Kansas State University Athletics
Saturday, December 28
Manhattan, Kan.
2 p.m.
Kansas State University
vs
UTRGV
K-State Completes the Decade Against UTRGV
Dec 26, 2019 | Women's Basketball
GAME #11
UTRGV (5-7) at Kansas State (5-5)
Saturday, December 28, 2019 | 2 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum | Manhattan, Kan.
TELEVISION
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
• Brian Smoller (play-by-play)
• Kristin Waller (analyst)
• Anna Christianson (sideline)
RADIO
K-State Sports Network
• Matt Walters (play-by-play)
Listen Online: www.kstatesports.com/watch [free]
TICKETS & PROMOTIONS
Promotion
• Willie's Winter Wonderland: Pregame meet and greet with Anna, Elsa, and Olaf on the Bramlage concourse. First 95 kids will receive a snowglobe with their photo inside. Enter for a chance to win a Frozen 2 poster.
Tickets
(800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com/tickets
LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com
COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 559-306/28th season | At K-State: 105-71/6th season
UTRGV: Lane Lord (Tabor '93)
Overall: 331-144/16th season | At UTRGV: 23-22/2nd season)
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game)
Kansas State (5-5)
G: #2 Cymone Goordrich | G: #3 Angela Harris | F: #11 Peyton Williams | G: #43 Christianna Carr | C: #50 Ayoka Lee
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UTRGV (5-7)
G: #0 Zhane Templeton | G: #1 Amara Graham | G: #5 Trelynn Tyler | F: #21 Desirea Buerge | G: #22 Ashlei Lopez
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads the series, 3-0
In Manhattan: 2-0
Last Meeting: K-State won, 61-43, on Dec. 7, 2015, in Manhattan
Head Coach Jeff Mittie vs. UTRGV: 9-1
MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State will close out the decade on Saturday, December 28, as the Wildcats host UTRGV at 2 p.m., to cap the 2019-20 non-conference schedule.
• Saturday's game can be seen live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Kristin Waller (analyst) and Anna Christianson (sideline) will have the call.
• K-State features two players averaging a double-double this season, led by redshirt freshman center Ayoka Lee at 15.9 points on a .560 field goal percentage and 11.0 rebounds. Lee is also averaging 3.2 blocks.
• Senior Peyton Williams joins Lee in averaging a double-double with 14.8 points on a .496 field goal percentage and a team-high 12.6 rebounds. Williams has notched six double-doubles in her nine games this season.
• Defensively, K-State has held its opponents to a combined field goal percentage of 35.9 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 fifth in the nation for rebounds per game (46.4 rpg).
2. Lee Pacing Big 12 Freshmen
• Redshirt freshman center Ayoka Lee leads all Big 12 freshmen in rebounding (11.0 rpg), blocks (3.2 bpg) and offensive rebounds (4.9 orpg). She is second among the league's freshmen in scoring (15.9 ppg) and field goal percentage (.560).
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 nine games she has played and is averaging 14.8 points and 12.6 rebounds.
4. Helping Hand
• Kansas State is third in the Big 12 and 30th in the nation for assists per game at 16.7. The Wildcats are paced by senior Angela Harris with 4.1 assists per game.
5. Williams Approaching Top-10 in Rebounding
• Peyton Williams is approaching a K-State career milestone, as she needs 10 rebounds to move into the top-10 in program history for career rebounds. Williams has 772 career boards and ranks 12th in program history in the category.
Last Time Out
(3/3) Oregon 89, Kansas State 51 (December 21, 2019; Eugene, Ore.)
• K-State was outrebounded for the first time in the 2019-20 season, 44-36.
• Peyton Williams and Ayoka Lee combined for 34 of K-State's 51 points and 18 of K-State's 36 rebounds.
• Oregon used a 31-14 third quarter to take control of the game.
Number to Know
3
• K-State redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee has registered three straight double-doubles and four in the last five games.
• Lee is the first K-State freshman to card three straight double-doubles and is tied for sixth in program history for consecutive double-doubles. She is the first K-State player with three straight double-doubles since Brittany Chambers in the 2012-13 season.
• Lee leads all Big 12 freshman in double-double with six this season.
At a Glance: UTRGV
• UTRGV (5-7) ends its 2019-20 non-conference schedule against K-State on Saturday. The Vaqueros have lost four straight and six of their last nine including a 62-57 loss against Nevada in the Women of Troy Classic in Los Angeles.
• UTRGV is guided by Lane Lord. Lord is in his second season in Edinburg and owns a 23-22 (.511) mark. Prior to his time with UTRGV, Lord was the head coach at Pittsburg State in Pittsburg, Kansas, for 11 seasons.
• On the floor, the Vaqueros are led by junior Trelunn Tyler. Tyler paces UTRGV with 15.6 points and is second on the team in assists with 3.2 per contest. Against Nevada, Tyler was held in check with seven points on 3-of-15 shooting.
K-State Ends Decade of 2010s
• With Saturday's game against UTRGV, K-State will cap the decade of the 2010s.
• In this decade, K-State owns a record of 183-145 (.558) and made eight postseason appearances including five trips to the NCAA Tournament.
• The only player to appear in the top-five of the three major statistical categories during the decade was Brittany Chambers. She was the top scorer (1,986 points), the second-leading rebounder (806) and the fourth-best passer (335).
Top 5 Scorers of the Decade (2010-19)
Top 5 Rebounders of the Decade (2010-19)
Top 5 Passers of the Decade (2010-19)
Wildcats With 300+ Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 339-134 (.717) 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 343-91 (.790) including a 69-26 (.726) record at K-State.
• Kansas State has protected Bramlage Coliseum with determination against non-conference foes with a record of 198-27 (.880). Mittie is 44-6 (.880) in non-conference games in Bramlage Coliseum.
K-State Attacking the Paint
• Kansas State has pounded the paint to open the 2019-20 season. The Wildcats have scored 372 (37.2 ppg) of its 729 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.
Williams Rising on K-State Career Scoring List
• Senior forward Peyton Williams has opened her final season with the Wildcats with eight double figure scoring efforts, aiding her ascension on K-State's career scoring list.
• Williams has started the 2019-20 season by averaging 14.8 points and 12.6 rebounds. She has carded double-doubles in six of the nine games she has played. She has boosted her season totals with a .496 field goal percentage and a .731 free throw percentage.
• For her career, Williams has scored 1,255 points (11.5 ppg) and is 20th in program history. Williams was the 21st player in program history with 1,250 or more points.
• She also remains an efficient scorer, as she has 56 games in her career with a field goal percentage of .500 or better.
• She has 63 career games with 10 or more points and five or more rebounds, including 27 career double-doubles (see Double-Double note on pg. 16).
• Williams, a candidate for the 2020 Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy and Wade Trophy, is just the fourth player with 1,200 or more career points, 750 or more career rebounds and 100 or more career blocks.
• In the 2018-19 season, Williams averaged team-highs of 15.5 points on a .486 field goal percentage with 9.5 rebounds. Williams ranked ninth in the Big 12 in scoring and eighth for league-only games (16.2 ppg). Her field goal percentage of .486 ranked 10th in the Big 12 and 85th in the nation.
• Williams was the first Wildcat to average a double-double (16.2 ppg; 10.0 rpg) in Big 12 play since Kendra Wecker in the 2004-05 season.
• She was the third player in program history with 475 or more points and 300 or more rebounds in a season.
• Williams appeared among the Big 12 statistical leaders in 10 of the 14 categories.
• Williams became the 42nd player in program history to reach the 1,000 point mark in her career with a jumper at TCU on February 23.
• Against Northern Iowa, Williams registered 22 points, 13 rebounds and six assists. This was the second time in her career that Williams tallied a stat line of 15 or more points, 10 or more rebounds and five or more assists.
Lee with Double-Double Fever
• Redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee has been a double-double machine at the start of her K-State career.
• For the season, Lee has six double-doubles and is the 35th player in program history with six or more career double-doubles. With her six double-doubles, Lee ranks tied for fifth in the Big 12 for double-doubles and leads all league freshmen in the category. She is second in the nation among all freshmen for double-doubles this season and tied for 12th among all players nationally.
• The four-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week recipient ranks tied for second in program history for double-doubles in a freshman season.
• The center from Byron, Minnesota, is averaging a double-double this season with 15.9 points on a .560 field goal percentage, 11.0 rebounds and 3.2 blocks.
• Lee ranks eighth in the Big 12 in scoring, fourth in the league in field goal percentage and fifth in rebounding. Lee is 44th in the nation in field goal percentage and 15th in the nation in rebounds per game.
UTRGV (5-7) at Kansas State (5-5)
Saturday, December 28, 2019 | 2 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum | Manhattan, Kan.
TELEVISION
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
• Brian Smoller (play-by-play)
• Kristin Waller (analyst)
• Anna Christianson (sideline)
RADIO
K-State Sports Network
• Matt Walters (play-by-play)
Listen Online: www.kstatesports.com/watch [free]
TICKETS & PROMOTIONS
Promotion
• Willie's Winter Wonderland: Pregame meet and greet with Anna, Elsa, and Olaf on the Bramlage concourse. First 95 kids will receive a snowglobe with their photo inside. Enter for a chance to win a Frozen 2 poster.
Tickets
(800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com/tickets
LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com
COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 559-306/28th season | At K-State: 105-71/6th season
UTRGV: Lane Lord (Tabor '93)
Overall: 331-144/16th season | At UTRGV: 23-22/2nd season)
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game)
Kansas State (5-5)
G: #2 Cymone Goordrich | G: #3 Angela Harris | F: #11 Peyton Williams | G: #43 Christianna Carr | C: #50 Ayoka Lee
              Â
UTRGV (5-7)
G: #0 Zhane Templeton | G: #1 Amara Graham | G: #5 Trelynn Tyler | F: #21 Desirea Buerge | G: #22 Ashlei Lopez
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads the series, 3-0
In Manhattan: 2-0
Last Meeting: K-State won, 61-43, on Dec. 7, 2015, in Manhattan
Head Coach Jeff Mittie vs. UTRGV: 9-1
MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State will close out the decade on Saturday, December 28, as the Wildcats host UTRGV at 2 p.m., to cap the 2019-20 non-conference schedule.
• Saturday's game can be seen live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Kristin Waller (analyst) and Anna Christianson (sideline) will have the call.
• K-State features two players averaging a double-double this season, led by redshirt freshman center Ayoka Lee at 15.9 points on a .560 field goal percentage and 11.0 rebounds. Lee is also averaging 3.2 blocks.
• Senior Peyton Williams joins Lee in averaging a double-double with 14.8 points on a .496 field goal percentage and a team-high 12.6 rebounds. Williams has notched six double-doubles in her nine games this season.
• Defensively, K-State has held its opponents to a combined field goal percentage of 35.9 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 fifth in the nation for rebounds per game (46.4 rpg).
2. Lee Pacing Big 12 Freshmen
• Redshirt freshman center Ayoka Lee leads all Big 12 freshmen in rebounding (11.0 rpg), blocks (3.2 bpg) and offensive rebounds (4.9 orpg). She is second among the league's freshmen in scoring (15.9 ppg) and field goal percentage (.560).
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 nine games she has played and is averaging 14.8 points and 12.6 rebounds.
4. Helping Hand
• Kansas State is third in the Big 12 and 30th in the nation for assists per game at 16.7. The Wildcats are paced by senior Angela Harris with 4.1 assists per game.
5. Williams Approaching Top-10 in Rebounding
• Peyton Williams is approaching a K-State career milestone, as she needs 10 rebounds to move into the top-10 in program history for career rebounds. Williams has 772 career boards and ranks 12th in program history in the category.
Last Time Out
(3/3) Oregon 89, Kansas State 51 (December 21, 2019; Eugene, Ore.)
• K-State was outrebounded for the first time in the 2019-20 season, 44-36.
• Peyton Williams and Ayoka Lee combined for 34 of K-State's 51 points and 18 of K-State's 36 rebounds.
• Oregon used a 31-14 third quarter to take control of the game.
Number to Know
3
• K-State redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee has registered three straight double-doubles and four in the last five games.
• Lee is the first K-State freshman to card three straight double-doubles and is tied for sixth in program history for consecutive double-doubles. She is the first K-State player with three straight double-doubles since Brittany Chambers in the 2012-13 season.
• Lee leads all Big 12 freshman in double-double with six this season.
At a Glance: UTRGV
• UTRGV (5-7) ends its 2019-20 non-conference schedule against K-State on Saturday. The Vaqueros have lost four straight and six of their last nine including a 62-57 loss against Nevada in the Women of Troy Classic in Los Angeles.
• UTRGV is guided by Lane Lord. Lord is in his second season in Edinburg and owns a 23-22 (.511) mark. Prior to his time with UTRGV, Lord was the head coach at Pittsburg State in Pittsburg, Kansas, for 11 seasons.
• On the floor, the Vaqueros are led by junior Trelunn Tyler. Tyler paces UTRGV with 15.6 points and is second on the team in assists with 3.2 per contest. Against Nevada, Tyler was held in check with seven points on 3-of-15 shooting.
K-State Ends Decade of 2010s
• With Saturday's game against UTRGV, K-State will cap the decade of the 2010s.
• In this decade, K-State owns a record of 183-145 (.558) and made eight postseason appearances including five trips to the NCAA Tournament.
• The only player to appear in the top-five of the three major statistical categories during the decade was Brittany Chambers. She was the top scorer (1,986 points), the second-leading rebounder (806) and the fourth-best passer (335).
Top 5 Scorers of the Decade (2010-19)
| Rk. | Player (Seasons) | Pts |
| 1. | Brittany Chambers (2010-13) | 1,986 |
| 2. | Breanna Lewis (2013-17) | 1,552 |
| 3. | Kindred Wesemann (2013-17) | 1,295 |
| 4. | Peyton Williams (2016-19) | 1,255 |
| 5. | Kayla Goth (2015-19) | 1,253 |
Top 5 Rebounders of the Decade (2010-19)
| Rk. | Player (Seasons) | Rebs |
| 1. | Breanna Lewis (2013-17) | 865 |
| 2. | Brittany Chambers (2010-13) | 806 |
| 3. | Shaelyn Martin (2014-18) | 782 |
| 4. | Peyton Williams (2016-19) | 772 |
| 5. | Mariah White (2010-13) | 487 |
Top 5 Passers of the Decade (2010-19)
| Rk. | Player (Seasons) | Assts |
| 1. | Kayla Goth (2015-19) | 540 |
| 2. | Mariah White (2010-13) | 439 |
| 3. | Shaelyn Martin (2014-18) | 423 |
| 4. | Brittany Chambers (2010-13) | 335 |
| 5. | Kindred Wesemann (2013-17) | 329 |
Wildcats With 300+ Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 339-134 (.717) 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 343-91 (.790) including a 69-26 (.726) record at K-State.
• Kansas State has protected Bramlage Coliseum with determination against non-conference foes with a record of 198-27 (.880). Mittie is 44-6 (.880) in non-conference games in Bramlage Coliseum.
K-State Attacking the Paint
• Kansas State has pounded the paint to open the 2019-20 season. The Wildcats have scored 372 (37.2 ppg) of its 729 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.
Williams Rising on K-State Career Scoring List
• Senior forward Peyton Williams has opened her final season with the Wildcats with eight double figure scoring efforts, aiding her ascension on K-State's career scoring list.
• Williams has started the 2019-20 season by averaging 14.8 points and 12.6 rebounds. She has carded double-doubles in six of the nine games she has played. She has boosted her season totals with a .496 field goal percentage and a .731 free throw percentage.
• For her career, Williams has scored 1,255 points (11.5 ppg) and is 20th in program history. Williams was the 21st player in program history with 1,250 or more points.
• She also remains an efficient scorer, as she has 56 games in her career with a field goal percentage of .500 or better.
• She has 63 career games with 10 or more points and five or more rebounds, including 27 career double-doubles (see Double-Double note on pg. 16).
• Williams, a candidate for the 2020 Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy and Wade Trophy, is just the fourth player with 1,200 or more career points, 750 or more career rebounds and 100 or more career blocks.
• In the 2018-19 season, Williams averaged team-highs of 15.5 points on a .486 field goal percentage with 9.5 rebounds. Williams ranked ninth in the Big 12 in scoring and eighth for league-only games (16.2 ppg). Her field goal percentage of .486 ranked 10th in the Big 12 and 85th in the nation.
• Williams was the first Wildcat to average a double-double (16.2 ppg; 10.0 rpg) in Big 12 play since Kendra Wecker in the 2004-05 season.
• She was the third player in program history with 475 or more points and 300 or more rebounds in a season.
• Williams appeared among the Big 12 statistical leaders in 10 of the 14 categories.
• Williams became the 42nd player in program history to reach the 1,000 point mark in her career with a jumper at TCU on February 23.
• Against Northern Iowa, Williams registered 22 points, 13 rebounds and six assists. This was the second time in her career that Williams tallied a stat line of 15 or more points, 10 or more rebounds and five or more assists.
Lee with Double-Double Fever
• Redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee has been a double-double machine at the start of her K-State career.
• For the season, Lee has six double-doubles and is the 35th player in program history with six or more career double-doubles. With her six double-doubles, Lee ranks tied for fifth in the Big 12 for double-doubles and leads all league freshmen in the category. She is second in the nation among all freshmen for double-doubles this season and tied for 12th among all players nationally.
• The four-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week recipient ranks tied for second in program history for double-doubles in a freshman season.
• The center from Byron, Minnesota, is averaging a double-double this season with 15.9 points on a .560 field goal percentage, 11.0 rebounds and 3.2 blocks.
• Lee ranks eighth in the Big 12 in scoring, fourth in the league in field goal percentage and fifth in rebounding. Lee is 44th in the nation in field goal percentage and 15th in the nation in rebounds per game.
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