K-State Wraps Up Home Stand on Sunday Afternoon

GAME #4
UT Arlington (3-0) at Kansas State (3-0)
Sunday, November 24, 2019 | 2 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum | Manhattan, Kansas

TELEVISION
Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (https://k-st.at/2XDoyCk)
• Brenda VanLengen (play-by-play)
• Missy Heidrick (analyst)
• Bridget Howard (sideline)

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

TICKETS & PROMOTIONS
• Teddy Bear Toss
Fans are encouraged to bring teddy bears or other stuffed toys to the game, and – when instructed – throw them onto the court during a halftime presentation. The toys are donated to Fort Riley's Operation Santa.

Tickets
(800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com/tickets

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 557-301/28th season | At K-State: 103-66/6th season

UT Arlington: Krista Gerlich (Texas Tech '93)
Overall: 271-136/14th season | At UT Arlington: 103-83/7th season

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game)
Kansas State (3-0)
G: #3 Angela Harris | F: #11 Peyton Williams | G: #12 Rachel Ranke | G: #43 Christianna Carr | C: #50 Ayoka Lee

UT Arlington (3-0)
F: #12 Marie Benson | G: #20 Claire Chastain | G: #21 Terryn Milton | G: #24 Aysia Evans | F: #41 Katie Ferrell

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads, 5-0
In Manhattan: 5-0
Last Meeting: December 6, 2017; K-State won 70-56 in Manhattan
Head Coach Jeff Mittie vs. UT Arlington: 12-0

MANHATTAN, Kansas - K-State concludes its four-game home stand on Sunday afternoon, as the Wildcats host UT Arlington at 2 p.m.

• Sunday's game can be seen live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Brenda Van Lengen (play-by-play), Missy Heidrick (analyst) and Bridget Howard (sideline) will have the call. This will be the first all-female broadcast in the history of the Big 12 Conference, as the on- and off-air talent is all female.
• Through three games, K-State is averaging 88.7 points per game and ranks 10th in the nation in scoring. The Wildcats feature five players averaging double figures.
• Leading the Wildcats in scoring are sophomore Christianna Carr and redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee with 19.7 and 14.7 points per game, respectively.
• Lee and senior Peyton Williams are each averaging a double-double, as Williams has tallied 12.5 points and 16.0 rebounds while Lee has pulled in 10.3 rebounds.
• Defensively, K-State has held its first three opponents to a combined field goal percentage of 27.8 percent which ranks seventh in the nation in the early portion of the season. The Wildcats have held foes to a 21.8 percent effort from beyond the arc.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Keeping It 100
• Kansas State surpassed the 100-point mark for the 25th time in program history and the second time under head coach Jeff Mittie, with a 109-69 win over Oral Roberts on November 18. The 109 points rank as the third-most points scored in a game and the most since December 2, 2002, against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (115).
2. Unselfish Basketball
• K-State dished out a season-high 27 assists against Oral Roberts. In the last two games, the Wildcats have handed out 48 assists on 66 made field goals.
3. Vroom, Vroom
• The Wildcats carded 35 fastbreak points against Oral Roberts, the most in a single game in the Jeff Mittie era and the most by a K-State team since at least the 2011-12 season. K-State is averaging 19.3 fastbreak points this season.
4. Engine in Carr
• Sophomore Christianna Carr has scored 20 or more points in consecutive games for the second time in her career. Her 59 points in the first three games are the most she has scored in any three-game span of her career.
5. Theft in Basketball is Good
• K-State has pocketed 33 steals (11.0 spg) in the first three games, including a season-high 15 steals against Oral Roberts. The Wildcats are averaging 21.3 points per game off opponent turnovers.

Last Time Out
(-/rv) Kansas State 109, Oral Roberts 69 (November 18, 2019; Manhattan)
• K-State scored the third-most points in program history.
• The Wildcats carded consecutive quarters with 30 or more points for the first time since the institution of the quarter system in women's basketball.
• K-State had seven players in double figures, led by career-highs from Christianna Carr and Ayoka Lee with 24 and 20 points, respectively. This was the second straight game Carr tallied 20 or more points.

Number to Know
266
• Kansas State has scored 266 points (88.7 ppg) through the first three games this season.
• This is the third-highest total in program history through the first three games of a season.
• The 266 points are the most since the 2004-05 season, when K-State tallied 274 points in the first three games.
• The school record for points in the first three games of a season is 303 (101 ppg) set by the 1980-81 squad.

At a Glance: UT Arlington
• UT Arlington (3-0) has won three straight to begin the 2019-20 season, including an 88-54 win at Grambling on Monday. Entering the season, the Lady Mavericks were tabbed for a third-place finish in the 2019-20 Sun Belt Conference preseason coaches' poll.
• On the sideline, UT Arlington is led by seventh-year head coach Krista Gerlich. In her time with the Lady Mavericks, Gerlich has registered a record of 103-83 (.554) and was named the 2019 Sun Belt Coach of the Year.
• On the floor, UT Arlington has been led by senior Marie Benson and sophomore Misty Dossey.
• Benson, who was granted immediate eligibility on November 15 after transferring from UTSA, is averaging 22.0 points and 9.5 rebounds. At Grambling, Benson led the Lady Mavericks with 27 points on 11-of-12 shooting and 5-of-6 from the free throw line.
• Dossey, a 6'5" center from Comanche, Oklahoma, is averaging 13.3 points on a .727 field goal percentage and 7.3 rebounds.

Wildcats with 300+ Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 338-133 (.718) all-time inside Bramlage Coliseum, which is in its 32nd season of existence.
• The Wildcats were 12-4 at home in the 2018-19 season and started the season with an eight-game home court winning streak.
• This was the 30th time in 52 seasons that the Wildcats reached double figures in home victories. This marked the 22nd season K-State has won 10 or more games in Bramlage including five straight seasons.
• In his career in games played in his home venue, head coach Jeff Mittie is 342-90 (.792) including a 68-25 (.731) record at K-State.
• Kansas State has protected Bramlage Coliseum with determination against non-conference foes with a record of 197-26 (.883). Mittie is 43-5 (.896) in non-conference games in Bramlage Coliseum.

Scoring Trends North
• K-State has filled the bucket to begin the 2019-20 season, as the Wildcats are averaging 88.7 points per game with a total of 266 points scored. The Wildcats rank 10th in the nation in scoring offense.
• The 266 points are the third-highest total in the first three games of a season in program history. It is the seventh time K-State has scored 250 or more points to begin a season.
• At the conclusion of the 2018-19 season, K-State averaged 64.5 points per game with 2,128 points scored.
• This marked the first time K-State scored 2,000 or more points in four straight seasons since reaching the mark in eight straight seasons from 2001-02 to 2008-09.

Wildcats' Defense Forges Identity
• K-State has continued to be a force on the defensive end during head coach Jeff Mittie's six seasons on the bench.
• The Wildcats have allowed its opponents 52.3 points per game and a field goal percentage of .278. K-State ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 38th in the nation in scoring defense. The Wildcats are third in the Big 12 and seventh in the nation in field goal percentage.
• K-State allowed 40 points to UIC on November 11, which were the fewest surrendered by K-State since allowing 40 to UTEP on November 26, 2016.
• This is the second straight season K-State has allowed 49 points or fewer in the first two games of the season.
• During the last 18 seasons, K-State is 112-3 (.974) when holding an opponent to 49 points or less including a 31-0 mark in the Mittie era.
• In the 2018-19 season, the Wildcats had a scoring defense of 64.4 points per game allowed. The Wildcats were 111th in the nation in field goal percentage allowed at .389.

Cats Send Back Shots Under Mittie
• Under head coach Jeff Mittie, Kansas State has piled up blocked shots. K-State has sent back 787 shots for 4.66 per game in the 169 games. K-State has 140 or more blocks in each of the first five seasons under Mittie.
• K-State started the 2019-20 season with eight blocked shots against Omaha and followed that effort with 11 blocks against UIC on November 11. The 11 blocks are the third-highest total in the Mittie era and the sixth-most in program history for a single game.
• The Wildcats are averaging 8.0 blocks per game, which ranks third in the nation. According to herhoopstats.com, K-State ranks sixth in the nation in block rate at 17.3 percent. K-State has finished among the top-35 in block rate in two of the last four seasons including 11th in the 2015-16 season.

Sharing is Caring
• Kansas State registered a 2019-20 season-high with 27 assists against Oral Roberts. The 27 assists were the most in the Jeff Mittie era and the most since K-State handed out 30 assists against Grambling on December 4, 2009.
• The Wildcats are 63-2 when handing out 20 or more assists over the last 14 years.
• To begin the 2019-20 season, K-State is averaging 18.7 assists and an assist percentage of 60.2. K-State ransk 23rd in the nation in assists per game.
• In the 2018-19 season, K-State had 427 assists on its 758 made field goals, which was a 56.3 percent assisted shot rate.
• Under head Jeff Mittie's direction, K-State has registered 2,380 assists on 3,887 made field goals which is an assisted shot rate of 61.2 percent.
• Since assists became an officially tracked stat in 1981-82, Kansas State has registered an assisted shot rate of 60.0 percent or higher at the end of a season 19 times in its history.

Carr Starts Strong
• Christianna Carr has started her second collegiate season with a bang. She is averaging a team-high 19.7 points and pulling in 5.0 rebounds. She is also shooting 52.4 percent (11-of-21) from beyond the arc. She ranks second in the Big 12 and 15th in the nation for 3-point field goals made per game.
• Against UIC, Carr recorded her fifth career game with 20 or more points with 20. She buried four 3-point field goals against the Flames, her fifth career game with four or more connections.
• She followed that effort with a career-high 24 points on 6-of-12 shooting including 5-of-7 from beyond the arc and 7-of-8 from the free throw line against Oral Roberts. This was the second time in her career she has scored 20 or more points in consecutive games. Her 44 points in the last two games are the most in any two-game stretch in her career.
• In her career, Carr has 17 games with two or more 3-point field goals made including a career-high of five twice.
• In her first season with the Wildcats, Carr was a 2019 Big 12 All-Freshman Team recipient as she averaged 9.8 points, 1.7 three-point field goals made and 2.8 rebounds. She was a two-time USBWA National Freshman of the Week and Big 12 Freshman of the Week selection last season (Jan. 22 & March 5).
• Carr made 56 three-point field goals last season, which was second on the team. Her total of 56 ranked tied for sixth for a freshman in program history. She was the fourth K-State freshman to register 325 or more points and 50 or more three-point field goals made in a season.

Lee a Double-Double Monster
• Redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee is establishing her own piece of K-State history in just three games.
• With her two double-doubles in the first three games of her career, Lee is the first K-State freshman (true or redshirt) to notch a double-double in two of her first three career games. She is the 57th player in program history with two or more career double-doubles.
• She is the second player in program history to tally two double-doubles in her first three K-State games, joining Amanda Holley from the 1985-86 season. Holley was a senior in her one season with the Wildcats.
• Nationally, Lee was one of just four freshmen to notch a double-double in two of her first three career games this season.

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Players Mentioned

Christianna Carr

Angela Harris

Ayoka Lee

Rachel Ranke

Peyton Williams

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