(25/rv) K-State Hosts Texas Tech on Saturday Night

Saturday, February 5

Manhattan, Kan.

6:30 p.m.

Kansas State University

Texas Tech

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GAME #23
Texas Tech (9-11, 2-7 Big 12) at (25/rv) K-State (16-6, 6-4 Big 12)
Saturday, February 5, 2022 | 6:30 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum | Manhattan, Kan.

PROMOTIONS & TICKETS
• National Girls and Women in Sports Day
• Girls and Women in Sports IMPACT Award
• K-State WBB Trailblazer

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

TELEVISION
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Missy Heidrick
Sideline: Kelsey Bigelow

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
Online: kstatesports.com
Play-by-Play: Matt Walters
Analyst: Kristin Waller

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 595-338/30th season | At K-State: 141-103/8th season

Texas Tech: Krista Gerlich (Texas Tech '93)
Overall: 308-173/16th season | At Texas Tech: 19-26/2nd season

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game)
(25/RV) Kansas State (16-6, 6-4 Big 12)
G: #3 Jaelyn Glenn | G: #4 Serena Sundell | G: #5 Brylee Glenn | G: #24 Emilee Ebert | C: #50 Ayoka Lee

Texas Tech (9-11, 2-7 Big 12)
G: #5 Rhyle McKinney | F: #10 Bryn Gerlich | G: #12 Vivian Gray | C: #23 Khadija Faye | F: #24 Taylah Thomas

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads, 27-15
In Manhattan: 12-5
Last Meeting: Jan. 15, 2022; Texas Tech won 64-45 (Lubbock)
Head Coach Jeff Mittie vs. Texas Tech: 17-6

MANHATTAN, Kansas – (25/rv) K-State (16-6, 6-4 Big 12) plays the first of three home games in the month of February on Saturday night at 6:30 p.m., as the Wildcats host Texas Tech.

• Saturday's game will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Missy Heidrick (analyst) and Kelsey Bigelow (sideline) will have the call.
• K-State's seven-win improvement from the 2020-21 season is the second-largest win improvement in the Jeff Mittie era and tied for the fourth-largest win increase from one season to the next in program history.
• The Wildcats have been led this season by junior Ayoka Lee and freshman Serena Sundell. Lee, a 2022 All-America and National Player of the Year candidate, leads the nation for total points scored (538) and is second in the nation in scoring average (24.5 ppg). She also leads the nation in field goals made (223) and is second in blocked shots (71), fifth for blocks per game (3.23) and double-doubles (14). She leads the Big 12 in field goal percentage (.573).
• Sundell, a candidate for Big 12 Freshman of the Year, is second on the team in scoring (10.0 ppg) and leads the Wildcats in 3-point field goals made (34). She is second in the Big 12 in total assists (129) and assists per game (5.9).

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Lee Moves Up K-State Career Rebounds List
• Ayoka Lee moved into 12th on the K-State career rebounds list with her total of 781, passing Tammie Romstad (1978-82; 779). With three rebounds, Lee will move into the K-State top-10 for career rebounds and needs 19 boards to become the 10th player with 800 or more rebounds in program history.
2. Potts, Gary to Receive Halftime Recognitions (release)
• Former K-State letterwinners Patricia (Drake) Potts and Priscilla Gary will receive halftime recognition on Saturday. Potts will receive the first recipient of the Girls and Women in Sports IMPACT Award, while Gary will be honored as the K-State women's basketball trailblazer.
3. Rejection
• K-State has tallied 126 blocks (5.7 bpg) this season and rank fifth in the nation for total blocks. The Wildcats lead the Big 12 in total blocks and rank second in the league for blocks per game. K-State has eight straight seasons with 120 or more blocks.
4. High Efficiency Dishes
• The Wildcats have 406 assists (18.5 apg) and an assisted shot rate of 72.1 percent this season. According to HerHoopStats.com, K-State ranks second in the nation in assisted shot rate and are the highest ranked Power 5 member in the category.
5. Lee Named to Wooden Award Late Season Watch List
• Ayoka Lee is one of 20 candidates on the 2022 Wooden Award Late Season Watch List. Lee leads the nation in total points with a career-best 526 (25.0 ppg) and 217 field goals made.

Number to Know
538 | 233

• Ayoka Lee has registered the 14th occurrence in program history and the first since Peyton Williams in 2017-18 to register 500 or more points (538) and 225 or more rebounds (233) in a season.
• When adding in her 71 blocks this season, Lee joins Breanna Lewis in 2015-16 as the only two players in program history with 500 or more points, 200 or more rebounds and 70 or more blocks in a season.
• Lee's 538 points are a career season-high, while her 233 rebounds and 71 blocks are the second highest season totals of her career.

At a Glance: Texas Tech
• Texas Tech (9-11, 2-7 Big 12) enters Saturday's game on a four-game losing streak after falling to then 13th-ranked Iowa State, 86-65, in Lubbock on Saturday, January 29.
• Texas Tech is guided on the sideline by second-year head coach Krista Gerlich. The 1993 graduate of Texas Tech owns a career record of 308-173 (.640) including a 19-26 (.422) mark in Lubbock.
• The Lady Raiders are led by seniors Vivian Gray and Taylah Thomas.
• Gray departed Oklahoma State in late July of 2020 and joined the Lady Raiders in mid-August of 2020. After another All-Big 12 honor in 2021, Gray is pacing Texas Tech this season with 18.4 points. Against Iowa State last Saturday, she registered 17 points, four rebounds and two assists.
• Thomas, a grad transfer from Arkansas, leads the Lady Raiders in rebounding with 8.7 per game and is averaging 10.0 points per game on a .483 field goal percentage. Against the Cyclones, Thomas notched 22 points, five rebounds and two blocks.

Last Time Out
at (11/10) Iowa State 70, (25/rv) K-State 55 (Feb. 2, 2022; Ames, Iowa)
• K-State trailed by six at the half, but Iowa State used a 24-8 third quarter to pull away from the Wildcats.
• The Wildcats played its seventh game this season against an Associated Press top-15 opponent, including its fourth on the road.
• K-State was led by Brylee Glenn with 19 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter. Ayoka Lee added 12 points, eight rebounds and three blocks.

Wildcats With 350+ Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 363-148 (.710) all-time inside Bramlage Coliseum, which is in its 34th season of existence.
• This season K-State owns an 12-1 mark at home. The 12 home wins are the most since the 2018-19 season (12-4).
• This season marks the 31st time in 54 seasons that the Wildcats reached double figures in home victories. It marks the 23rd season K-State has won 10 or more games in Bramlage.
• In his career in games played in his home venue, head coach Jeff Mittie is 367-105 (.778) including an 93-40 (.699) record at K-State.
• Kansas State has protected Bramlage Coliseum with determination against non-conference foes with a record of 211-29 (.879). Mittie is 57-8 (.877) in non-conference games in Bramlage Coliseum.

Cats Send Back Shots Under Mittie
• Under head coach Jeff Mittie, Kansas State has sent back 1,176 shots for 4.82 per game in the 244 games. K-State has 120 or more blocks in each of Mittie's eight seasons.
• The 1,176 blocks in the eight seasons are the most in any eight-season span in program history.
• This season, K-State has 126 blocks (5.7 bpg) and ranks fifth in the nation in total blocks. The Wildcats are second in the Big 12 and rank 12th in the nation in blocks per game.
• K-State has a blocked shot differential of +44 this season (126-82). Since blocks became official in 1982-83, K-State has 20 seasons with a positive blocked shot differential including a school record +73 (163-90) in the 2005-06 season.
• Against North Carolina A&T, the Wildcats recorded a season-high 11 blocks. The 11 blocks are the sixth-most in a game in school history. The Wildcats have blocked 10 or more shots in a game 12 times (11-1) since Mittie's first season in 2014-15.

Sharing is Caring
• K-State has been unselfish this season, dishing out 406 assists (18.5 apg). The Wildcats are fifth in the nation in assists and 10th in assists per game. The Wildcats are fifth in the nation and lead the Big 12 in assist-turnover ratio at 1.40.
• Of its 563 made field goals, K-State has recorded an assist on 72.1 percent of those field goals. According to HerHoopStats.com, K-State ranks second in the nation and first among Power 5 conference members for assisted shot rate.
• Of the 406 assists doled out, K-State has eight of its 10 active players with 20 or more assists this season including three, Serena Sundell, Emilee Ebert and Jaelyn Glenn, with 50 or more.
• K-State has seven games with 20 or more assists this season. Over the last 15 years, the Wildcats are 77-7 (.917) when handing out 20 or more assists.
• K-State opened the 2021-22 season with 26 assists against Central Arkansas. Of the 10 players that saw the floor against the Sugar Bears, eight recorded an assist.
• Against Iowa State, K-State handed out 27 assists on 31 made field goals which was a season-high for assisted shot rate of 87.1 percent.
• Against Oklahoma on Jan. 23, K-State dished out a season-high 28 assists on 33 made field goals. K-State's 28 assists were the most since Dec. 3, 2019, against UIW when the Wildcats handed out 30.
• In the 2020-21 season, K-State dished out 429 assists (15.89 apg) on 602 made field goals which was an assist percentage of 71.3. The Wildcats ranked third in the Big 12 for all games in assists per game and third in the league for Big 12-only games (16.0 apg).
• The assisted shot rate of 71.3 percent was the highest in school history. According to HerHoopStats.com, K-State ranked fifth in the nation in assist percentage and were the top Power 5 program in the category. Since assists became an officially tracked stat in 1981-82, K-State has registered an assisted shot rate of 60.0 percent or higher at the end of a season 21 times in its history.

Glenn Through the Lens
• Freshman guard Brylee Glenn ratched up her scoring over a nine-game stretch which resulted in a pair of Big 12 honors.
• Over a nine-game stretch beginning on Nov. 29, Glenn averaged 10.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists.
• During that stretch, Glenn collected Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors on Dec. 6 and again on Dec. 20.
• At Oklahoma State on Jan. 5, Glenn tallied a career-high 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting including a 2-of-3 from 3-point range. She also tied her career-high with three assists.
• Glenn started the stretch with 15 points against North Dakota State on Nov. 29. Among Glenn's 15 points, 13 were scored in the fourth quarter.
• At South Carolina on Dec. 3, Glenn carded her third straight double figure scoring effort with 10 points and a career-high three steals.
• Against Oregon on Dec. 18, Glenn tied her career-high with 15 points and set a career-high with three assists.
• For the season, Glenn is third on the team in scoring with 8.3 points and has pulled in 2.7 rebounds, dished 1.4 assists and pocketed 1.1 steals. In league play, Glenn is averaging 8.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.4 steals. She is shooting .815 (22-of-27) from the foul line in Big 12 games.

Lee Among Top-15 for Career Boards
• Ayoka Lee has continued to own the glass in her K-State career, surpassing the 700-rebound mark.
• Lee ranks 12th in school history for career rebounds with 781 and she is the 16th player in school history with 700 or more career rebounds. Her career rebound total ranks fourth in school history by a center. With 19 rebounds, Lee would become the 10th player in program history to pull in 800 or more career rebounds.
• She owns the school record for career rebounding average and ranks second in Big 12 history at 10.3 rebounds per game.
• Among active NCAA Division I players, Lee ranks sixth in the nation for career rebounding average.
• She ranks third in school history for career games with 15 or more rebounds (6).
• This season, Lee ranks second in the Big 12 and 23rd in the nation with 10.6 rebounds per game. She ranks seventh in the nation in total rebounds (233). In Big 12-only games, Lee leads the league in rebounding with 10.0 per game.
• Lee is the eighth player in school history with three or more consecutive seasons with 200 or more rebounds.
• She hauled in a season-high 15 rebounds against Kansas on Jan. 19 and has pulled in 10 or more rebounds 13 times.

Lee The Queen of the Block
• Ayoka Lee remains one of the top shot blockers in the nation and has the numbers to back it up.
• In her career, Lee has 211 career blocked shots and ranks third in school history for career blocks.
• She is the fourth player in school history to reach the 200 block mark. She owns the school record for career blocks per game at 2.77. Among active NCAA Division I players, Lee ranks sixth for career blocks per game average.
• She has 55 career games with two or more blocks and 15 career games with five or more blocks. She owns the school record for career games with five or more blocks. Lee holds the school record for career games with seven or more blocks (4).
• This season, Lee is a 2022 Naismith Women's National Defensive Player of the Year candidate. She has 71 blocks (3.23 bpg) and is second in the nation in total blocks and fifth in blocks per game. Her total of 71 blocks ranks fifth in school history for blocks in a season. This is the second time in her career Lee has reached 70 or more blocks in a season. She has eight games this season with four or more blocks.
• She needs 12 blocked shots to set the school record for blocks in a junior season.
• Lee set a new career-high and tied for second in program history for a single-game with eight blocks against North Dakota State on Nov. 29. Her eight blocks are tied for the fourth-highest total for a single-game this season in the nation and are the most by a Big 12 player.
• In the 2020-21 season, Lee blocked 49 shots (1.96 bpg) in the 2020-21 season. She ranked second in the Big 12 for blocks per game and was 29th in the nation for total blocks.
• Lee registered a career-high seven blocked shots against Kansas on February 13 and against Texas Tech on March 11.
• With the seven blocks, Lee is the sixth player to block seven or more shots in a game and is tied for the third-most blocks in a game in school history. Her seven blocks against Texas Tech set the school record for blocks in a Big 12 Championship game.