K-State Completes Road Trip at South Dakota State on Saturday

GAME #11
(-/rv) Kansas State (8-2, 0-0 Big 12) at South Dakota State (3-6, 0-0 Summit)
Saturday, December 11, 2021 | 2 p.m. | Frost Arena | Brookings, S.D.

TELEVISION
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brad Peterson
Analyst: Brad Newitt

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
Online: kstatesports.com
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Randy Peterson

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 587-334/30th season | At K-State: 133-99/8th season

South Dakota State: Aaron Johnston (Gustavus Adolphus '96)
Overall: 516-176/22nd season | At South Dakota State: Same

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game)
Kansas State (8-2, 0-0 Big 12)
G: #3 Jaelyn Glenn | G: #4 Serena Sundell | G: #5 Brylee Glenn | G: #24 Emilee Ebert | C: #50 Ayoka Lee

South Dakota State (3-6, 0-0 Summit)
G: #2 Paige Meyer | F: #12 Kallie Theisen | F: #20 Tori Nelson | F: #21 Tylee Irwin | F: #33 Paiton Burckhard

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads 6-0
In Brookings: 1-0
Last Meeting: Dec. 10, 2020; K-State won 62-53 (Manhattan)
Head Coach Jeff Mittie vs. South Dakota State: 1-2
• The Wildcats are 47-5 against schools from the Summit League.

MANHATTAN, Kansas – For the first time in 10 years and one day, K-State will face South Dakota State at Frost Arena in Brookings, S.D., as the Wildcats complete a three-game road trip to begin the month of December on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.

• This will be K-State's second appearance in Brookings, as the Wildcats faced the Jackrabbits on Dec. 10, 2011, which was a 63-46 K-State win.
• Saturday's game can be seen live on ESPN+, as Brad Peterson (play-by-play) and Brad Newitt (analyst) will have the call.
• K-State has been led this season by junior Ayoka Lee and freshman Serena Sundell. Lee, a center from Byron, Minnesota, is second in the nation for total points scored (228) and is fifth in the nation in scoring average (22.8 ppg). She also leads the nation in field goals made (95) and blocked shots (38) and is sixth in total rebounds (107) and 20th in rebounds per game (10.7 rpg).
• Sundell is second on the team in scoring (10.1 ppg) and is fourth in the Big 12 in total assists (43) and is fifth in assists per game (4.3).

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Dialing it in From Deep
• In its win at Omaha on Dec. 8, K-State tied the school record for 3-point field goals made with 16 on 32 attempts. The Wildcats also tied the school record for 3-point field goals made in a half (11). This was the third time K-State made 10 or more 3-pointers in a game this season.
2. Happy Helpers
• K-State is averaging 19.1 assists per game this season and rank second in the Big 12 in the category. The Wildcats have five games with 20 or more assists including 24 at Omaha on Dec. 8.
3. Freshmen Adding Scoring Punch
• K-State's freshman trio of Brylee Glenn, Jaelyn Glenn and Serena Sundell have combined to score in double figures in nine games this season. Sundell has four games in double figures, while Brylee Glenn has three and Jaelyn Glenns owns two.
4. Lee Climbing Career Scoring List
• Junior center and 2022 All-America candidate, Ayoka Lee, became the 44th K-State player to reach the career 1,000-point mark on Sunday, Nov. 14, against Western Kentucky. Since surpassing the mark, Lee has climbed into the top-30 in career scoring with 1,162 points. Lee is 27 points from moving into the top-25 on the K-State career points list.
5. The D is the Key
• K-State has held its opponents to 52.0 points per game, a .327 field goal percentage and a .214 three-point field goal percentage. The Wildcats rank 21st in the nation in scoring defense, 15th in the nation in field goal percentage defense and 11th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage defense.

Number to Know
64

• K-State center Ayoka Lee has scored in every game of her career, a streak of 64 consecutive games.
• In those 64 games, Lee has reached double figures in 57 games and has scored 20 or more points in 26 games.
• The school record for scoring in consecutive games is 133 and is held by Brittany Chambers (2009-13), who was held scoreless in her first career game and then proceeded to score in every game after.

At a Glance: South Dakota State
• South Dakota State (3-6) enters Saturday's game with a two-game slide and losses in four of their last five games. The lone win during the last five games came against 15th-ranked UCLA in Cancun, Mexico.
• On the sideline, South Dakota State is led by 22nd-year head coach Aaron Johnston. The 1996 graduate of Gustavus Adolphus owns a career record of 516-176 (.746), all at South Dakota State and has led the Jackrabbits to 10 NCAA Division I Tournament appearances.
• On the floor, the Jackrabbits are led by Paige Meyer, Tylee Irwin and Paiton Burckhard.
• Meyer, a freshman from Albany, Minnesota, is the team's top scorer and passer at 10.8 points per game and 3.7 assists.
• Irwin, a senior guard from Wahpeton, N.D., is second on the team in scoring with 10.1 points and is fourth on the team in rebounding with 4.0 per game. Against Missouri State, Irwin recorded 11 points, four steals, two blocks and two assists.
• Burckhard, a junior from Aberdeen, S.D., is third on the team in scoring (8.7 ppg) and paces the Jackrabbits on the glass (5.2 rpg). Against the Bears, Burckhard tallied 11 points and six rebounds.

Last Time Out
K-State 87, at Omaha 56 (Dec. 8, 2021; Omaha, Neb.)
• K-State tied the school record for 3-point field goals made in a game (16) and 3-point field goals made in a half (11).
• The Wildcats snapped an 11-game road losing streak with the win.
• K-State had four players in double figures and were led by Ayoka Lee with 19 points, eight rebounds, two steals and two blocks. Joining Lee in double figures was Jaelyn Glenn with a career-high 16 points, five rebounds, three steals and two assists. Also in double figures were Serena Sundell with 12 points and four assists and Laura Macke with 10 points.

Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 282-305 (.480) record in road games during the program's 54-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns an 122-125 (.494) mark in road contests. K-State is 16-18 (.471) in the last four seasons in road games.
• In his career in games played on the road, head coach Jeff Mittie is 158-184 (.462) including a 33-47 (.413) mark during his time at K-State.
• With its 87-56 win at Omaha on Dec. 8, K-State ended an 11-game road losing streak which spanned the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons. This was the longest road losing streak since the 1997-98 to 1998-99 seasons.

Wildcats Solid From the Arc
• To begin the 2021-22 season, K-State has stretched defenses with its three-point shooting.
• The Wildcats are 64-of-220 (.291) from beyond the arc including three games with 10 connections. K-State is receiving 26.1 percent of its points this season from 3-point range.
• At Omaha on Dec. 8, K-State tied the school record with 16 three-point field goals made. This tied the mark originally set on Jan. 23, 2013, against Oklahoma State. The 16 connections were the most in the Jeff Mittie era.
• Under Mittie, the Wildcats have made five or more 3-pointers in a game 159 times in 232 total games including 25 games with 10 or more connections from deep with K-State notching a 22-3 record in those games.
• In the eight seasons under Mittie, K-State has buried 1,374 three-pointers which is 5.92 per game.
• In the 2020-21 season, Kansas State had 172 connections on 557 attempts (.309) from beyond the arc. K-State received 30.3 percent of its overall point total from beyond the arc.
• K-State's three-point field goal percentage of .309 was the highest for the Wildcats since the 2016-17 season.
• The Wildcats ranked third in the Big 12 for 3-point field goals made per game (6.37).
• K-State's percent of points from three in the 2020-21 season (30.3) was the second-highest in the Mittie era. Since Mittie took over in 2014-15, K-State finished above 30.0 percent of its point total from 3-point range twice, also in 2015-16 (31.7).
• With its 172 connections from beyond the arc in the 2020-21 season, K-State made the most 3-pointers since the 2018-19 season. This was the 22nd time in school history and the sixth season under Mittie which K-State made 150 or more 3-point field goals in a 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 86-44 (.662) when scoring 20 or more points in any quarter in a game.
• At Omaha on Dec. 8, K-State tallied a school record 36 points in the first quarter. The 36 points are the most in any quarter in school history.
• This season, K-State has scored 20 or more points in a quarter 14 times and have scored 20 or more points in two or more quarters in a game five times.
• Since the 2015-16 season, K-State has registered 200 quarters with 20 or more points with a high of 43 in the 2017-18 season. In the 2020-21 season, K-State had 21 quarters with 20 or more points scored.

Sundell Sizzling
• Freshman guard Serena Sundell has added a scoring punch to the K-State lineup.
• This season, Sundell is second on the team in scoring (10.1 ppg) and leads the team in 3-point field goals made (19).
• Over a three-game span from Nov. 15 to Nov. 23, Sundell averaged 20.3 points on a .594 field goal percentage and 5.0 assists.
• Against Abilene Christian on Nov. 23, Sundell tallied a career-high 25 points and tied her career-high with a 5-of-7 effort from 3-point range while also adding five rebounds, three steals and two assists.
• In her first career road game, Sundell led K-State with 21 points on 6-of-14 shooting, including a career-best 5-of-11 from beyond the arc while also handing out six assists at NC State on Nov. 19.
• She was the first K-State player to tally 20 or more points, five or more made 3-point field goals and five or more assists since Kindred Wesemann against Oklahoma on Feb. 9, 2016.

K-State Completes Road Trip at South Dakota State on Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Emilee Ebert

Brylee Glenn

Jaelyn Glenn

Ayoka Lee

Laura Macke

Serena Sundell

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