an assisted shot rate of 64.3 percent (313 assists/487 made field goals). According to herhoopstats.com, K-State ranks 38th 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 nine 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 1,714 assists on 2,733 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.

Goth Giveth
• Junior guard Kayla Goth has been a solid distributor this season.
• Goth has handed out a career single-season high 134 assists (6.7 apg) with just 63 turnovers (2.13 assist to turnover ratio) this season. She leads the Big 12 and is 11th in the nation in assists per game and total assists. She also leads the Big 12 in double figure assist games with five.
• According to herhoopstats.com, Goth ranks sixth in the nation with an assist rate of 43.1 percent (assist rate defined: percentage of teammate field goals assisted on while on the court).
• She has 17 games this season with five or more assists, including five with 10 or more assists.
• Goth has been responsible for 52.2 percent (134 assists; 120 made field goals) of K-State's made field goals this season. Her 134 assists are 42.8 percent of K-State's overall assist total (313).
• Against Chicago State and TCU, Goth dished out a career-high and team season-high 11 assists. She is 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 five or more games in a season since Shalee Lehning in the 2008-09 season (10 games). She is third in school history for career double figure assist games.
• In her career, Goth ranks second in program history for assist-to-turnover ratio (1.78). She has 222 assists in her career and ranks 23rd in program history for career assists.

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 11.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.2 steals. She leads all Big 12 freshmen in 3-point field goals made per game (2.9; 57) and is third in scoring. She ranks 34th in the nation in 3-point field goals made and 15th in 3-point field goals attempted (168).
• Ranke has made 57 three-point field goals this season and has made four or more 3-point field goals in six games. She is the seventh K-State freshman to make 50 or more in their rookie season and first since Bri Craig in 2012-13.
• 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.

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Players Mentioned

Kayla Goth

Shaelyn Martin

Kaylee Page

Rachel Ranke

Peyton Williams

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