Kansas State Athletics

GAME #30
(rv/-) Kansas State (19-10, 10-7 Big 12) at Oklahoma State (14-14, 5-12 Big 12)
Monday, March 4, 2019  |  7 p.m.  |  Gallagher-Iba Arena  |  Stillwater, Okla.

TELEVISION
FS Oklahoma
• Mike Wolfe (play-by-play)
• Bryndon Manzer (analyst)

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

TICKETS & PROMOTIONS
• Call (877) ALL-4-OSU or visit www.okstate.com

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 552-299/27th season  |  At K-State: 98-64/5th season
vs. Oklahoma State: 9-8

Oklahoma State: Jim Littell (Southwestern '77)
Overall: 579-154/21st season  |  At Oklahoma State: 161-93/8th season

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (19-10, 10-7 Big 12)
G: #10 Kayla Goth  |  G: #12 Rachel Ranke  |  G: #43 Christianna Carr  |  F: #11 Peyton Williams |  F: #15 Kali Jones
                
Oklahoma State (14-14, 5-12 Big 12)
G: #14 Braxtin Miller  |  G: #23 Jaden Hobbs  |  F: #12 Vivian Gray  |  C: #1 Kassidy De Lapp  |  C: #15 Mariam Gnanou

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads, 37-33
At Stillwater: 11-18
Last Meeting: January 23, 2019; K-State won 59-48 in Manhattan


MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State closes out the 2018-19 regular season schedule on Monday night at 7 p.m., as the Wildcats travel to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to face Oklahoma State.

• Monday's game will be aired on FS Oklahoma, as Mike Wolfe (play-by-play) and Bryndon Manzer (analyst) will have the call.
• The Wildcats have won four straight road games, its longest road winning streak in league play since the 2007-08 season.
• K-State (19-10, 10-7 Big 12) completed its 2018-19 home schedule with a 75-67 win over Texas Tech on Saturday. All five of K-State's starters reached double figures in the win, as the Wildcats shot over 50.0 percent from the field for the second straight game.  
• During K-State's current four-game winning streak, K-State is averaging 77.3 points per game.
• This season Kansas State has been led by All-America candidates: senior Kayla Goth and junior Peyton Williams.
• Goth is averaging 13.0 points, 6.8 assists and 1.8 steals. Goth leads the Big 12 and ranks among the top-five in the nation in assists (196) and assists per game. Against Texas Tech, Goth carded her sixth double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 assists. Her six double-doubles are more than any other guard in the Big 12 this season.
• Goth needs four assists to become the first player in program history with consecutive seasons with 375 or more points and 200 or more assists.
• Williams leads the Wildcats in scoring (15.5 ppg), field goal percentage (.503), free throw percentage (.838), rebounding (9.7). She is second on the team in assists (2.2 apg), blocks (1.2 bpg) and steals (1.7).
• Against Texas Tech, Williams pocketed her Big 12-best 13th double-double with 24 points and 15 rebounds.

Number to Know
21
• In #KStateWBB's 75-67 win over Texas Tech on Saturday, Kansas State registered 21 assists on 28 made field goals.
• K-State has three games this season with 20 or more assists.
• During K-State's four-game winning streak, the Wildcats are averaging 15.8 assists which is 2.8 assists more than their season average.
• In the last 13 years, the Wildcats are 61-2 when handing out 20 or more assists in a game.

At a Glance: Oklahoma State
• Oklahoma State (14-14, 5-12 Big 12) has lost six of its last seven games including a 76-44 loss at (1/1) Baylor on Saturday.
• On the sidelines, the Cowgirls are led by eighth year head coach Jim Littell. During his time in Stillwater, Littell has led the program to a 161-93 (.634) record.
• On the floor, Oklahoma State features two players averaging double figures: sophomores Vivian Gray and Braxtin Miller.
• Gray, a forward from Argyle, Texas, is averaging 20.0 points and 65.8 rebounds. At Baylor, Gray tallied 23 points on 8-of-22 shooting and five rebounds.
• Miller is averaging 14.7 points and has dished out 3.5 assists.

Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 272-290 (.484) record in road games during the program's 51-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns an 112-110 (.505) mark in road contests.
• In his career in games played on the road, head coach Jeff Mittie is 148-168 (.468) including an 23-31 (.426) mark during his time at K-State.
• Kansas State won four consecutive Big 12 road games for the first time since the 2007-08 season. Overall in the 2018-19 season, K-State owns a 6-3 record on the road. This is 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.

Wildcats Send Back Shots Under Mittie
• Under head coach Jeff Mittie, Kansas State has piled up blocked shots. K-State has sent back 749 shots for 4.62 per game in the 162 games. K-State has 140 or more blocks in each of the previous four seasons under Mittie.
• Kansas State has 133 blocked shots (4.6 bpg) in the 2018-19 season. The 133 blocks this season mark the fifth straight season and the 13th in school history that K-State has blocked 100 or more shots. K-State's block total this season ranks 10th in program history.
• The Wildcats rank 26th in the nation for total blocks and 38th for blocks per game. According to herhoopstats.com, K-State ranks 39th in the nation in block rate at 11.5 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, nine 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 14 games this season with five or more blocks.

20-Point Quarters for the Wildcats
• K-State has scored 20 or more points in a quarter this season 30 times. The Wildcats are 17-3 this season when scoring 20 or more points in a quarter.
• Since the inception of the quarter system in the 2015-16 season, K-State owns an overall record of 64-29 (.688) when scoring 20 or more points in any quarter in a game.
• Against West Virginia on February 27, K-State scored a school record for any quarter with 34 points in the fourth quarter.
• Since the 2015-16 season, K-State has registered 145 quarters with 20 or more points with a high of 43 in the 2017-18 season. K-State is averaging 36.3 quarters per season with 20 or more points scored.

Double-Doubles Adding up for Williams    
• Peyton Williams is recording double-doubles at a high rate to begin the the 2018-19 season.
• Williams has a career-high 13 double-doubles in 28 games played this season. She is tied for the Big 12 lead and ranks 30th in the nation for double-doubles. Williams has more double-doubles than four teams in the Big 12.
• The product of Topeka, Kansas, ranks fourth in program history for double-doubles in a season. She is 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 has tallied a double-double this season, the Wildcats are 11-2. When she notches a double-double, Williams is averaging 17.5 points on a .536 field goal percentage, 11.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 0.9 blocks.
• For her career, Williams owns 20 double-doubles and is eighth in program history for career double-doubles.

New Carr    
• In her first season in Manhattan, Christianna Carr is averaging 9.4 points, 1.6 three-point field goals made and 2.7 rebounds. She has reached double figures in scoring in 10 games this season.
• Carr has 12 games with two or more 3-point field goals made including a high of five against Vanderbilt on December 2.
• Carr was named USBWA National Freshman of the Week and Big 12 Freshman of the Week on January 21 with averages of 13.5 points on a 52.9 field goal percentage.
• Over a four-game stretch from Nov. 22 to Dec. 2, Carr averaged 14.8 points on a 37.7 percent field goal percentage.
• Against Princeton, Carr achieved a career-high 22 points on 7-of-16 shooting including 4-of-8 from beyond the arc.
• Against Vanderbilt, she carded her second straight 20-point game with 21 points on 7-of-16 shooting including a career-best 5-of-11 from 3-point range.
• She is the first K-State freshman since Rachel Ranke in the 2017-18 season to register consecutive games of 20 or more points.