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Wednesday, January 31
Norman, OK
10:30 a.m.

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K-State's Kayla Goth

K-State Ends Two-Game Road Trip at Oklahoma

Jan 29, 2018 | Women's Basketball

GAME #22
Kansas State (12-9, 4-6 Big 12) at Oklahoma (10-11, 5-5 Big 12)
Wednesday, January 31, 2018  |  10:30 a.m.  |  Lloyd Noble Center (12,000)  |  Norman, Okla.

TELEVISION
Fox Sports Oklahoma
• Toby Rowland (play-by-play)
• Brenda VanLengen (analyst)

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

PROMOTIONS & TICKETS
• Sooner Junior Fan Field Trip Day
• Call (405) 325-2424 or visit www.soonersports.com

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 527-282/26th season  |  At K-State: 73-47/4th season
vs. Oklahoma: 5-14

Oklahoma: Sherri Coale (Oklahoma Christian '87)
Overall: 475-238/22nd season  |  At Oklahoma: Same

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (12-9, 4-6 Big 12)
G: #10 Kayla Goth  |  G: #12 Rachel Ranke  |  F: #1 Kaylee Page  |  F: #11 Peyton Williams |  F: #50 Shaelyn Martin
                
Oklahoma (10-11, 5-5 Big 12)
G: #14 Shaina Pellington  |  G: #21 Gabbi Ortiz  |  G: #22 Ana Llanusa  |  G: #23 Maddie Manning  |  C: #0 Vionise Pierre-Louis

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Oklahoma leads the series, 38-26
In Norman: 8-20
Last Meeting: January 17, 2018; Oklahoma won 76-71
• Oklahoma has won 10 straight over K-State in Norman.


MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State will conclude the month of January with a trip to Norman, Oklahoma, to face Oklahoma in a rare morning Big 12 regular season tip-off. Wednesday's game will tip at 10:30 a.m., in the Lloyd Noble Center.

• Wednesday's game will be available on Fox Sports Oklahoma, as Toby Rowland (play-by-play) and Brenda VanLengen (analyst) will have the call.
• K-State ended a three-game losing streak, as the Wildcats captured a 63-59 over time win over Sunflower State rival Kansas on Sunday. K-State has won eight straight against the Jayhawks. The Wildcats won its first regular season overtime game since November 19, 2015, against South Dakota.
• Sophomore Peyton Williams finished with a game-high 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting and tied her career-high with five blocks and also pulled in eight rebounds.
• The forward from Topeka, Kansas, leads the Wildcats in field goal percentage (.557) and blocked shots (30; 1.4 bpg). She is averaging a career-best 14.1 points per game this season, including 16.1 during Big 12 play.
• Junior Kayla Goth, an All-Big 12 candidate, registered 14 points, six assists and three steals at Kansas.
• The guard from DeForest, Wisconsin, leads the Big 12 and ranks 11th in the nation in assists per game (6.7; career-high 140 assists). She also leads the Wildcats in scoring and ranks eighth in the Big 12 at 16.5 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 52.0 percent (140 assists and 125 field goals made/510 total made field goals).
• Freshman Rachel Ranke added nine points, including a 2-of-5 effort from beyond the arc. The guard from Burnsville, Minnesota, leads the Wildcats and ranks second in the Big 12 with 59 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
30.6
• #KStateWBB's Kayla Goth (16.5 ppg) and Peyton Williams (14.1 ppg) have combined to average 30.6 points per game this season.
• The duo, who have eached surpassed career season-highs in scoring, is responsible for 45.1 percent of K-State's total point production this season.
• Goth and Williams are third in the Big 12 in percentage of their team's overall point total.
• The last time K-State had a duo responsible for 45 percent or more of the team's point production was in 2012-13 when Brittany Chambers (21.0 ppg; 778 pts) and Haley Texada (11.8 ppg; 423 pts) were responsible for 53.0 percent of K-State's points.

At a Glance: Oklahoma
• Oklahoma (10-11, 5-5 Big 12) fell at (24/24) TCU on Saturday, 62-58. The Sooners have lost two of their last three games since defeating K-State in Manhattan on Jan. 17.
• Oklahoma is guided on the sideline by 22nd year head coach Sherri Coale. The 1987 graduate of Oklahoma Christian owns a record of 475-238 (.666) during her time in Norman.
• The Sooners feature five players averaging double figures led by senior center Vionise Pierre-Louis and senior Gabbi Ortiz.
• Pierre-Louis is averaging team-highs of 15.1 points on a .605 field goal percentage, 8.7 rebounds per game amd 2.4 assists.
• Ortiz leads the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made per game at 3.1 per game. The guard from Racine, Wisconsin, is averaging 13.5 points, five rebounds and two assists this season.

Halftime Lead = K-State 'W' Since 2001-02
• Since the 2001-02 season, K-State is 281-37 (.884) when leading at the break.
• K-State is 56-4 (.933) when leading at the break under head coach Jeff Mittie.
• Since the start of the 2007-08 season, K-State is 177-12 (.937) when leading with five minutes to play including a 61-1 record under Mittie.

Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 265-284 (.483) record in road games during the program's 50-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns an 105-104 (.502) 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 141-162 (.465) including a 16-25 (.390) mark during his time at K-State.

Wildcats in Nail-Biters
• Kansas State owns an all-time record in overtime games of 25-28 (.472), including a 22-23 record in single overtime games and an 8-14 mark in overtime games against non-conference opponents.
• K-State's last overtime game came on Jan. 28, 2018 at Kansas, a 63-59 win. It was K-State's first overtime road win since Feb. 5, 2011 at Missouri.
• Over the last nine seasons, K-State is 35-16 (.686) in games decided by five points or less.

Martin is K-State's Swiss Army Knife    
• Senior guard/forward Shaelyn Martin has put together a diverse stat line in her career and continued to do so in the 2017-18 season.
• For the season, Martin is averaging 5.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.9 steals per game. She ranks seventh in the league in assists, eighth in the Big 12 in rebounding and is sixth in defensive rebounds per game at 5.8.
• With her four assists at Kansas, Martin improved her career total to 382 and ranks fifth in school history and is sixth in school history for career assist to turnover ratio at 1.39. She has 29 career games in her career she has handed out five or more assists.
• With her nine rebounds at Kansas, Martin increased her career total to 700 and she ranks 14th on the K-State career rebounds list. She is the sixth player in program history with 700 or more rebounds and 350 or more assists.
• She has 80 career games with five or more rebounds, including 12 career games with 10 or more rebounds.

Next Event

Oklahoma
L, 49-68

Jan 31 (Wed)

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