K-State, Oklahoma Meet in Pack the House Game

GAME #14
Oklahoma (5-7, 1-0 Big 12) at Kansas State (9-4, 0-1 Big 12)
Saturday, January 5, 2019 | 7 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum | Manhattan, Kan.

TELEVISION
FOX College Sports - Central & K-StateHD.TV (free)
• Brian Smoller (play-by-play)
• Missy Heidrick (analyst)
• Bridget Howard (sideline)

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

TICKETS & PROMOTIONS
• Call (800) 221-CATS or visit www.kstatesports.com
• Pack the House – all tickets $1
• $1 hot dogs, $1 popcorn, $1 bottled water
• Halftime Act - Red Panda

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 542-293/27th season | At K-State: 88-58/5th season
vs. Oklahoma: 5-15

Oklahoma: Sherri Coale (Oklahoma Christian '87)
Overall: 486-249/23rd season | At Oklahoma: Same

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (9-4, 0-1 Big 12)
G: #10 Kayla Goth | G: #12 Rachel Ranke | G: #43 Christianna Carr | F: #11 Peyton Williams | F: #15 Kali Jones

Oklahoma (5-7, 1-0 Big 12)
G: #14 Shaina Pellington | G: #30 Taylor Robertson | G: #32 Tatum Veitenheimer | G/F: #25 Madi Williams | F: #3 Mandy Simpson

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Oklahoma leads, 39-26
At Manhattan: 15-15
Last Meeting: January 31, 2018; Oklahoma won 68-49 in Norman

MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State will host its annual Pack the House game on Saturday night, as the Wildcats welcome in Oklahoma at 7 p.m. All tickets and selected concession items are available for $1.

• Saturday's game can be seen live on FOX College Sports - Central and for free on K-StateHD.TV, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Missy Heidrick (analyst) and Bridget Howard (sideline) will have the call.
• K-State enters Saturday's game with a seven-game home court winning streak.
• Kansas State suffered its seventh straight loss in a Big 12 Conference opener, as the Wildcats fell at (25/rv) Iowa State on Wednesday night, 96-58.
• The 96 points were the most surrendered by K-State since allowing 97 at Connecticut on November 23, 2015, and the most allowed by K-State in a Big 12 game.
• Offensively, the Wildcats were led by senior Kayla Goth and junior Jasauen Beard.
• Goth led K-State with her second double-double of the season as she carded 17 points and 10 assists. She added two rebounds, a block and a steal.
• Goth, a 2019 Nancy Lieberman Award candidate, leads the Big 12 in total assists (82) and assists per game (6.3 apg). She is second on the team in scoring (12.0 ppg). The product of DeForest, Wisconsin, needs one point to become the 41st player in program history with 1,000 or more career points.
• With one point and four assists, Goth will become the fourth player in program history with 1,000 or more career points and 400 or more career assists.
• Beard came off the bench to register her fifth game in double figures this season, as she notched 12 points and four rebounds in 21 minutes.
• The forward from Midwest City, Oklahoma is averaging 7.6 points on a .486 field goal percentage and 3.8 rebounds. She ranks 14th in the Big 12 in field goal percentage.

Number to Know
45.4
• #KStateWBB's Kayla Goth has been responsible for 45.4 percent of Kansas State's made field goals this season (82 assists, 55 field goals made).
• Among the Power 5 conferences, Goth leads the nation in percent of field goals responsible for.
• At Iowa State on January 2, the 2019 Nancy Lieberman Award candidate was responsible for 17 of K-State's 24 made field goals (70.8 percent).
• In the 2017-18 season, Goth was responsible for 53.3 percent of K-State's made field goals which led the Big 12.

At a Glance: Oklahoma
• Oklahoma (5-7, 1-0 Big 12) opened its Big 12 schedule with a fourth quarter rally to capture a 66-61 win over Texas Tech on Wednesday night in Norman. The Sooners have now won three of their last five games, with the two losses coming against top-25 ranked DePaul and Connecticut.
• Oklahoma is guided on the sideline by 23rd year head coach Sherri Coale. The 1987 graduate of Oklahoma Christian owns a record of 486-249 (.661) during her time in Norman.
• The Sooners feature three players averaging double figures led by freshman Taylor Robertson and sophomore Shaina Pellington.
• Robertson ranks fourth in the Big 12 in scoring with 18.4 points per game and leads the Big 12 with 54 connections from beyond the arc. She ranks fourth in the league in 3-point field goal percentage at .454. Against Texas Tech, Robertson recorded 17 points and seven rebounds.
• Pellington is second on the team in scoring with 17.0 points per game. She paced the Sooners against the Lady Raiders with 18 points.

Wildcats Send Back Shots Under Mittie
• Under head coach Jeff Mittie, Kansas State has piled up blocked shots. K-State has sent back 692 shots for 4.74 per game in the 146 games. K-State has 140 or more blocks in each of the previous four seasons under Mittie.
• After 13 games in the 2018-19 season, Kansas State has 76 blocked shots (5.8 bpg). The Wildcats rank 11th in the nation for total blocks and ninth for blocks per game. According to herhoopstats.com, K-State ranks 10th in the nation in block rate at 14.6 percent. K-State has finished among the top-35 in block rate in two of the last three seasons including 11th in the 2015-16 season.
• Of the 12 players that have seen the floor this season, eight have at least one blocked shot.
• Against Lamar, K-State blocked a season-high 12 shots. This was the most blocks since K-State set the school record on Nov. 13, 2015 at Tulsa of 14. Under Mittie, K-State has five games with 10 or more blocks.
• K-State has eight games this season with five or more blocks.

Wildcats Solid From Beyond the Arc
• Kansas State registered a season-high 11 connections from beyond the arc against Vanderbilt on December 2. This was the first time this season K-State tallied 10 or more 3-point field goals made.
• In the Jeff Mittie era, the Wildcats have made five or more 3-pointers in a game 105 times in 146 total games including 14 games with 10 or more connections from deep (12-2).
• In the five seasons under Mittie, K-State has buried 879 three-pointers which is 6.0 per game.
• K-State has made at least one 3-point field goal in 387 consecutive games, dating back to Feb. 7, 2007.
• In the 2017-18 season, K-State shot .308 percent from 3-point range (225-of-731) which included 6.6 made 3-point field goals per game. Kansas State scored 29.2 percent (675 points; 0.92 points/attempt) of its points from beyond the arc. K-State ranked fifth in the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made per game.
• The Wildcats made 225 three-point field goals in the 2017-18 season, which were the seventh-most 3-point field goals made in a season in school history. Kansas State has made 175 or more 3-point field goals in 17 of the last 18 seasons. This was the 11th time in program history K-State has made 200 or more 3-pointers in a season.
• K-State's 731 attempts from 3-point range were the second-most in program history, trailing only the Big 12 and school record for attempts at 1,077 during the 2012-13 season.

Goth, Williams Form Potent Duo
• K-State's Peyton Williams (173 pts; 14.4 ppg) and Kayla Goth (156 pts; 12.0 ppg) have combined to averaged 26.4 points per game this season. They have been responsible for 39.6 percent of K-State's total points this season.
• Goth and Williams have reached double figures in the same game six times this season and combined for a season-high 38 points against Lamar on December 5.
• In the 2017-18 season, Goth (17.5 ppg) and Williams (14.7 ppg) combined to average 32.2 points per game last season. In Big 12 action, the pair averaged 32.1 points per game.
• Goth (596 points) and Williams (501 points) were the eighth tandem in program history to register a combined 1,000 or more points in a season and the first since 2012-13 (min. 1,000 total points & 400+ by each player).
• The duo, who surpassed career season-highs in scoring, was responsible for 47.4 percent of K-State's total point production in 2017-18. In league play, they were responsible for 48.7 percent of K-State's points.
• Goth and Williams were third in the Big 12 in percentage of their team's overall point total.
• Each player improved their scoring average by 10.0+ points last season, as Goth improved by 11.7 points (5.8 to 17.5 ppg) while Williams improved by 11.0 points (3.7 to 14.7 ppg). Goth ranked fourth in the nation in scoring average increase, while Williams was fifth.
• According to Stats, Inc., Goth and Williams were the only teammates in the nation last season to increase their scoring average by 10.0 or more points. This was the first time in program history that two players improved by 10 or more points from one season to the next.

Full Beard
• Redshirt junior Jasauen Beard has made her presence felt in the K-State lineup in her first season with the Wildcats.
• Beard is averaging 7.4 points on a .476 field goal percentage, 3.8 rebounds and 0.8 steals. She ranks 14th in the Big 12 in field goal percentage.
• She established a new career-high with 17 points on 8-of-12 shooting against DePaul on November 23 in the Cancun Challenge.
• Beard has reached double figures in five games this season, a new career-high for a season.

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Players Mentioned

Jasauen Beard

Christianna Carr

Kayla Goth

Kali Jones

Rachel Ranke

Peyton Williams

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