K-State Ends Road Trip at (3/3) Oregon

GAME #10
Kansas State (5-4) at (3/3) Oregon (9-1)
Saturday, December 21, 2019 | 2 p.m. (CT) | Matthew Knight Arena | Eugene, Oregon

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RADIO
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• Randy Peterson (analyst)
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LIVE STATS
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COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 559-305/28th season | At K-State: 105-70/6th season

Oregon: Kelly Graves (New Mexico '88)
Overall: 562-255/26th season | At Oregon: 135-53/6th season)

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game)
Kansas State (5-4)
G: #3 Angela Harris | F: #11 Peyton Williams | F: #25 Jasauen Beard | G: #43 Christianna Carr | C: #50 Ayoka Lee

Oregon (9-1)
G: #4 Jaz Shelley | G: #20 Sabrina Ionescu | F: #21 Erin Boley | G: #23 Minyon Moore | F: #24 Ruthy Hebard

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Oregon leads the series, 1-0
In Eugene: First meeting
Last Meeting: Oregon won, 79-69, on Dec. 10, 1999, in Springfield, Missouri
Head Coach Jeff Mittie vs. Oregon: 1-2
• This will be the first meeting between the schools in Eugene.
• K-State is 2-1 all-time in games played in the state of Oregon. The Wildcats played in the 2000 Beaver Classic and went 1-1 and downed Oregon State in Portland in 1983.
• The Wildcats are 47-48 against current members of the Pac 12 Conference.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State will cap its three-game road trip, as the Wildcats face (3/3) Oregon on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. (CT). This is the second time in the Jeff Mittie era in which K-State faced an Associated Press top-five opponent on the road, as the Wildcats faced top-ranked Connecticut in Hartford on November 23, 2015.

• Saturday's game can be seen live on Oregon Live Stream.
• K-State features two players averaging a double-double this season, led by redshirt freshman center Ayoka Lee at 16.1 points on a .583 field goal percentage and 11.1 rebounds. Lee, a four-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week selection, is also averaging 3.3 blocks.
• Senior Peyton Williams joins Lee in averaging a double-double with 14.1 points on a .505 field goal percentage and a team-high 13.1 rebounds. Williams has notched six double-doubles in her eight games this season.
• Defensively, K-State has held its opponents to a combined field goal percentage of 34.3 percent which ranks 25th in the nation and fourth in the Big 12.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Board Work
• Kansas State leads the Big 12 and ranks fourth in the nation for rebounds per game (47.6 rpg). The Wildcats also lead the Big 12 in defensive rebounds (32.6 drpg).
2. Lee Earns Freshman of the Week Honors
• Redshirt freshman center Ayoka Lee was named USBWA National Freshman of the Week and became the third player in Big 12 history to collect four straight Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors. Lee earned the distinctions following a career-high 24 points, 14 rebounds and two blocks at Kansas City on December 14.
3. Williams a Double-Double Machine
• Peyton Williams, a candidate for every national award, owns 27 career double-doubles and is tied for third in program history for career double-doubles. She has opened the 2019-20 season with a double-double in six of the eight games she has played and is averaging 14.1 points and 13.1 rebounds.
4. Rejection
• Kansas State leads the Big 12 and ranks second in the nation for blocks per game at 6.6 and fourth in the nation for block rate at 15.7 percent. The Wildcats are 13th in the nation for total blocks with 59.
5. Williams Approaching Top-10 in Rebounding
• Peyton Williams is approaching a K-State career milestone, as she needs 18 rebounds to move into the top-10 in program history for career rebounds. Williams has 764 career boards and ranks 12th in program history in the category.

Last Time Out
Kansas State 74, Kansas City 67 (December 14, 2019; Kansas City, Mo.)
• K-State locked down defensively in the final 5:56 of the game and used a 13-0 run to dash through the finish line.
• The trio of Ayoka Lee, Angela Harris and Peyton Williams combined for 57 of K-State's 74 points in the win.
• The Wildcats held the advantage on the glass, 48-35, for the ninth straight game.

Number to Know
11
• K-State's starting interior combination of Peyton Williams and Ayoka Lee have combined for 11 double-doubles this season.
• Williams has carded six double-doubles this season, while Lee has pocketed five.
• According to Stats, Inc., the duo is one of two sets of teammates in the nation to average a double-double (Texas - Charli Collier & Joyner Holmes).
• Williams owns 27 career double-doubles and ranks tied for third in program history.

At a Glance: Oregon
• (3/3) Oregon (9-1) suffered its first loss of the 2019-20 season against Louisville on November 30 in the Paradise Jam. Since that defeat, the Ducks have rolled to three straight victories including an 84-41 win over UC Riverside on December 16.
• Oregon, a preseason favorite to win the 2020 national title, kicked off its season in grand fashion by upsetting the U.S. Women's National Team, 93-86, in an exhibition game in Eugene on November 9. It was the first loss by the U.S. Women's National Team to a college team in 20 years.
• The Ducks are guided by Kelly Graves. Graves is in his sixth season in Eugene and owns a 135-53 (.718) mark and led the program to the 2019 NCAA national semifinals before falling to eventual national champion Baylor.
• On the floor, Oregon is led by seniors Ruthy Hebard and Sabrina Ionescu. Hebard leads the Ducks with 18.0 points on a .707 field goal percentage, 10.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks.
• Ionescu, a candidate for every major national award, is almost averaging a triple-double this season as she has put up 14.4 points, 9.3 rebounds and 9.0 assists. Against UC Riverside on December 16, Ionescu registered her 20th career triple-double with 16 points, 18 rebounds and 12 assists.

K-State Against Ranked Opponents
• The Wildcats are 82-213 (.278) against teams ranked in the Associated Press (AP) poll including a 51-59 (.464) mark against AP ranked teams in Manhattan.
• For the first time since the 2011-12 season, Kansas State had two wins over AP top-15 opponents after sweeping Texas in the 2018-19 season.
• With its 87-69 win over No. 11 Texas on Jan. 16, 2019, K-State registered a win over an AP top-25 team in 13 straight seasons.
• K-State is 10-37 (.213) against AP ranked opponents in head coach Jeff Mittie's six seasons in Manhattan.

Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 274-291 (.485) record in road games during the program's 52-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns an 114-111 (.507) mark in road contests.
• In his career in games played on the road, head coach Jeff Mittie is 150-169 (.470) including an 25-32 (.439) mark during his time at K-State.
• Overall in the 2018-19 season, K-State owned a 7-3 record on the road. The seven road wins were the most since the 2008-09 season (10). This was the fourth straight season K-State has won five or more road games in a season and the most road wins since the 2012-13 season.
• Kansas State won five consecutive Big 12 road games for the first time since the 2007-08 season.

K-State Cleaning the Glass
• Since the 2001-02 season, Kansas State owns a record of 229-32 (.877) when holding the edge on the glass.
• For the season, K-State is averaging 47.6 rebounds per game and ranks fourth in the nation and leads the Big 12. K-State's rebounding margin of +13.2 per game ranks 11th in the nation and second in the Big 12. The Wildcats have had the edge on the boards in every game this season.
• K-State has three games this season with 50 or more rebounds for the first time since the 2002-03 season (4).
• The Wildcats hauled in a season-high 59 rebounds against UIC on November 11 and carded and +31 margin against the Flames (59-28).
• The 59 rebounds against UIC were the most by a K-State team since pulling down 61 boards against Mississippi Valley State on December 1, 2006.
• The +31 rebounding margin for the Wildcats was the largest in the Jeff Mittie era started in 2014-15 and the largest by a K-State team since at least the 2000-01 season.

K-State Attacking the Paint
• Kansas State has pounded the paint to open the 2019-20 season. The Wildcats have scored 346 (38.4 ppg) of its 678 points from the lane or 51.0 percent of its point total.
• The Wildcats scored a season-high 52 points in the paint at Arkansas on December 7. The 52 points in the lane were the most since the Wildcats scored 54 paint points against West Virginia on January 1, 2017.
• K-State has five games with 40 or more points scored in the lane this season.
• In the 2018-19 season, the Wildcats scored 928 points in the paint (28.1 ppg). The 928 points represented 43.6 percent of K-State's overall point total last season. K-State held a differential of +63 in points in the paint over its opponents.
• Under head coach Jeff Mittie, Kansas State has scored 900 or more points in the paint in five straight seasons including a high of 1,064 points (31.3 ppg) during the 2016-17 season.

Double-Doubles Adding Up for Williams
• Peyton Williams is quietly climbing the K-State career double-doubles list.
• For her career, Williams owns 27 double-doubles and is tied for third in program history for career double-doubles. She is the fourth player in program history with 27 or more double-doubles in a career. Of her 27 career double-doubles, five have come with 10 or more points and 15 or more rebounds.
• To begin the 2019-20 season, Williams has tallied a double-double in six of the eight games she has played including a season-opening effort of 14 points and 19 rebounds against Omaha. K-State is 3-3 this season when she tallies a double-double.
• Williams ranks eighth in the nation for double-doubles this season. She leads the Big 12 for double-doubles with 10 or more points and 15 or more rebounds (3).
• She is one of seven players in the Big 12 to average a double-double this season with 14.1 points and 13.1 rebounds.
• In the 2018-19 season, Williams had a career-high 14 double-doubles in 32 games played. She was tied for the Big 12 lead and ranked 32nd in the nation for double-doubles. Williams had more double-doubles than four teams in the Big 12.
• The product of Topeka, Kansas, ranked tied for third in program history for double-doubles in a season. She was the first Wildcat with 10 or more double-doubles in a season since Kendra Wecker set the school record with 17 double-doubles in the 2004-05 season.
• In games Williams tallied a double-double in the 2018-19 season, the Wildcats were 12-2. When she notched a double-double, Williams averaged 17.9 points on a .530 field goal percentage, 12.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.1 steals and 0.9 blocks.

Lee on the Boards
• Redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee has been a dominant presence on the boards to begin her career.
• Lee is averaging 11.1 rebounds per game and has a total of 100 rebounds this season. Lee ranks fourth in the Big 12 on the boards and first among the league's freshmen. She ranks 15th in the nation in rebounding average and second among all freshmen in NCAA Division I.
• With her 100 total rebounds, Lee was the fastest player in program history to 100 career boards and was the only freshmen in a Power 5 conference this season to collect 100 or more rebounds in nine games.
• Lee has registered 10 or more rebounds in six games this season and five or more boards in all nine games.

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Players Mentioned

Jasauen Beard

Christianna Carr

Angela Harris

Ayoka Lee

Peyton Williams

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