K-State Ends Road Trip at Oklahoma on Sunday Afternoon

GAME #23
Kansas State (11-11, 5-6 Big 12) at Oklahoma (12-12, 5-7 Big 12)
Sunday, February 16, 2020 | 2 p.m. | Lloyd Noble Center | Norman, Okla.

TELEVISION
FS1
• Ron Thulin (play-by-play)
• Stacey Dales (analyst)

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

TICKETS & PROMOTIONS
Promotion
Play 4 Kay

Tickets
(405) 325-2424 or soonersports.com

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 565-312/28th season | At K-State: 111-77/6th season

Oklahoma: Sherri Coale (Oklahoma Christian '87)
Overall: 501-276/24th season | At Oklahoma: Same

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game)
Kansas State (11-11, 5-6 Big 12)
G: #3 Angela Harris | F: #11 Peyton Williams | G: #25 Jasauen Beard | G: #43 Christianna Carr | C: #50 Ayoka Lee

Oklahoma (12-12, 5-7 Big 12)
F: #3 Mandy Simpson | G: #12 Gabby Gregory | G: #22 Anna Llanusa | G: #25 Madi Williams | G: #30 Taylor Robertson

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Oklahoma leads the series, 39-29
In Norman: Oklahoma leads, 21-9
Last Meeting: K-State won, 92-74, on January 25, 2020, in Manhattan
Head Coach Jeff Mittie vs. Oklahoma: 8-15

• K-State has won four of the last six meetings including three straight in the series for the first time since a five-game winning streak during the 1988-89 to 1990-91 seasons.
• With a win, K-State would have won consecutive games in Norman for the first time since the 1988-89 and 1989-90 seasons.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - K-State completes its two-game road trip this week, as the Wildcats travel to Norman, Oklahoma, on Sunday for a matchup with Oklahoma at 2 p.m.

• Sunday's game can be seen on FS1, as Ron Thulin (play-by-play) and Stacey Dales (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 redshirt freshman center Ayoka Lee. Lee is averaging a double-double with 15.6 points on a .553 field goal percentage and 11.0 rebounds. In league action, Lee is averaging 15.6 points on a .556 field goal percentage and 11.0 rebounds.
• Senior Peyton Williams is averaging a double-double with 15.3 points on a .465 field goal percentage and a team-high 11.5 rebounds. In league play, Williams is averaging 15.6 points and 10.8 rebounds. In 2018-19, Williams was just the second Wildcat in program history to average a double-double in league play and the first since 2004-05.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Rally for the Ages
• In its 56-55 win at West Virginia, K-State overcame an 18-point fourth quarter deficit in the final seven minutes of the game. With 7:03 remaining, K-State trailed 50-32 before ending the game on a 24-5 run. The Wildcats scored on 10 of its final 12 possessions. It was the largest fourth quarter comeback for K-State since the start of quarters in the 2015-16 season.
2. Lee Sets Double-Double & Blocks Records
• 2020 Big 12 Freshman of the Year candidate Ayoka Lee has set the school records for double-doubles (13) and blocks (67) in a season by a freshman.
3. Williams on the Defensive
• Peyton Williams, a finalist for the 2020 Senior CLASS Award, needs two steals to become the first player in program history with 150 or more career steals and 100 or more career blocks. The 2019 Big 12 All-Defensive Team selection is averaging 1.1 blocks and 1.2 steals this season.
4. Touching up the Paint
• Kansas State has registered 764 points (34.7 ppg) in the paint this season, which represents 49.8 percent of K-State's 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's point total.
5. Board Work Not Boring
• K-State is averaging 43.9 rebounds per game and ranks eighth in the nation and second in the Big 12. K-State's rebounding average of 44.2 would rank as the highest in program history, surpassing the current school record of 42.7 set in 1987-88.

Last Time Out
K-State 56, West Virginia 55 (February 11, 2020; Morgantown, W. Va.)
• K-State overcame an 18-point deficit with seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to capture the road win.
• The Wildcats outscored the Mountaineers, 24-5, in the final seven minutes
• Freshman Ayoka Lee carded her 13th double-double of the season with 15 points, 16 rebounds, six blocks and two steals.

Number to Know
24

• Kansas State's Ayoka Lee and Peyton Williams have been walking double-doubles this season for the Wildcats, as they have combined for 24 double-doubles.
• Lee leads the Wildcats and ranks second in the Big 12 with 13 double-doubles, while Williams has 11 double-doubles and ranks tied for fifth in the league.
• The school record for combined double-doubles by two teammates in a season is 26 set by Nicole Ohlde (15) and Kendra Wecker (11) in the 2002-03 season.
• Lee and Williams are the only set of teammates in the nation to average a double-double this season.

At a Glance: Oklahoma
• Oklahoma (12-12, 5-7 Big 12) enters Sunday's matchup with two wins in their last five games which includes losses in their last two games: at Iowa State (63-59 on Feb. 8) and against Oklahoma State (73-69 on Feb. 11).
• Oklahoma is guided on the sideline by 24th year head coach Sherri Coale. The 1987 graduate of Oklahoma Christian owns a record of 501-276 (.645) during her time in Norman.
• The Sooners are led in scoring by Taylor Robertson and Ana Llanusa.
• Robertson is second in the Big 12 in scoring at 19.7 points and leads the nation in 3-point field goals made at 112 with a 3-point field goal percentage of 42.9.
• Llanusa is averaging 16.7 points and 5.1 rebounds. Against Oklahoma State, Llanusa tallied a game-high 26 points on 11-of-22 shooting and pocketed six steals.

Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 277-294 (.485) record in road games during the program's 52-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns an 117-114 (.506) 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 153-172 (.471) including a 28-35 (.444) 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.

Cats Send Back Shots Under Mittie
• Under head coach Jeff Mittie, Kansas State has piled up blocked shots. K-State has sent back 889 shots for 4.73 per game in the 188 games. K-State has 140 or more blocks in each of the previous five seasons under Mittie.
• This season, the Wildcats are averaging 5.7 blocks per game (126 blocks), which ranks 10th in the nation. According to herhoopstats.com, K-State ranks 13th in the nation in block rate at 13.6 percent. K-State has finished among the top-35 in block rate in two of the last four seasons including 11th in the 2015-16 season.
• K-State set a 2019-20 season-high with 11 blocks against UIC on November 11. The 11 blocks are the third-highest total in the Mittie era and the sixth-most in program history for a single game.

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 77-37 (.675) when scoring 20 or more points in any quarter in a game.
• Against Oral Roberts, K-State tallied 33 points in the first quarter to set the school record for points in a first quarter.
• The Wildcats followed with 30 points in the second quarter against the Golden Eagles, marking the first time K-State notched 30 or more points in consecutive quarters.
• Since the 2015-16 season, K-State has registered 177 quarters with 20 or more points with a high of 43 in the 2017-18 season. In the 2019-20 season, K-State has 31 quarters with 20 or more points scored.

Williams Top-Five on the Glass
• Peyton Williams continues to pile up the rebounds and climb the K-State career rankings.
• For the season, Williams is seventh in the nation and is tied for second among all seniors with 11.5 rebounds per game (241 rebounds) and is seventh in the nation in defensive rebounds per game with 7.9.
• In her career, Williams owns 900 career rebounds (7.4 rpg). She is fifth in program history for career rebounds and has 36 career games with 10 or more rebounds. She is seventh in program history for career rebounding average.
• Williams is one of just two players (Leah Honeycutt, 1989-93) to improve her rebound total by 50 or more in two straight seasons.
• Williams is the seventh player in program history with three or more consecutive seasons with 200 or more rebounds and the first since Breanna Lewis (2013-17).
• She is second in program history for career games with 15 or more rebounds with six.
• Williams registered a single-game school record for rebounds with 22 at TCU on February 1. She has a career-high four games this season with 15 or more rebounds.

Lee the Queen of the Block
• Redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee has established herself as one of the top shot blockers in the nation.
• Lee is averaging 3.0 blocks per game to rank 10th in the nation and third in the Big 12. She is second among all freshmen in the nation and leads all Big 12 freshmen in blocks per game. Her total of 67 blocks ranks tied for ninth in the nation.
• With her 67 blocks, Lee owns the school record for blocks in a freshman season. Overall in school history, her 67 blocks rank sixth for a season.
• Lee has registered seven games with five or more blocks and ranks third in program history for career games with five or more blocks.

K-State Ends Road Trip at Oklahoma on Sunday Afternoon

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Jasauen Beard

Christianna Carr

Angela Harris

Ayoka Lee

Peyton Williams

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