K-State Takes Road Streak to Iowa State

GAME #16
Kansas State (7-7, 1-3 Big 12) at Iowa State (10-6, 2-3 Big 12)
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 | 6:30 p.m. | Hilton Coliseum | Ames, Iowa

TELEVISION
Cyclones.TV
• Dave Sprau (play-by-play)
• Brett Cooper (analyst)

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

TICKETS & PROMOTIONS
Tickets
(515) 294-1816 or visit cyclones.com

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 561-309/28th season | At K-State: 107-74/6th season

Iowa State: Bill Fennelly (William Penn '79)
Overall: 681-321/32nd season | At Iowa State: 515-268/25th season)

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game)
Kansas State (7-8, 1-3 Big 12)
G: #3 Angela Harris | F: #11 Peyton Williams | F: #25 Jasauen Beard | G: #43 Christianna Carr | C: #50 Ayoka Lee

Iowa State (10-6, 2-3 Big 12)
G: #11 Jada Thurmon | G/F: #13 Adriana Camber | G/F: #24 Ashley Joens | F/C: #25 Kristin Scott | G: #32 Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads the series, 52-41
In Ames: 18-23
Last Meeting: Iowa State won, 81-52, on Feb. 2, 2019, in Manhattan
Head Coach Jeff Mittie vs. Iowa State: 6-11

MANHATTAN, Kansas - Kansas State will play two of its final three games in the month of January on the road, as the Wildcats travel to Ames, Iowa, to face Iowa State on Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m.

• Wednesday's game can be seen live on Cyclones.TV, as Dave Sprau (play-by-play) and Brett Cooper (analyst) will have the call.
• K-State is the only team in the nation with a pair of players to average a double-double this season, led by senior Peyton Williams. Williams is averaging a double-double with 15.2 points on a .485 field goal percentage and a team-high 11.4 rebounds. In league play, Williams is averaging 15.8 points and 9.3 rebounds.
• Redshirt freshman center Ayoka Lee joins Williams in averaging a double-double with 15.1 points on a .561 field goal percentage and 10.5 rebounds. Lee is also averaging 2.5 blocks.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Big 12 Road Win Streak
• Kansas State enters Wednesday night's game with a school record six-game Big 12 road winning streak, which has spanned two seasons. The streak is tied with the 2007-08 squad's record six-game conference road winning streak.
2. Lee Pacing Big 12 Freshmen
• Redshirt freshman center Ayoka Lee leads all Big 12 freshmen in scoring (15.1 ppg), rebounding (10.5 rpg), blocks (2.5 bpg), offensive rebounds (4.1 orpg) and defensive rebounds (6.4 drpg). She is second among the league's freshmen in field goal percentage (.561).
3. Williams Pushing for Top-10 on Scoring List
• Peyton Williams ranks 13th in program history for career points with 1,335. To tie Tammie Romstad (1978-82; 1,548 points) for 10th, Williams will need 213 points before the end of the season. With 165 points, Williams would become the third player in program history with 1,500 or more points, 800 or more rebounds and 100 or more blocks.
4. Harris Heating Up
• Senior Angela Harris has scored in double figures in seven of the last eight games. In her first four Big 12 games, Harris is averaging 16.0 points and ranks tied for ninth in the Big 12 for league-only games.
5. Touching up the Paint
• Kansas State registered 542 points (36.1 ppg) in the paint this season, which represents 50.5 percent of K-State overall point total. In the 2018-19 season, the Wildcats scored 928 points (28.1 ppg) in the paint which was 43.6 percent of K-State point total.

Last Time Out
Texas 71, Kansas State 63 (January 19, 2020; Manhattan, Kan.)
• For the second straight game, K-State rallied in the fourth quarter but fell short.
• The trio of Angela Harris, Ayoka Lee and Christianna Carr combined for 38 of K-State's 63 points.
• K-State outscored Texas in the paint, 26-16, and in points off turnovers, 21-13.

Number to Know
13
• Senior Peyton Williams and redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee have pulled in 10 or more rebounds in 13 of K-State's 15 games this season.
• Each player has nine games this season with 10 or more rebounds.
• The two games neither player reached 10 or more rebounds this season in the same game was against UIW on December 3 and at Texas Tech on January 11.
• In the 2018-19 season, K-State had a combined 19 games with players recording 10 or more rebounds, as Williams had 16 and Kali Jones carded three.
• For the season, Williams leads the team with 11.4 rebounds and 159 total boards. Lee is second with 10.5 rebounds and 158 total boards.

At a Glance: Iowa State
• Iowa State (10-6, 2-3 Big 12) ended a three-game losing streak with a 64-63 comeback win at Oklahoma State on Sunday.
• On the sideline, Iowa State is guided by 25th-year head coach Bill Fennelly. In his time with the Cyclones, Fennelly has achieved a record of 515-268 (.658).
• On the floor, the Cyclones are led by sophomore guard Ashley Joens and junior center Kristin Scott.
• Joens, a native of Iowa City, Iowa, leads the Big 12 in scoring at 23.1 points per game. She also leads the nation in free throws made with 119. She also ranks among the six players in the league to average a double-double this season with 10.7 rebounds per game. At Oklahoma State, Joens registered 17 points, 10 rebounds and two assists.
• Scott is averaging 14.3 points and 7.4 rebounds. Against the Cowgirls, she tallied 17 points and five rebounds.

Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 275-292 (.485) record in road games during the program's 52-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns an 115-112 (.507) mark in road contests.
• With a 76-72 win at Texas Tech on January 11, K-State tied the school record for consecutive Big 12 road wins with six straight.
• In his career in games played on the road, head coach Jeff Mittie is 151-170 (.470) including a 26-33 (.441) 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). It was the fourth straight season K-State won five or more road games in a season and the most road wins since the 2012-13 season.

K-State Attacking the Paint
• Kansas State has pounded the paint to open the 2019-20 season. The Wildcats have scored 542 (36.1 ppg) of its 1,073 points from the lane or 50.5 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 seven 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.

Harris Settling In
• Senior guard Angela Harris has adjusted to her K-State teammates in her lone season with the Wildcats.
• In the last eight games, Harris is averaging 14.5 points and 3.6 assists. She has scored in double figures in seven of the eight games.
• Against Kansas City, Harris registered a season-high 20 points, hauled in six rebounds and dished out five assists.
• For the season, Harris is averaging 10.5 points, 4.1 assists and 3.1 rebounds. She ranks fifth in the Big 12 in assists per game.

Williams on the Defensive
• Forward Peyton Williams has continued to be a strong defensive presence for K-State in the post and was recognized as a member of the 2019 Big 12 All-Defensive Team by the league's coaches.
• To begin the 2019-20 season, Williams is averaging 0.86 blocks and 1.3 steals.
• Against Oklahoma State on January 15, Williams registered two blocks and two steals. This was her ninth career game with two or more blocks and two or more steals in the same game.
• In her career, Williams has 24 career games with two or more blocks. She also has 33 career games with two or more assists.
• With her two blocks against the Cowgirls, Williams moved into sole possession of sixth in program history with 102 career blocks.
• For her career, Williams ranks seventh in program history for career blocks per game at 0.89. She is tied for fourth in program history for career games (3) with five or more blocks.
• With nine steals, Williams will become the first player in program history with career totals of 150 or more steals and 100 or more blocks.

Lee on the Boards
• Redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee has been a dominant presence on the boards to begin her career.
• Lee is averaging 10.5 rebounds per game and has a total of 158 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.
• Lee paces the Big 12 in offensive rebounds with 4.1 per game and ranks 22nd in the nation among all players and third among freshmen.
• She is the 16th player in program history to pull in 150 or more rebounds in a freshman season.
• Lee was the fastest player in program history to 100 career boards (nine games) 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 nine games this season and five or more boards in all 15 games.

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Players Mentioned

Jasauen Beard

Christianna Carr

Angela Harris

Kali Jones

Ayoka Lee

Peyton Williams

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