Kansas State Athletics

GAME #29
Kansas (15-13, 4-13 Big 12) at Kansas State (15-13, 9-8 Big 12)
Sunday, March 8, 2020  |  2 p.m.  |  Bramlage Coliseum  |  Manhattan, Kan.

TELEVISION
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
• Brian Smoller (play-by-play)
• Missy Heidrick (analyst)
• Anna Christianson (sideline)
*** Postgame Senior Day ceremony will also be shown ***

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
• Matt Walters (play-by-play)
• Kristin Waller (analyst)
Listen Online: www.kstatesports.com/watch [free]

TICKETS & PROMOTIONS
Promotions
Senior Day - First 750 fans will receive a cutout of one of the three seniors; Postgame ceremony honoring K-State's three seniors

Halftime - The Great DuBois

Tickets
(800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com/tickets

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 569-314/28th season  |  At K-State: 115-79/6th season

Kansas: Brandon Schneider (Wayland Baptist '95)
Overall: 455-234/21st season  |  At Kansas: 54-96/5th season

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game)
Kansas State (15-13, 9-8 Big 12)
G: #3 Angela Harris  |  F: #11 Peyton Williams  |  F: #25 Jasauen Beard  |  G: #43 Christianna Carr |  C: #50 Ayoka Lee
                
Kansas (15-13, 4-13 Big 12)
F: #1 Tina Stephens  |  F: #4 Mariane De Carvalho  |  G: #5 Aniya Thomas  |  C: #10 Emma Merriweather  |  G: #15 Zakiyah Franklin

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads the series, 75-47
In Manhattan: K-State leads, 34-16
Last Meeting: K-State won, 69-61, on January 29, 2020, in Lawrence
Head Coach Jeff Mittie vs. Kansas: 15-6
• Over the last 41 meetings, K-State is 34-7 against the Jayhawks.


MANHATTAN, Kansas - One of the longest continuous rivalries in all of women's college basketball concludes the 24th season of Big 12 women's basketball on Sunday as K-State hosts Kansas in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown at 2 p.m.

• Sunday's game and Senior Day postgame ceremony can be seen on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Missy Heidrick (analyst) and Anna Christianson (sideline) will have the call.
• K-State will honor its three seniors - Jasauen Beard, Angela Harris and Peyton Williams - in a postgame ceremony. Kansas State's seniors have combined for 78 wins and three postseason appearances.
• Beard has played in 61 career games with the Wildcats including 24 starts. During her two-year career in Manhattan, she has tallied 407 career points, 199 rebounds, 62 assists, 52 steals and 27 blocks.
• In her only season in Manhattan, Harris has achieved 318 points, a career-high 121 assists, 105 rebounds and 49 steals.
• Williams, a two-sport athlete at K-State, has played in 127 career games and is the first player in program history with 1,500 or more points, 900 or more rebounds, 200 or more assists, 150 or more steals and 100 or more blocks.  

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Lee, Williams Close in on 1,000 combined points
• Ayoka Lee (439) and Peyton Williams (407) need 154 combined points to become the ninth tandem in program history to score 1,000 or more combined points in a season. The duo is the first to register 400 or more points and 300 or more rebounds in the same season.
2. Lee Nearing Rebounding Record
• Lee has pulled in a K-State freshman record 317 rebounds this season. Lee needs 21 rebounds to eclipse the overall single-season school record of 337 set by Tammie Romstad in 1979-80.
3. Williams Approaching Top-10
• Williams, a finalist for the 2020 Senior CLASS Award, has scored 1,529 points in her career. She needs 20 points to climb into 10th on the K-State career scoring list.
4. Touching up the Paint
• K-State has registered 954 points (34.1 ppg) in the paint this season. The 954 points are the second-most paint points in the Jeff Mittie era.
5. Board Work Not Boring
• K-State is averaging 43.4 rebounds per game and ranks 11th in the nation and second in the Big 12. K-State's rebounding average of 43.4 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 62, Oklahoma State 52 (March 3, 2020; Stillwater, Okla.)
• K-State trailed by five points at the half, but outscored the Cowgirls by 15 (38-23) in the second half.
• The Wildcats made a team Big 12 season-high eight 3-pointers and the fourth-most overall this season.
• Angela Harris registered 16 points, five assists, five rebounds and three steals. Freshman Ayoka Lee carded 13 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks.

Number to Know
159
• As a team this season, K-State has 159 blocks which is 5.7 per game.
• The total of 159 ranks tied for fourth in a season in school history. The highest mark in the Jeff Mittie era was 160 in the 2017-18 season.
• K-State needs six blocks to set a new single-season school record.
• The per game total of 5.7 would surpass the single-season record of 5.0 set in the 2007-08 season.

At a Glance: Kansas
• Kansas (15-13, 4-13 Big 12) enters Sunday's Dillons Sunflower Showdown after a 61-42 loss against Iowa State in their regular season home finale.
• On the sideline, Kansas is led by fifth-year head coach Brandon Schneider. Schneider is 54-96 (.360) in his time in Lawrence.
• Leading Kansas this season are sophomore Aniya Thomas and freshman Zakiyah Franklin.
• Thomas paces four players in double figures by averaging 12.6 points. She is second on the team in 3-point field goals made with 43.
• Franklin is second on the team with 12.1 points per game and leads the Jayhawks with 71 free throws made and a 79.0 free throw percentage.

Marching Toward the Finish Line
• During the third month of the year but the final month of the basketball season, K-State owns a 130-94 (.580) record in March.
• K-State head coach Jeff Mittie is 13-10 (.565) in the month of March during his time in Manhattan.

Wildcats' Defense Forges Identity
• K-State has continued to be a force on the defensive end during head coach Jeff Mittie's six seasons on the bench.
• The Wildcats have allowed its opponents 64.8 points per game and a field goal percentage of .372. The Wildcats are second in the Big 12 and 57th in the nation in field goal percentage defense.
• K-State allowed 40 points to UIC on November 11, which were the fewest surrendered by K-State since allowing 40 to UTEP on November 26, 2016.
• During the last 18 seasons, K-State is 113-3 (.974) when holding an opponent to 49 points or less including a 32-0 mark in the Mittie era.

K-State Holds Foes to Single-Digit Quarters
• In the fifth 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 51-15 (.773) when holding an opponent to single digits in any quarter in a game.
• K-State has held three teams to five points in the third quarter this season. The five 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.

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 79-38 (.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 180 quarters with 20 or more points with a high of 43 in the 2017-18 season. In the 2019-20 season, K-State has 34 quarters with 20 or more points scored.

Harris Leading from the Point
• 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 12.3 points and 4.5 assists. She has scored in double figures in seven of the 10 games.
• At Kansas City and against Oklahoma, Harris registered a season-high 20 points.
• Against Iowa State on Feb. 26, Harris recorded 11 points, six assists, six steals and four rebounds. The six steals were a K-State season-high. Harris has 16 games this season with two or more steals.
• For the season, Harris is averaging 11.4 points, 4.3 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 1.8 steals. She ranks fourth in the Big 12 in assists per game, ninth in assist to turnover ratio (1.38) and 10th for steals (1.75 spg).
• In Big 12 play, Harris has upped her scoring average to 13.2 points which is 16th in the league and her assists to 4.5 which is fifth in the league.

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.
• In the 2019-20 season, Williams is averaging 1.1 blocks and 1.3 steals.
• At Kansas on January 29, Williams registered three blocks and two steals. This was her 10th career game with two or more blocks and two or more steals in the same game.
• In her career, Williams has 28 career games with two or more blocks. She also has 38 career games with two or more steals.
• With her block at Oklahoma State, Williams improved her career blocks total to 119 and ranks fifth in school history.
• For her career, Williams ranks seventh in program history for career blocks per game at 0.94. She is tied for fifth in program history for career games (3) with five or more blocks.
• Williams is the first player in program history with career totals of 150 or more steals and 100 or more blocks.
• When combining her blocks and steals, Williams owns a total of 277 and ranks ninth school history.

Lee Putting the Ball in the Basket
• Redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee is working her way up the K-State freshman scoring list.
• Lee is averaging 15.7 points (439 points) this season and ranks ninth in the Big 12 in scoring and is the top freshman scorer in the Big 12 this season.
• Among centers in the nation, Lee ranks fourth for points per game.
• The product of Byron, Minnesota, ranks fourth in school history for points in a freshman season.
• Lee has scored in double figures in 26 games, including a streak of 22 straight. She has scored 20 or more points in nine games with a career-high 24 points three times.
• Her 22 straight games was the longest streak with 10 or more points by a K-State freshman since Nicole Ohlde tallied 25 straight games in the 2000-01 season.
• In combination with her rebounds and blocks, Lee is the first freshman in program history with 400 or more points, 300 or more rebounds and 80 or more blocks in a freshman season.