Kansas State University Athletics
Saturday, December 5
Conway, Ark.
2 p.m.
Kansas State University
at
Central Arkansas
Wildcats Make First Road Trip of 2020-21 Season
Dec 04, 2020 | Women's Basketball
GAME #3
Kansas State (1-1, 0-0 Big 12) at Central Arkansas (1-2, 0-0 Southland)
Saturday, December 5, 2020 | 2 p.m. | Farris Center | Conway, Ark.
TELEVISION
Bear Nation Network (subscription required)
RADIO
None
LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com
COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 571-315/29th season | At K-State: 117-80/7th season
Central Arkansas: Sandra Rushing (Alabama '86)
Overall: 558-352/32nd season | At Central Arkansas: 155-96/9th season
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game)
Kansas State (1-1, 0-0 Big 12)
G: #4 Sydney Goodson | F: #13 Laura Macke | G: #24 Emilee Ebert | G: #43 Christianna Carr | C: #50 Ayoka Lee
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Central Arkansas (1-2, 0-0 Southland)
G/F: #0 Briana Trigg | G: #11 Savanna Walker | F: #21 Jayla Cody | G: #22 Lauryn Mapusua | F: #24 Lucy Ibeh
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads, 2-0
In Manhattan: 2-0
Last Meeting: Dec. 20, 2018
Head Coach Jeff Mittie vs. Central Arkansas: 1-0
K-State vs. the Southland Conference: 18-3
MANHATTAN, Kansas - After a cancellation in its original schedule, K-State quickly adjusted and will face Central Arkansas on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., in Conway, Arkansas.
• The game will only be available to watch on Bear Nation Network (subscription required) at ucasports.com.
• Prior to this week, the last time K-State had a game canceled off its original schedule was November 26 and 27, 2014, when the Hardwood for Hope tournament in Puerto Vallerta, Mexico, went bankrupt after K-State's opening win over UTEP.
• Saturday's game will begin a stretch of five games in nine days for the Wildcats.
• The Wildcats are led this season by junior Christianna Carr, redshirt junior Rachel Ranke and sophomore Ayoka Lee. Carr is averaging 15.0 points and 4.0 rebounds.
• Ranke continues her climb towards 1,000 career points, as she is averaging 9.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
• Lee is averaging 9.5 points on a .500 field goal percentage, 6.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks.
Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Carr from Afar
• Junior guard Christianna Carr tallied a four 3-point connections against Kentucky. Carr is shooting 7-of-16 (.438) from deep this season and her seven 3-pointers made are her most in a two-game stretch since Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 2019 when she made eight. Carr leads the Big 12 and ranks 33rd in the nation for 3-point field goals made per game (3.5).
2. Macke in Action
• Junior Laura Macke has started consecutive games for the first time in her career. Macke has opened the season with 8.0 points per game on a team-best 63.6 field goal percentage and 3.5 rebounds.
3. Ranke Climbs Career List
• Redshirt junior guard Rachel Ranke moved up a spot on the K-State career 3-point field goals made left with her two connections against Kentucky. Ranke has made 177 three-point field goals and passed Missy Decker (1993-97, 176) for eighth.
4. Block Party
• K-State has tallied 13 blocks (6.5 bpg) in the first two games this season. Five Wildcats have at least one block this season.
5. Lee a Candidate for Four National Awards
• Ayoka Lee is a candidate for the 2021 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy, the 2021 Wade Trophy, the 2021 Wooden Award and the 2021 Lisa Leslie Award. Lee is averaging 9.5 points on a .500 field goal percentage, 6.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks.
Number to Know
8
• K-State will play its eight game all-time in the state of Arkansas on Saturday.
• The Wildcats are 2-5 (.286) all-time in Arkansas, as K-State won at Arkansas State on Nov. 25, 2008 and at Little Rock on Dec. 16, 2018.
• This will be the third straight season K-State has played a game in the state of Arkansas.
Last Time Out
(11/12) Kentucky 60, Kansas State 49 (December 3, 2020; Manhattan, Kan.)
• K-State and Kentucky exchanged the lead 10 times before Kentucky went on an 11-0 run over the final five minutes of the game to secure the win.
• K-State was led by Christianna Carr with 15 points and five rebounds, while Rachel Ranke came off the bench to add 12 points, four rebounds and three assists.
• Kansas State made a season-high eight 3-pointers, the most since March 3, 2020, at Oklahoma State when the Wildcats made eight.
At a Glance: Central Arkansas
• Central Arkansas (1-2) ended a two-game skid with a 74-70 win at Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday. The Sugar Bears will host their first home game this season on Saturday.
• On the sideline, Central Arkansas is led by ninth-year head coach Sandra Rushing. The 1986 graduate of Alabama owns a career record of 558-352 (.613) and is 155-96 (.618) during her time in Conway.
• On the floor, the Sugar Bears are led by Jalisa Outlaw amd Lucy Ibeh.
• Outlaw leads Central Arkansas with 14.7 points per game and is shooting .467 from beyond the arc (7-of-15).
• Ibeh has started all three games and is second on the team in scoring (9.3 ppg) and second on the glass (7.3 rpg).
Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 280-295 (.487) record in road games during the program's 52-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns an 120-115 (.511) mark in road contests. K-State is 14-8 in the last two seasons in road games and are 10-3 in their last 12 Big 12 road games.
• 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 157-173 (.476) including a 31-36 (.463) mark during his time at K-State.
• Overall this season, K-State is 7-5 on the road. This is the fifth straight season K-State has won five or more road games in a season. This marks the second straight season K-State has won at least seven road games, which is the first time since the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons that K-State has won seven or more road games in consecutive seasons.
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• Christianna Carr opened the 2020-21 season with a pair of 15-point games.
• Carr is shooting 40.0 percent from the field to begin the season and is better from beyond the arc, as she has tallied a 43.8 percent effort (7-of-16) from 3-point range.
• In her career, Carr has made 118 three-pointers. The product of Manhattan, Kansas, is the 21st player in school history with 100 or more career 3-point field goals made and the seventh to do so by the conclusion of her sophomore season.
• Carr has 32 career games with two or more 3-point field goals made including 12 games with four or more and a career-high of five twice.
• Carr ranks third for 3-point field goals made by a player 6'0" or taller in school history.
• In the 2019-20 season, averaged 9.8 points and pulled in 2.8 rebounds. She shot 28.2 percent (55-of-195) from beyond the arc. She ranked seventh in the Big 12 for 3-point field goals made per game (1.90).
• At Kansas, Carr recorded her eighth career game with 20 or more points with 20. She buried four 3-point field goals against the Jayhawks. In total against Kansas last season, Carr made eight 3-point field goals.
Kansas State (1-1, 0-0 Big 12) at Central Arkansas (1-2, 0-0 Southland)
Saturday, December 5, 2020 | 2 p.m. | Farris Center | Conway, Ark.
TELEVISION
Bear Nation Network (subscription required)
RADIO
None
LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com
COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 571-315/29th season | At K-State: 117-80/7th season
Central Arkansas: Sandra Rushing (Alabama '86)
Overall: 558-352/32nd season | At Central Arkansas: 155-96/9th season
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game)
Kansas State (1-1, 0-0 Big 12)
G: #4 Sydney Goodson | F: #13 Laura Macke | G: #24 Emilee Ebert | G: #43 Christianna Carr | C: #50 Ayoka Lee
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Central Arkansas (1-2, 0-0 Southland)
G/F: #0 Briana Trigg | G: #11 Savanna Walker | F: #21 Jayla Cody | G: #22 Lauryn Mapusua | F: #24 Lucy Ibeh
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads, 2-0
In Manhattan: 2-0
Last Meeting: Dec. 20, 2018
Head Coach Jeff Mittie vs. Central Arkansas: 1-0
K-State vs. the Southland Conference: 18-3
MANHATTAN, Kansas - After a cancellation in its original schedule, K-State quickly adjusted and will face Central Arkansas on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., in Conway, Arkansas.
• The game will only be available to watch on Bear Nation Network (subscription required) at ucasports.com.
• Prior to this week, the last time K-State had a game canceled off its original schedule was November 26 and 27, 2014, when the Hardwood for Hope tournament in Puerto Vallerta, Mexico, went bankrupt after K-State's opening win over UTEP.
• Saturday's game will begin a stretch of five games in nine days for the Wildcats.
• The Wildcats are led this season by junior Christianna Carr, redshirt junior Rachel Ranke and sophomore Ayoka Lee. Carr is averaging 15.0 points and 4.0 rebounds.
• Ranke continues her climb towards 1,000 career points, as she is averaging 9.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
• Lee is averaging 9.5 points on a .500 field goal percentage, 6.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks.
Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Carr from Afar
• Junior guard Christianna Carr tallied a four 3-point connections against Kentucky. Carr is shooting 7-of-16 (.438) from deep this season and her seven 3-pointers made are her most in a two-game stretch since Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 2019 when she made eight. Carr leads the Big 12 and ranks 33rd in the nation for 3-point field goals made per game (3.5).
2. Macke in Action
• Junior Laura Macke has started consecutive games for the first time in her career. Macke has opened the season with 8.0 points per game on a team-best 63.6 field goal percentage and 3.5 rebounds.
3. Ranke Climbs Career List
• Redshirt junior guard Rachel Ranke moved up a spot on the K-State career 3-point field goals made left with her two connections against Kentucky. Ranke has made 177 three-point field goals and passed Missy Decker (1993-97, 176) for eighth.
4. Block Party
• K-State has tallied 13 blocks (6.5 bpg) in the first two games this season. Five Wildcats have at least one block this season.
5. Lee a Candidate for Four National Awards
• Ayoka Lee is a candidate for the 2021 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy, the 2021 Wade Trophy, the 2021 Wooden Award and the 2021 Lisa Leslie Award. Lee is averaging 9.5 points on a .500 field goal percentage, 6.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks.
Number to Know
8
• K-State will play its eight game all-time in the state of Arkansas on Saturday.
• The Wildcats are 2-5 (.286) all-time in Arkansas, as K-State won at Arkansas State on Nov. 25, 2008 and at Little Rock on Dec. 16, 2018.
• This will be the third straight season K-State has played a game in the state of Arkansas.
Last Time Out
(11/12) Kentucky 60, Kansas State 49 (December 3, 2020; Manhattan, Kan.)
• K-State and Kentucky exchanged the lead 10 times before Kentucky went on an 11-0 run over the final five minutes of the game to secure the win.
• K-State was led by Christianna Carr with 15 points and five rebounds, while Rachel Ranke came off the bench to add 12 points, four rebounds and three assists.
• Kansas State made a season-high eight 3-pointers, the most since March 3, 2020, at Oklahoma State when the Wildcats made eight.
At a Glance: Central Arkansas
• Central Arkansas (1-2) ended a two-game skid with a 74-70 win at Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday. The Sugar Bears will host their first home game this season on Saturday.
• On the sideline, Central Arkansas is led by ninth-year head coach Sandra Rushing. The 1986 graduate of Alabama owns a career record of 558-352 (.613) and is 155-96 (.618) during her time in Conway.
• On the floor, the Sugar Bears are led by Jalisa Outlaw amd Lucy Ibeh.
• Outlaw leads Central Arkansas with 14.7 points per game and is shooting .467 from beyond the arc (7-of-15).
• Ibeh has started all three games and is second on the team in scoring (9.3 ppg) and second on the glass (7.3 rpg).
Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 280-295 (.487) record in road games during the program's 52-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns an 120-115 (.511) mark in road contests. K-State is 14-8 in the last two seasons in road games and are 10-3 in their last 12 Big 12 road games.
• 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 157-173 (.476) including a 31-36 (.463) mark during his time at K-State.
• Overall this season, K-State is 7-5 on the road. This is the fifth straight season K-State has won five or more road games in a season. This marks the second straight season K-State has won at least seven road games, which is the first time since the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons that K-State has won seven or more road games in consecutive seasons.
Carr With 3 on the Floor  Â
• Christianna Carr opened the 2020-21 season with a pair of 15-point games.
• Carr is shooting 40.0 percent from the field to begin the season and is better from beyond the arc, as she has tallied a 43.8 percent effort (7-of-16) from 3-point range.
• In her career, Carr has made 118 three-pointers. The product of Manhattan, Kansas, is the 21st player in school history with 100 or more career 3-point field goals made and the seventh to do so by the conclusion of her sophomore season.
• Carr has 32 career games with two or more 3-point field goals made including 12 games with four or more and a career-high of five twice.
• Carr ranks third for 3-point field goals made by a player 6'0" or taller in school history.
• In the 2019-20 season, averaged 9.8 points and pulled in 2.8 rebounds. She shot 28.2 percent (55-of-195) from beyond the arc. She ranked seventh in the Big 12 for 3-point field goals made per game (1.90).
• At Kansas, Carr recorded her eighth career game with 20 or more points with 20. She buried four 3-point field goals against the Jayhawks. In total against Kansas last season, Carr made eight 3-point field goals.
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