K-State Hosts Iowa State in Pack the House Game

GAME #23
Iowa State (9-13, 3-8 Big 12) at Kansas State (12-10, 4-7 Big 12)
Saturday, February 3, 2018 | 7 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) | Manhattan, Kan.

TELEVISION
ESPN3
• Brian Smoller (play-by-play)
• Missy Heidrick (analyst)

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

PROMOTIONS & TICKETS
• Pack the House – all tickets and select concession items for just $1
• National Girls and Women in Sports Day
• Call (800) 221-CATS or visit www.kstatesports.com

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 527-283/26th season | At K-State: 73-48/4th season
vs. Iowa State: 6-8

Iowa State: Bill Fennelly (William Penn '79)
Overall: 640-302/30th season | At Iowa State: 474-249/23rd season

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (12-10, 4-7 Big 12)
G: #10 Kayla Goth | G: #12 Rachel Ranke | F: #1 Kaylee Page | F: #11 Peyton Williams | F: #50 Shaelyn Martin

Iowa State (9-13, 3-8 Big 12)
G: #3 Emily Durr | G: #21 Bridget Carleton | F: #1 Madison Wise | F: #13 Adriana Camber | F: #30 Claire Ricketts

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads the series, 52-38
In Manhattan: 26-14
Last Meeting: January 10, 2018; K-State won 67-60
• K-State has won four of the last five meetings in the series.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State opens the month of February with a two-game home stand, as the Wildcats host Iowa State at 7 p.m., on Saturday. Saturday's game marks K-State's annual Pack the House game, as all tickets and select concession items are available for $1.

• Saturday's game will be available on ESPN3, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Missy Heidrick (analyst) will have the call.
• K-State suffered a 68-49 loss at Oklahoma in the final game of January. The 49 points and .306 field goal percentage were season-lows for the Wildcats.
• Junior Kayla Goth, an All-Big 12 candidate, registered 10 points and seven assists.
• The guard from DeForest, Wisconsin, leads the Big 12 and ranks 11th in the nation in assists per game (6.7; career-high 147 assists). She also leads the Wildcats in scoring and ranks seventh in the Big 12 at 16.2 points per game.
• Goth's assists total this season ranks 12th in program history. With three assists, she will become the sixth player in program history to dish out 150 or more assists in a season and the first since Mariah White in the 2011-12 season.
• 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 (147 assists and 129 field goals made/529 total made field goals).
• Senior Kaylee Page added nine points, four rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block against the Sooners.
• The forward from Wamego, Kansas, is averaging 9.2 points and 3.5 rebounds this season.
• With her block, Page became the fourth player in program history with career totals of 100 or more 3-point field goals made, 50 or more blocks and 50 or more steals.
• Junior Kali Jones chipped in with four points and career-highs of 10 rebounds and three blocks. Jones is averaging 4.1 rebounds in the last 10 games.

Number to Know
104
• #KStateWBB has registered 104 blocked shots this season, which is 4.7 blocks per game.
• This is the fourth straight season and the 12th in school history that K-State has blocked 100 or more shots.
• According to herhoopstats.com, K-State ranks 37th in the nation in block rate at 12.1 percent. (block rate - percentage of opponent 2-point field goal attempts the team has blocked.).

At a Glance: Iowa State
• Iowa State (9-13, 3-8) has lost four of its last five games including a 75-52 defeat on Tuesday to (22/22) TCU in Ames.
• 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 474-249 (.656).
• On the floor, the Cyclones are led by junior guard Bridget Carleton.
• Carleton, a product of Chatham, Ontario, leads the team in scoring with 18.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and assists with 3.5 per game.

February Historically a Heartbreaker
• K-State is 209-172 (.549) in the second month, which percentage-wise, is the lowest month for K-State.
• The Wildcats were currently 5-3 in February of 2017. The five wins in February of the 2016-17 season were the most since K-State went 7-1 in February of the 2003-04 season.
• The Wildcats are 12-13 under head coach Jeff Mittie in the month of February.

Wildcats With 300+ Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 319-126 (.717) all-time inside Bramlage Coliseum, which is in its 30th season of existence.
• In his career in games played in his home venue, Mittie is 323-83 (.796).
• Kansas State has protected its home floor with determination against non-conference foes with a record of 175-29 (.858) record. Head coach Jeff Mittie is 29-4 (.879) in non-conference games in Bramlage Coliseum.
• K-State was 14-4 at home last season. The Wildcats reached double figures in home victories for the 28th time in program history. The Wildcats have won 10 or more games in Bramlage in three straight seasons.

K-State Picking Opponent's Pockets
• The Wildcats have bagged 10 or more steals in 11 games this season, including a season-high of 14 against Oklahoma on January 17. The 14 steals are the most since K-State tallied 14 at West Virginia on Feb. 15, 2017.
• For the season, K-State has 192 steals (8.7 spg). Of the 357 opponent turnovers, 53.8 percent have come from a K-State steal. K-State ranks fourth in the Big 12 in steals per game and total steals. According to herhoopstats.com, the Wildcats have a steal rate of 12.4 percent which ranks 102nd in the nation.
• Kansas State pocketed 277 steals in the 2016-17 season (8.1 spg), including a season-high of 14 three times: against Princeton on Dec. 18, at Oklahoma State on Jan. 14 and at West Virginia on Feb. 15.
• This was the third straight season that K-State pocketed 275 or more steals and the seventh time since the 1996-97 season.
• K-State tallied 10 or more steals in a game 11 times last season. Of the 531 opponent turnovers in 2016-17, 52.2 percent came from a steal.

Wildcats Solid From Beyond the Arc
• K-State has started the 2017-18 season by shooting 31.3 percent from 3-point range (146-of-467) which includes 6.6 made 3-point field goals per game. Kansas State is scoring 29.3 percent (438 points; 0.94 points/attempt) of its points from beyond the arc. K-State ranks fifth 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 19 times (10-9) this season. In the Jeff Mittie era, the Wildcats have made five or more 3-pointers in a game 89 times in 121 total games.
• In four seasons under Mittie, K-State has buried 736 three-pointers which is 6.1 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 362 consecutive games, dating back to Feb. 7, 2007.

Martin Improved at the Charity Stripe
• Shaelyn Martin has improved on her free throws in her senior season with the Wildcats.
• Martin is currently 44-of-53 (.830) from the foul line this season. She ranks third in the Big 12 in free throw percentage. Her career free throw percentage stands at .670 (181-of-270) and her career-high for a season is .667 in 2016-17.
• The product of Salina, Kansas, owns a current streak of 17 straight free throws made dating back to December 21 against Northern Iowa.

Another New Season, Another New Goth
• Junior guard Kayla Goth has taken on the point guard role for K-State to begin the 2017-18 season.
• For the season, the native of DeForest, Wisconsin, is averaging a team-high 16.2 points on a .466 field goal percentage including a 3-point field goal percentage of .393. She is also averaging 3.7 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.9 steals. Goth is shooting .484 on two-point field goal attempts this season.
• Goth ranks seventh in the Big 12 in scoring, leads the league in assists and is third in assist to turnover ratio (2.13).
• She has set career season-highs in 10 statistical categories including: points (357), field goals made and attempted (129-of-277), assists (147), blocks (11), steals (42), free throws made and attempted (77-of-110) and double-doubles (4).
• Goth needs 43 points to become the 20th player in program history to score 400 or more points in their junior season.
• Goth has 12 games this season with at least 15 points and five assists.
• In Big 12 games, Goth is averaging 15.9 points which ranks ninth in the Big 12 while also pacing the league in assists at 6.7 per game. She is responsible for 53.3 percent of K-State's made field goals in Big 12 games.
• Against UNI, Goth registered a career-high 26 points on 9-of-13 shooting including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc and added five assists, four rebounds, two blocks and two steals.
• Against UT Arlington, Goth finished with 25 points on a 9-of-15 shooting performance while also dishing out five assists, blocking two shots and pocketing two steals. She also set the school record for points in a quarter with 19 in the third.
• She is the first player since Leticia Romero in 2013-14 to record three games with 20 or more points and five or more assists in a season.
• In the 2017 South Point Thanksgiving Shootout, Goth averaged 19.0 points on a .615 field goal percentage while dishing out 5.5 assists.
• In the 2016-17 season, Goth was sixth on the team in scoring (5.8 ppg) and third in field goal percentage (.437; 73-of-167). She registered the first eight double figure scoring efforts of her career last season.

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Players Mentioned

Kayla Goth

Kali Jones

Shaelyn Martin

Kaylee Page

Rachel Ranke

Peyton Williams

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