Wildcats End Home Stand Against Texas Tech

GAME #24
Texas Tech (7-15, 1-10 Big 12) at Kansas State (12-11, 4-8 Big 12)
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 | 7 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) | Manhattan, Kan.

TELEVISION
Cox Channel Kansas & K-StateHD.TV
• 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]

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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 (12-11, 4-8 Big 12)
G: #10 Kayla Goth | G: #12 Rachel Ranke | F: #1 Kaylee Page | F: #11 Peyton Williams | F: #50 Shaelyn Martin

Texas Tech (7-15, 1-10 Big 12)
G: #10 Grayson Bright | G: #23 Angel Hayden | F: #20 Brittany Brewer | F: #30 Zuri Sanders | C: #12 Jada Terry

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads the series, 19-13
In Manhattan: 8-5
Last Meeting: February 1, 2018; K-State won 65-53
• K-State has won six of the last seven meetings in the series, including four straight.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State ends a two-game home stand to begin the month of February with a Wednesday night match against Texas Tech. Game time in Bramlage is 7 p.m.

• Wednesday's game will be available on Cox Channel Kansas and K-StateHD.TV, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Missy Heidrick (analyst) will have the call.
• K-State suffered its fifth Big 12 home loss in six games, as the Wildcats fell to Iowa State, 80-45, on Saturday. The 45 points and .246 field goal percentage were season-lows for the Wildcats.
• This marks the first time under head coach Jeff Mittie that K-State scored fewer than 50 points in consecutive games, as the Wildcats scored 49 at Oklahoma on Jan. 31.
• Junior Kayla Goth, an All-Big 12 candidate, registered 14 points, nine rebounds, four assists, two blocks and two steals.
• The guard from DeForest, Wisconsin, leads the Big 12 and ranks 11th in the nation in assists per game (6.6; career-high 151 assists). She also leads the Wildcats in scoring and ranks seventh in the Big 12 at 16.1 points per game.
• Goth's 151 assists this season ranks 11th in program history. She is 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 needs 29 points to become the second player in program history with 400 or more points and 150 or more assists in a season, joining Megan Mahoney in 2002-03.
• Sophomore Peyton Williams added 11 points, seven rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block against the Cyclones.
• The forward from Topeka, Kansas, is averaging 13.6 points on a team-high .545 field goal percentage and 7.0 rebounds this season.

Number to Know
64.1
• #KStateWBB has registered an assist rate of 64.1 percent this season, which is 350 assists on the Wildcats' 546 made field goals.
• This is the fifth straight season K-State has registered an assist rate of 60.0 percent or higher.
• According to herhoopstats.com, K-State ranks 35th in the nation in assisted shot rate.
• The Wildcats have been paced this season in assists by Kayla Goth with a Big 12-leading 6.6 per game (151 assists).

At a Glance: Texas Tech
• Texas Tech (7-15, 1-10 Big 12) saw its losing streak build to four, as the Lady Raiders fell at home to (3/3) Baylor, 90-44, on Saturday.
• Texas Tech is guided on the sideline by interim head coach Shimmy Gray-Miller. Gray-Miller took over the program on Jan. 1, following the dismissal of fifth-year head coach Candi Whitaker. Gray-Miller is 1-8 since being named to the interim post.
• The Lady Raiders are led this season by senior center Jada Terry.
• Terry, a transfer from Texas A&M, is second on the team in scoring at 10.5 points and leads the Lady Raiders on the boards with 6.5 per game. Against Baylor, Terry finished with 10 points and six rebounds.

Wildcats Send Back Shots Under Mittie
• In the first four seasons under head coach Jeff Mittie, Kansas State has piled up blocked shots. Under Mittie, K-State has sent back 564 shots for 4.6 per game in the 122 games. K-State's 564 blocked shots are the most over a 4-season span since K-State blocked 615 shots from 2005-06 to 2008-09.
• The Wildcats have 108 blocks this season (4.7 bpg). K-State ranks 42nd in the nation and fifth in the Big 12 in blocks per game and has 14 games this season with five or more blocks.
• This is the fourth straight season with 100 or more blocks and the 12th in program history.

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 13 home games this season, Martin is averaging 7.5 rebounds, 7.1 points and 4.5 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 68 career home games, Martin is averaging 6.3 rebounds. Her 426 rebounds at home represent 60.0 percent of her career total of 710.

Goth Giveth
• Junior guard Kayla Goth has been a solid distributor in her first full season as the team's point guard.
• Goth has handed out a career single-season high 151 assists (6.6 apg) with just 72 turnovers (2.10 assist to turnover ratio) this season. She leads the Big 12 and is 12th in the nation in assists per game and ninth in total assists. She also leads the Big 12 in double figure assist games with five.
• According to herhoopstats.com, Goth ranks fifth 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 19 games this season with five or more assists, including five with 10 or more assists.
• 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.
• Goth has been responsible for 52.0 percent (151 assists; 133 made field goals) of K-State's made field goals this season. Her 151 assists are 43.1 percent of K-State's overall assist total (350).
• 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.
• In her career, Goth ranks second in program history for assist-to-turnover ratio (1.78). She has 239 assists in her career and ranks 21st in program history for career assists.

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Players Mentioned

Kayla Goth

Shaelyn Martin

Kaylee Page

Rachel Ranke

Peyton Williams

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