K-State Continues Home Stand on Saturday Against Omaha

GAME #6
Omaha (1-2, 0-0 Summit League) at Kansas State (3-2, 0-0 Big 12)
Saturday, December 12, 2020 | 1 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum | Manhattan, Kan.

TELEVISION
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Kristin Waller

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
Online: kstatesports.com
Play-by-Play: Matt Walters

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 573-316/29th season | At K-State: 119-81/7th season

Omaha: Carrie Banks (Detroit Mercy '00)
Overall: 1-2/1st season | At Omaha: Same

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game)
Kansas State (3-2, 0-0 Big 12)
G: #4 Sydney Goodson | G: #12 Rachel Ranke | G: #24 Emilee Ebert | G: #43 Christianna Carr | C: #50 Ayoka Lee

Omaha (1-2, 0-0 Summit League)
G: #1 Sarah Schmitt | G: #10 Ella Ogier | G: #11 Claire Killian | F: #25 Josie Filer | G: #42 Sophie Johnson

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads, 6-0
In Manhattan: 4-0
Last Meeting: Nov. 8, 2019
Head Coach Jeff Mittie vs. Omaha: 6-2
K-State vs. the Summit League: 43-5

MANHATTAN, Kansas - K-State jumps back into action on Saturday afternoon, as the Wildcats host Omaha at 1 p.m., the second of three straight games against Summit League opponents.

• Saturday's game will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Missy Heidrick (analyst) will have the call.
• The Wildcats are led this season by junior Christianna Carr, sophomore Ayoka Lee and redshirt junior Rachel Ranke and.
• Carr leads K-State and ranks ninth in the Big 12 in scoring with 14.8 points per game while shooting 40.0 percent from 3-point range. She is also averaging 4.4 rebounds per game.
• Lee is averaging 12.3 points on a team-best .577 field goal percentage, 7.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks. In her two full games this season, Lee is averaging 17.5 points and 8.5 rebounds.
• Ranke continues her climb towards 1,000 career points, as she is averaging 9.0 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists. She needs 153 points to become the 43rd player in program history with 1,000 or more career points.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Elite D
• K-State leads the Big 12 and ranks 16th in the nation in scoring defense (52.4 dppg). The Wildcats rank third in the league and 35th in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.338).
2. Lee Joins K-State Career List
• Ayoka Lee returned to the K-State lineup against South Dakota State and tallied a 7-of-10 performance from the field. With the effort, Lee surpassed the threshold (min. 350 FG attempts) to join the K-State career field goal percentage list. Lee ranks third for career field goal percentage with an effort of .569 (199-350).
3. Carr from Afar
• Junior guard Christianna Carr is shooting 14-of-35 (.400) from deep this season and leads the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made per game at 2.8. She needs 28 connections from beyond the arc to reach the top-10 in program history for career 3-point field goals made.
4. Macke Making a Difference
• Since moving back into a bench role, junior Laura Macke is averaging 8.5 points on a .467 field goal percentage and 7.5 rebounds in the last three games.
5. Block Party
• K-State has tallied 32 blocks (6.4 bpg) this season. The Wildcats rank second in the Big 12 and and 12th in the nation for blocks per game. Eight Wildcats have at least one block this season.

Number to Know
4
• K-State sophomore center Ayoka Lee needs four blocked shots to become the eighth player in program history with 100 or more career blocks.
• Lee will be the fastest to 100 career blocks in program history.
• In her career, Lee has 96 blocks and owns the school record for blocks per game at 3.0.
• This season, Lee has five blocks in her three games played.

Last Time Out
Kansas State 62, (22/21) South Dakota State 53 (December 10, 2020; Manhattan, Kan.)
• K-State made head coach Jeff Mittie's 200th game at the helm of the program a memorable one with its first win over an Associated Press top-25 opponent since February of 2019.
• K-State was led by Ayoka Lee, Christianna Carr and Rachel Ranke with 40 of the 62 points scored. Lee tallied 18 points and nine rebounds while Carr added 12 points, five assists and four rebounds and Ranke notched 10 points and three assists.
• The Wildcats outrebounded the Jackrabbits, 45-29, and tallied a 14-4 edge in second chance points.

At a Glance: Omaha
• Omaha (1-2) is playing its first game in six days, as the Mavericks dropped a 53-50 decision at Illinois on December 6.
• On the sideline, Omaha is led by first-year head coach Carrie Banks. Banks served as the associate head coach at Ohio State before taking the helm at Omaha.
• On the floor, Omaha is paced by senior Claire Killian and junior Josie Filer.
• Killian leads the Mavericks in scoring at 11.7 per game and is the top 3-point shooter at 6-of-17 (.353) from beyond the arc.
• Filer is just behind Killian in scoring with 11.0 per game and is the team's top rebounder with 6.0 per game.

K-State Holds Foes to Single-Digit Quarters
• In the sixth season of the quarter system in women's college basketball, K-State's defense has limited its opponents point production for 10 minute durations.
• Kansas State is 54-16 (.771) when holding an opponent to single digits in any quarter in a game.
• For the first time since the beginning of the quarter system in women's basketball, the Wildcats held an opponent to single digits in three of four quarters. K-State kept Central Arkansas in single digits in the first, second and fourth quarters. The Wildcats held the Sugar Bears to four points in the fourth quarter, which tied the school record for the fewest allowed in a fourth quarter.
• The four points allowed were the fewest K-State allowed in any quarter since holding Oklahoma State to three points in the first quarter on January 23, 2019.
• K-State recorded 14 single digit quarters in the 2019-20 season. The Wildcats held three teams to a season-low five points in the third quarter last season.

20-Pt Quarters for the Wildcats
• Since the inception of the quarter system in the 2015-16 season, K-State owns an overall record of 73-37 (.664) when scoring 20 or more points in any quarter in a game.
• Since the 2015-16 season, K-State has registered 171 quarters with 20 or more points with a high of 43 in the 2017-18 season. In the 2019-20 season, K-State had 37 quarters with 20 or more points scored.

Ebert in the Flow
• Sophomore guard Emilee Ebert has worked herself into the starting lineup in just her second season.
• Ebert has started all five games and is averaging 29.6 minutes per game. She is averaging 3.8 points, 4.0 rebounds and leads the Wildcats with 2.8 assists per game and 1.8 blocks.
• The product of Frankfort, Kansas, has established new career season-highs for blocks (9) and steals (5).
• Last season, Ebert averaged 1.5 points in 8.3 minutes per game in 24 games played.

Lee Efficient from the Field
• Ayoka Lee continues to put the ball in the hoop at a high rate and is approaching the K-State career field percentage list.
• Against South Dakota State, Lee was 7-of-10 (.700) from the floor. This was her 24th career game with five or more made field goals.
• In her career, Lee has a field goal percentage of .565 (199-of-350) and ranks third in program history for career field goal percentage.
• Lee has 20 career games with a field goal percentage of .500 or better.
• In the 2019-20 season, Lee shot .568 (184-of-324) from the field and ranked second in the Big 12 and 20th in the nation. Among freshmen in the nation, Lee ranked fifth for field goal percentage.
• Among centers in the nation, Lee ranked fourth for field goals made (184) and fifth for field goal percentage.
• In Big 12 games, Lee led the league in field goal percentage .578 (119-of-206).
• Lee's field goal percentage in the 2019-20 season ranked as the second-highest in a freshman season in program history (min. 150 field goal attempts).
• Lee was 10-of-10 from the field against UIW on December 3, 2019, and tied the school record set by Priscilla Gary on December 31, 1982, against Cal State Fullerton. Her perfect field goal percentage set the Bramlage Coliseum record for field goal percentage in a game by a K-State player.
• Lee was the ninth player in the history of the Big 12 to finish a game perfect from the field with 10 or more attempts.
• With her effort against UIW, Lee posted the top single-game field goal percentage with a minimum of 10 field goal attempts in the nation last season and was one of six players to finish a game perfect from the floor with at least 10 attempts in the 2019-20 season.

K-State Continues Home Stand on Saturday Against Omaha

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Players Mentioned

Christianna Carr

Emilee Ebert

Sydney Goodson

Ayoka Lee

Laura Macke

Rachel Ranke

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