K-State Visits (4/7) Baylor for Midweek Matchup

GAME #15
Kansas State (10-4, 1-1 Big 12) at (4/7) Baylor (11-1, 1-0 Big 12)
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 | 7 p.m. | Ferrell Center | Waco, Texas

TELEVISION
FOX Sports Go app
• John Morris (play-by-play)
• Jim Haller (analyst)

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

TICKETS & PROMOTIONS
• Call (254) 710-1000 or visit www.baylorbears.com

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 543-293/27th season | At K-State: 89-58/5th season
vs. Baylor: 1-16

Baylor: Kim Mulkey (Louisiana Tech '84)
Overall: 550-99/19th season | At Baylor: Same

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

Baylor (11-1, 1-0 Big 12)
G: #2 DiDi Richards | G: #20 Juicy Landrum | G: #24 Chloe Jackson | F: #15 Lauren Cox | F: #21 Kalani Brown

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Baylor leads, 34-9
At Waco: 1-14
Last Meeting: March 3, 2018; Baylor won 83-54 in Oklahoma City, Okla.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State will play its league-high fifth Associated Press top-25 opponent this season, as the Wildcats travel to Waco, Texas, to face (4/7) Baylor on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.

• Wednesday's game can be seen live on the FOX Sports Go app and can be heard on the K-State Sports Network and for free at kstatesports.com.
• Kansas State extended its home court winning streak to eight games, as the Wildcats downed Oklahoma 86-56 on January 5. The 86 points were a new season-high for K-State.
• The 30-point margin of victory was the largest for K-State against the Sooners since the Wildcats pocketed a 31-point win (86-55) on January 23, 1991, in Manhattan.
• Offensively, K-State shot a season-high 54.2 percent from the field including a season-high 78.6 percent in the second quarter.
• The Wildcat attack featured four players in double figures, led by sophomore guard Rachel Ranke and senior guard Kayla Goth.
• Ranke tallied a personal season-high 19 points by shooting 7-of-14 from the field including a 5-of-11 effort from beyond the arc. She also dished out a career-high six assists and pocketed four steals.
• The product of Burnsville, Minnesota is averaging 10.6 points leads the Wildcats in 3-point field goals made with 31.
• Goth surpassed the career 1,000-point mark and the career 400-assist mark with 16 points and five assists against the Sooners.
• A 2019 Nancy Lieberman Award candidate, Goth leads the Big 12 in total assists (87) and assists per game (6.2 apg). She is second on the team in scoring (12.3 ppg). The native of DeForest, Wisconsin, is responsible for 44.0 percent of K-State's made field goals this season.

Number to Know
1,000 | 400
• #KStateWBB's Kayla Goth became just the fourth player in program history to tally 1,000 or more career points and 400 or more career assists during K-State's win over Oklahoma on January 5.
• Goth is the first Wildcat to achieve these marks since Shalee Lehning and the first player in program history to reach the marks in the same game.
• Since the start of the 2017-18 season (48 games), Goth has handed out 313 assists which has been 78 percent of her career total. She has also scored 768 points in this span which is 75.7 percent of her career total.
• Goth ranks sixth in career assists (401) and is 40th in career points (1,015).

At a Glance: Baylor
• (4/7) Baylor (11-1, 1-0) enters Wednesday's matchup with a three-game winning streak, as the Lady Bears downed (1/1) UConn last week and defeated Texas Tech on Sunday in Lubbock, 73-56.
• On the sideline, Baylor is led by 19th-year head coach Kim Mulkey. In her time with the Lady Bears, Mulkey has led the program to a 550-99 (.847) record. She has led Baylor to eight straight Big 12 regular season titles, 17 NCAA Tournament appearances and a pair of NCAA titles (2005 and 2012).
• On the floor, the Lady Bears feature four players in double figures including senior Kalani Brown and freshman NaLyssa Smith.
• Brown, a post from Slidell, Louisiana, paces the Lady Bears with 15.0 points per game and 7.3 rebounds.
• Smith, a forward from Converse, Texas, is averaging 12.3 points and 6.9 rebounds in her first season in Waco.

Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 267-288 (.481) record in road games during the program's 51-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns an 107-108 (.498) mark in road contests.
• In his career in games played on the road, head coach Jeff Mittie is 143-166 (.463) including an 18-29 (.383) mark during his time at K-State.

K-State Against Ranked Opponents
• The Wildcats are 80-207 (.279) against teams ranked in the Associated Press (AP) poll including a 50-57 (.467) mark against AP ranked teams in Manhattan.
• With its 60-52 win at No. 12 West Virginia on Jan. 3, 2018, K-State has registered a win over an AP top-25 team in 12 straight seasons.
• It was the highest ranked opponent K-State has defeated on the road since upsetting No. 10 Texas Tech on Jan. 14, 2012.
• K-State is 8-31 (.205) against AP ranked opponents in head coach Jeff Mittie's five seasons in Manhattan.

Sky-High Field Goal Percentage
• K-State tallied a season-high in field goal percentage in its win over Oklahoma on January 5.
• The Wildcats finished the night shooting 54.2 percent (32-of-59) from the field. This marked the highest field goal percentage for K-State since notching a 56.9 percent outing (33-of-58) against Kansas on February 24, 2018.
• Against Oklahoma, K-State set a school record for field goal percentage in a quarter at 78.6 percent (11-of-14) during the second quarter.

Goth Giveth
• Senior guard Kayla Goth was a record-setting distributor in her first full season as the team's point guard in the 2017-18 season and has continued this role into the 2018-19 season.
• After 14 games of her final season, Goth has dished out 87 assists. She leads the Big 12 and is 11th in the nation in total assists and leads the Big 12 and ranks 13th in the nation for assists per game (6.2). She leads the Big 12 in games with 10 or more assists with two.
• According to herhoopstats.com, Goth ranks among the top 1 percent in the nation at 31st in assisted shot rate at 36.9 percent (assist rate defined: percentage of teammate field goals assisted on while on the court). Last season, Goth's assisted shot rate was 43.5 percent.
• At Iowa State, Goth handed out a season-high 10 assists. This season, she has 10 games with five or more assists. For her career, she has 38 career games with five or more assists.
• In her career, Goth ranks second in program history for assist-to-turnover ratio (1.80). She is the 10th player in program history with 350 or more assists, as she has compiled 401 assists in her career and ranks sixth in program history for career assists.
• In the 2017-18 season, Goth handed out a career single-season high 226 assists (6.6 apg) with just 115 turnovers (1.97 assist to turnover ratio). She led the Big 12 and was ninth in the nation in total assists and 11th in assists per game. She also led the Big 12 in double figure assist games with six.
• According to Stats, Inc., Goth led the nation in 2017-18 with the largest increase in both total assists (+176) and assists per game (+5.1 apg) from 2016-17 to 2017-18.
• Goth was the second player in program history to hand out 200 or more assists in a single season. Her 226 assists in 2017-18 rank second in school history for assists in a single season, the most assists by a K-State junior and 11th in the Big 12 record book.
• Goth was 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 (6).
• Against Kansas, Goth dished out a career-high and team season-high 12 assists. She ranks tied for sixth in program history for assists in a game. The 12 assists were the most by a Wildcat since the 2008-09 season.

Double-Doubles Adding up for Williams
• Peyton Williams is recording double-doubles at a high rate to begin the the 2018-19 season.
• Williams, a 2019 Katrina McClain Award candidate, has seven double-doubles in 13 games played this season. She is second in the Big 12 and ranks 22nd in the nation for double-doubles.
• In games Williams has tallied a double-double this season, the Wildcats are 6-1. When she notches a double-double, Williams is averaging 15.7 points on a .611 field goal percentage, 11.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 0.9 blocks.
• For her career, Williams owns 14 double-doubles. She needs one double-doubles to tie for 10th in program history for career double-doubles.

Ranke with Range
• Guard Rachel Ranke made an impact to K-State's lineup from the perimeter in her debut season in 2017-18 and has continued to do so at the start of the 2018-19 season.
• Ranke has opened the season with 10.6 points and 3.5 rebounds. She has the team lead with 31 three-point field goals made this season.
• She ranks seventh in the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made per game (2.2) and 13th in the league in 3-point field goal percentage (.344).
• For her career, Ranke has made 120 three-point field goals and needs 34 connections to move into 10th on the K-State 3-point field goals made list.
• In the 2017-18 season, Ranke averaged 11.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.0 steals. She led all Big 12 freshmen in 3-point field goals made per game (2.6; 89) and ranked second in the nation among all freshmen. She was fourth in scoring for all freshmen. She ranked 34th in the nation in 3-point field goals made and 13th in 3-point field goals attempted (278).
• Ranke, a 2018 Big 12 All-Freshman Team recipient, was the ninth K-State freshman in program history to register 350 or more points in her rookie season and the first since the 2013-14 season.
• Ranke, a three-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week honoree, made 89 three-point field goals last season and made four or more 3-point field goals in nine games. She finished second in program history for 3-point field goals made in a freshman season and made the most by a freshman since Laurie Koehn in 2001-02. She ranked seventh for 3-point field goals made in a season.
• At Texas Tech on Feb. 26, Ranke registered a career-high 26 points while knocking down six 3-pointers.
• She was the first K-State freshman to score 20 or more points in five or more games since the 2013-14 season.
• Against Chicago State on Dec. 18, Ranke registered 24 points on 8-of-18 shooting including 7-of-15 from beyond the arc. The seven 3-pointers by the Burnsville, Minnesota, native were the most by a K-State freshman since Koehn registered seven at Texas on Jan. 30, 2002.

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Players Mentioned

Christianna Carr

Kayla Goth

Kali Jones

Rachel Ranke

Peyton Williams

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