K-State Begins Final Road Trip at (2/2) Baylor

GAME #27
Kansas State (14-12, 8-7 Big 12) at (2/2) Baylor (26-1, 15-0 Big 12)
Saturday, February 29, 2020 | 6 p.m. | Ferrell Center | Waco, Texas

TELEVISION
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
• John Morris (play-by-play)
• Jim Haller (analyst)

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

TICKETS & PROMOTIONS
Tickets
(254) 710-1000 or visit baylorbears.com

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 568-313/28th season | At K-State: 114-78/6th season

Baylor: Kim Mulkey (Louisiana Tech '84)
Overall: 602-100/20th season | At Baylor: Same

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game)
Kansas State (14-12, 8-7 Big 12)
G: #3 Angela Harris | F: #11 Peyton Williams | F: #25 Jasauen Beard | G: #43 Christianna Carr | C: #50 Ayoka Lee

Baylor (26-1, 15-0 Big 12)
F: #1 NaLyssa Smith | G: #2 DiDi Richards | G: #4 Te'a Cooper | F: #15 Lauren Cox | G: #20 Juicy Landrum

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Baylor leads the series, 38-9
In Waco: Baylor leads, 15-1
Last Meeting: Baylor won, 54-40, on February 8, 2020, in Manhattan
Head Coach Jeff Mittie vs. Baylor: 1-20

MANHATTAN, Kansas - K-State will begin its final two-game road trip in league action on Saturday evening, as the Wildcats visit (2/2) Baylor at 6 p.m.

• Saturday's game can be seen on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as John Morris (play-by-play) and Jim Haller (analyst) will have the call.
• According to Stats, Inc., K-State is the only team in the nation with a pair of players to average a double-double this season and would be the first team in a major conference to do so since Stanford in 2011-12.
• The Wildcats are led by redshirt freshman center Ayoka Lee. Lee, a frontrunner for Big12 Freshman of the Year, is averaging a double-double with 16.1 points on a .576 field goal percentage and 11.3 rebounds. In league action, Lee is averaging 16.5 points on a .593 field goal percentage and 11.5 rebounds. She would be the first K-State freshman in program history to average a double-double for a season.
• Senior Peyton Williams is also averaging a double-double with 15.3 points on a .453 field goal percentage and a team-high 11.7 rebounds. In league play, Williams is averaging 15.5 points and 11.3 rebounds.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. The Road is the New Home
• K-State is 5-2 this season in Big 12 road games, including wins in four of their last five games. Dating back to the end of last season, the Wildcats have won nine of their last 11 Big 12 road games.
2. Lee Collecting School Records
• In her first season on the floor for K-State, Ayoka Lee has etched her name in the school record books. Overall, Lee has achieved nine school records this season.
- Big 12 & school record 11 Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors
- First 20-pt/20-reb game in school history
- Single season record for double-doubles (17)
- Single season record for consecutive double-doubles (6)
- Career record for double-doubles with 5+ blocks (7)
- Freshman record for rebounds (294)
- Freshman record for blocks (84)
- Freshman record for double-doubles (17)
3. Williams Joins 1,500-Point Club
• Peyton Williams, a finalist for the 2020 Senior CLASS Award, joined K-State's 1,500-point club during K-State's win over Iowa State. Williams is one of three players in school history with 1,500 or more career points and 950 or more career rebounds.
4. Lee Piles Up Double-Doubles
• Against Iowa State, Ayoka Lee tied the school record for double-doubles in a season and improved her freshman school record for double-doubles with 17. She also set the school record for consecutive double-doubles with an active streak of six straight games.
5. Board Work Not Boring
• K-State is averaging 43.8 rebounds per game and ranks seventh in the nation and second in the Big 12. The Wildcats have 16 games with 40 or more rebounds, which is the most since the 2004-05 season (16).

Last Time Out
K-State 60, Iowa State 51 (February 26, 2020; Manhattan)
• K-State led wire-to-wire to snap a four-game losing streak to the Cyclones.
• Nine of the 10 players for K-State scored and eight of 10 hauled in a rebound.
• Ayoka Lee registered a school record-tying 17th double-double of the season and her sixth straight with 11 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks.

Number to Know
36.6

• K-State has held opponents to a 36.6 percent effort from the field this season.
• The 36.6 percent effort ranks as the lowest since the 2004-05 season, when the Wildcats registered a 36.5 percent effort.
• This season's effort would rank as the fourth lowest since the 1981-82 season and the sixth-lowest all-time.

At a Glance: Baylor
• (2/2) Baylor (26-1, 15-0) enters Wednesday's matchup with a 19-game winning streak, following a 64-39 win at West Virginia on Monday. With the win, the Lady Bears earned a share of the 2019-20 Big 12 regular season title.
• On the sideline, Baylor is led by 20th-year head coach Kim Mulkey. In her time with the Lady Bears, Mulkey has led the program to a 602-100 (.858) record. She has led Baylor to 10 straight Big 12 regular season titles, 18 NCAA Tournament appearances and a trio of NCAA titles (2005, 2012 and 2019).
• On the floor, the Lady Bears feature five players in double figures including senior Te'a Cooper and sophomore NaLyssa Smith.
• Cooper, a guard from Powder Springs, Georgia, joined the Lady Bears after playing the previous three seasons at South Carolina. Cooper is averaging 14.0 points and 4.8 assists and boostered her season averages with 17 points at West Virginia.
• Smith is averaging a team-high 14.3 points and is second on the team in rebounding with 7.8 per contest.

Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 279-294 (.487) record in road games during the program's 52-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns an 119-114 (.511) mark in road contests. K-State is 13-7 in the last two seasons in road games and are 9-2 in their last 11 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 155-172 (.474) including a 30-35 (.462) mark during his time at K-State.
• Overall this season, K-State is 6-4 on the road. This is the fifth straight season K-State has won five or more road games in a season.

K-State Against Ranked Opponents
• The Wildcats are 82-216 (.275) against teams ranked in the Associated Press (AP) poll including a 51-61 (.455) mark against AP ranked teams in Manhattan.
• For the first time since the 2011-12 season, Kansas State had two wins over AP top-15 opponents after sweeping Texas in the 2018-19 season.
• With its 87-69 win over No. 11 Texas on Jan. 16, 2019, K-State registered a win over an AP top-25 team in 13 straight seasons.
• K-State is 10-39 (.204) against AP ranked opponents in head coach Jeff Mittie's six seasons in Manhattan.

K-State Attacking the Paint
• Kansas State has pounded the paint in the 2019-20 season. The Wildcats have scored 904 (34.8 ppg) of its 1,793 points from the lane or 50.4 percent of its point total.
• Under head coach Jeff Mittie, Kansas State has scored 900 or more points in the paint in six straight seasons including a high of 1,064 points (31.3 ppg) during the 2016-17 season.
• 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 10 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.

Harris Settling In
• Senior guard Angela Harris has adjusted to her K-State teammates in her lone season with the Wildcats.
• In the last 10 games, Harris is averaging 11.7 points and 4.2 assists. She has scored in double figures in six of the 10 games.
• At Kansas City and against Oklahoma, Harris registered a season-high 20 points.
• For the season, Harris is averaging 11.0 points, 4.3 assists and 3.7 rebounds. She ranks fourth in the Big 12 in assists per game.
• In Big 12 play, Harris has upped her scoring average to 12.8 points which is 17th in the league and her assists to 4.4 which is fourth in the league.

Williams Nearing Top-10 on K-State Career Scoring List
• Senior forward Peyton Williams has 21 double figure scoring efforts this season, aiding her ascension on K-State's career scoring list.
• This season, Williams is averaging 15.3 points and 11.7 rebounds. She has carded double-doubles in 12 of the 25 games she has played. She has boosted her season totals with a .453 field goal percentage and a .746 free throw percentage. Williams ranks 10th in the Big 12 in scoring, seventh in field goal percentage and second in rebounding.
• For her career, Williams has scored 1,504 points (12.0 ppg) and is 12th in program history. Williams was the 12th player in program history with 1,500 or more points.
• She also remains an efficient scorer, as she has 61 games in her career with a field goal percentage of .500 or better.
• She has 75 career games with 10 or more points and five or more rebounds, including 33 career double-doubles (see Double-Double note on pg. 16).
• Williams, a candidate for the 2020 Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy and Wade Trophy, is the first player in program history with 1,500 or more career points, 950 or more career rebounds, 200 or more career assists, 150 or more steals and 100 or more career blocks.

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Players Mentioned

Jasauen Beard

Christianna Carr

Angela Harris

Ayoka Lee

Peyton Williams

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