K-State Visits Iowa State for Midweek Tilt

GAME #16
Kansas State (9-6, 1-3 Big 12) at Iowa State (7-8, 1-3 Big 12)
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 | 6:30 p.m. | Hilton Coliseum (14,356) | Ames, Iowa

TELEVISION
Cyclones.TV
• Rich Fellingham (play-by-play)
• Molly Parrott (analyst)

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

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 524-279/26th season | At K-State: 70-44/4th season
vs. Iowa State: 5-8

Iowa State: Bill Fennelly (William Penn '79)
Overall: 638-297/30th season | At Iowa State: 472-244/23rd season

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (9-6, 1-3 Big 12)
G: #50 Shaelyn Martin | G: #10 Kayla Goth | G: #2 Cymone Goodrich | F: #1 Kaylee Page | F: #11 Peyton Williams

Iowa State (7-8, 1-3 Big 12)
G: #1 Madison Wise | G: #3 Emily Durr | G: #21 Bridget Carleton | F: #12 Bride Kennedy-Hopoate | F: #13 Adriana Camber

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads the series, 51-38
In Ames: 17-22
Last Meeting: March 4, 2017; K-State won 74-67 in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship
• K-State has won three of the last four meetings in the series.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - K-State visits Ames, Iowa, on Wednesday, as the Wildcats face Iowa State at 6:30 p.m.

• Wednesday's game will be available on Cyclones.TV. An audio broadcast will also be available on the K-State Sports Network and for free at kstatesports.com.
• Playing its fourth straight game against an Associated Press top 25 opponent to begin its league schedule, Kansas State fell to (8/8) Texas, 75-64, on Sunday afternoon in Bramlage Coliseum.
• The Wildcats won the first and fourth quarters on Sunday against the Longhorns, but Texas outscored K-State in the second and third quarters, 44-29.
• For the fifth straight game, junior guard Kayla Goth and sophomore forward Peyton Williams led the way for K-State, as the duo combined for 29 of K-State's 64 points.
• Goth, an All-Big 12 candidate, finished with 17 points, five rebounds, five assists, a block and a steal.
• Goth leads the Big 12 in assists with 6.3 per game (career-high 95 assists). She leads the Wildcats in scoring and ranks sixth in the Big 12 at 16.7 points.
• Williams reached double figures in points for the ninth time in the last 10 games, as she notched 12 points, four rebounds and a career-high three assists.
• Williams leads the Wildcats in field goal percentage at .547. She is second on the team in scoring (13.1 ppg) and rebounds (6.9 rpg).
• Adding to the attack was freshman Rachel Ranke. Ranke came off the bench to contribute 11 points, including a 3-of-5 effort from beyond the arc.
• For the season, Ranke is second in the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made per game (2.9) and has tallied 11 games with two or more connections. The guard from Burnsville, Minnesota, is averaging 12.1 points per game.

Number to Know
5
• For the second straight season, #KStateWBB has five players with 10 or more blocks in a season.
• K-State is paced by sophomore Peyton Williams with a career-high 17 blocked shots.
• Junior guard Kayla Goth has also set a career-high with 11 blocks.
• The freshman center tandem of Mary Lakes and Ashley Ray have each added 11 blocks.
• Overall, K-State has 76 blocks (5.1 bpg).
• The Wildcats are 9-2 this season when recording five or more blocks in a game.

At a Glance: Iowa State
• Iowa State (7-8, 1-3) won its Big 12 opener over Kansas in overtime, but has lost three straight including a 57-49 decision at (12/11) West Virginia on Sunday.
• On the sideline, Iowa State is led by 23rd-year head coach Bill Fennelly. In his time with the Cyclones, Fennelly has achieved a record of 472-244 (.659).
• On the floor, the Cyclones are led by junior guard Bridget Carleton.
• Carleton, a product of Chatham, Ontario, leads the team in scoring with 18.5 points and assists with 3.8 per game. She is second in rebounding at 6.9 per game. At West Virginia, Carleton registered a team-high 14 points on 5-of-22 shooting and added five rebounds, four assists and three steals.

Generating Offense from the Defense
• Kansas State has used an opportunistic defense to create additional offensive chances this season.
• K-State's opponents have turned the ball over 248 times this season (16.5 topg). K-State ranks 70th in the nation and third in the Big 12 in turnover margin at 3.2.
• The Wildcats have tallied 288 points off opponent turnovers this season (19.2 per game/1.16 points per turnover). The 288 points are 27.9 percent of K-State's overall point total. K-State has a +129 margin in points off turnovers compared to its opponents (288-159).
• The Wildcats have seven games with 20 or more points off turnovers this season, including a season-high 32 against Chicago State on Dec. 16. The 32 points off turnovers marked the most in the Jeff Mittie era.
• K-State has eight games with 25 percent or more of its points off turnovers, including a season-high 43.6 percent against UCLA on Nov. 24.

Sharing is Caring
• Kansas State has opened the season with 15.5 assists per game and own a 1.2 assist to turnover ratio. The Wildcats have recorded an assist on 233 of K-State's 364 made field goals this season (64.0 percent).
• 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 seven 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 four games this season.
• The Wildcats are 54-2 when handing out 20 or more assists over the last 12 years.
• Under head coach Jeff Mittie, K-State has registered 1,634 assists on 2,610 made field goals which is an assist percentage of 62.6 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 Efficient from the Field
• Kayla Goth has been effective and efficient in her scoring this season, as she leads the Wildcats in field goal percentage at .508 (91-179). Her 91 made field goals are a new career-high for a season.
• Boosting her field goal percentage this season is her 2-point field goal percentage of .540 (75-of-139).
• Goth is the first K-State guard to shoot over .500 from the field in at least 15 games played (min. 150 field goal attempts) since Shalee Lehning in the 2008-09 season.

Goth Giveth
• Junior guard Kayla Goth has been a solid distributor this season.
• Goth has handed out a career single-season high 95 assists (6.3 apg) with just 44 turnovers (2.16 assist to turnover ratio) this season. She leads the Big 12 and is 19th in the nation in assists per game and total assists. She also leads the Big 12 in double figure assist games with three.
• According to herhoopstats.com, Goth ranks ninth in the nation with an assist rate of 42.0 percent (assist rate defined: percentage of teammate field goals assisted on while on the court).
• She has 12 games this season with five or more assists, including three with 10 or more assists.
• Goth has been responsible for 51.1 percent (95 assists; 91 made field goals) of K-State's made field goals this season. Her 95 assists are 40.8 percent of K-State's overall assist total (233).
• 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 three 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 third in program history for assist-to-turnover ratio (1.73). She has 183 assists in her career and needs six assists to tie for 30th in program history for career assists.

Martin has a Black & Blue Collar
• Shaelyn Martin has had her share of bumps in her three seasons with the Wildcats.
• Martin, who is the team's two-time winner of the Priscilla Gary Hustle Award winner, has taken a school record 81 charges in her career with the Wildcats.
• She led the team in the 2015-16 season with 24 charges drawn, which was the most charges by a Wildcat in a season since tracking began in the 2007-08 season.

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Players Mentioned

Cymone Goodrich

Kayla Goth

Maary Lakes

Shaelyn Martin

Kaylee Page

Rachel Ranke

Ashley Ray

Peyton Williams

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