K-State Visits (15/14) Iowa State on Wednesday

GAME 17
Kansas State (12-4, 1-2 Big 12) at (15/14) Iowa State (10-3, 2-1 Big 12)
January 11, 2023 | 6:30 p.m. | Hilton Coliseum (14,356) | Ames, Iowa

Television
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Shawn Kenney
Analyst: Molly Parrott

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

Live Stats
kstatesports.com

Series History vs. Iowa State
• K-State leads the series with Iowa State, 53-46.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 7-16 against Iowa State.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - K-State (12-4, 1-1 Big 12) travels to Ames, Iowa, on Wednesday to face (15/14) Iowa State at 6:30 p.m. Both teams will look to rebound from losses over the weekend.

• Wednesday's game airs on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Shawn Kenney (play-by-play) and Molly Parrott (analyst) will have the call.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State WBB
1. Gregory Getting Buckets
• Senior Gabby Gregory is one of four players in the nation currently averaging 20 or more points, five or more rebounds and making two or more 3-point field goals per game.
2. Sundell Doing it All
• Sophomore Serena Sundell needs two rebounds to become the 18th player in program history with career stats of 500 or more points, 250 or more assists and 200 or more rebounds. She would be the first Wildcat to reach these marks since Kayla Goth (2015-19).
3. Sun(dell) Block
• Sophomore guard Serena Sundell leads K-State in blocked shots (14) and blocks per game (0.88 bpg). Sundell has an active streak of one or more blocked shots in seven straight games.
4. Jaelyn With Diverse Lines
• Sophomore guard Jaelyn Glenn has tallied five games this season with 10 or more points, five or more rebounds and two or more steals. In her career, Glenn owns seven such games.
5. Quick Handed Sisters
• The sophomore sister duo of Brylee and Jaelyn Glenn have combined for 73 steals (Jaelyn - 39; Brylee - 34). Jaelyn is second in the Big 12 in steals per game (2.44), while Brylee is fourth (2.13).

Number to Know
5

• K-State senior Gabby Gregory owns an active streak of five straight games with 20 or more points scored.
• Gregory's streak of 20 or more points is the longest by a Wildcat since Brittany Chambers set the school record for consecutive games with 20 or more points at nine in the 2012-13 season.
• The streak of 20-point games for Gregory is the longest of her career.
• This season, Gregory leads the Big 12 with a career-best 11 games of 20 or more points. K-State is 9-2 in games in which Gregory scores 20 or more points. The school record for games in a season with 20 or more points was set by Chambers in the 2012-13 season at 22.
• Gregory has scored 20 or more points in a game in 19 career games.

At a Glance: Iowa State
• (15/14) Iowa State (10-3, 2-1 Big 12) enters Wednesday's game following an 82-79 loss at Oklahoma on Sunday.
• On the sideline, Iowa State is guided by 28th-year head coach Bill Fennelly. In his time with the Cyclones, Fennelly has achieved a record of 578-294 (.663). Fennelly is the longest tenured head coach among the Big 12's head coaches.
• On the floor, the Cyclones are led by senior guard Ashley Joens, senior center Stephanie Soares and junior guard Lexi Donarski.
• Joens, a native of Iowa City, Iowa, is second in the Big 12 in scoring at 20.1 points per game and is third in the league in rebounding at 9.2. At Oklahoma, Joens tallied 27 points including a 12-of-13 effort from the foul line and added nine rebounds.
• Soares is averaging 14.4 points on a .544 field goal percentage and 9.9 rebounds. She is second in the league in rebounding, fourth in field goal percentage and leads the Big 12 in blocks per game (3.17).
• Donarski is third on the team in scoring with 12.7 points per game and is second in assists with 3.4 per game. Against the Sooners, Donarksi tallied 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting.

Last Time Out
West Virginia 77, at K-State 70 (Jan. 7, 2023; Manhattan, Kan.)
• The Wildcats rallied to within one point three times in the fourth quarter, but West Virginia withstood the charge to secure its first Big 12 win of the season.
• With the loss, K-State had its nine-game home court winning streak snapped.
• Gabby Gregory led K-State with 26 points, while Jaelyn Glenn notched her first career double-double with 10 points, 10 rebounds and three steals.

Sharing is Caring
• Kansas State continues its unselfish ways in the 2022-23 season, continuing its ball movement from last season.
• This season, K-State has handed out 248 assists (15.5 apg) and have recorded an assist on 62.0 percent of made field goals. The Wildcats rank sixth in the league in assists per game and fourth for assist to turnover ratio (1.18).
• The Wildcats have tallied 20 or more assists in three games this season: against Central Arkansas on Nov. 7 (23), against Utah Tech on Nov. 20 (21) and against Morgan State on Dec. 21 (20).
• Over the last 16 years, the Wildcats are 81-7 (.920) when handing out 20 or more assists.
• K-State was generous with the ball in the 2021-22 season, dishing out 545 assists (16.5 apg). The Wildcats were 19th in the nation for total assists and 17th in the nation and third in the Big 12 in assists per game. The Wildcats were 20th in the nation and second in the Big 12 in assist-turnover ratio at 1.21.
• K-State's 545 assists last season were the most for the program in the Jeff Mittie era and the most since the 2005-06 season (553).
• Of its 790 made field goals, K-State recorded an assist on 69.0 percent of those field goals. According to HerHoopStats.com, K-State ranked third in the nation and first among Power 5 conference members for assisted shot rate.
• 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 22 times in its history.

Generating Offense from Defense
• Kansas State has used an opportunistic defense to create additional offensive chances this season.
• K-State's opponents have turned the ball over 283 times (17.7 topg). K-State ranks third in the Big 12 and 44th in the nation in turnover margin at +4.50.
• The Wildcats have tallied 278 points off opponent turnovers (17.4 per game | 0.98 points per turnover). The 278 points are 23.3 percent of K-State's overall point total.
• K-State has a +102 margin in points off turnovers compared to its opponents (278-176).
• The Wildcats have six games with 20 or more points off turnovers, including a season-high 32 against Kansas City on Dec. 7. The 32 points off turnovers marked the most since the Wildcats score 34 points off turnovers by Central Arkansas on Nov. 9, 2021.
• K-State has eight games with 25 percent or more of its points off turnovers, including a season-high 44.4 percent against Kansas City on Dec. 7.

Gregory Secures 1,000 Career Points
• Guard Gabby Gregory has been a dynamic addition to the K-State lineup this season.
• In her career, Gregory has scored 1,109 points (12.7 ppg). She is the first player to transfer to K-State and reach the 1,000-point mark in her collegiate career. She ranks eighth among active Big 12 players for career points scored and is 11th among active players for career scoring average.
• This season, Gregory is averaging 21.6 points on a .443 field goal percentage, including a .336 three-point percentage and an .849 free throw percentage. She also leads the team on the glass with 5.9 rebounds.
• Gregory is one of four players in the nation currently averaging 20 or more points, five or more rebounds and making two or more 3-point field goals per game.
• Gregory leads the Big 12 and ranks eighth in the nation in scoring average and is 11th in the nation for total points scored (324). This is Gregory's third career season with 300 or more points scored. Her single-season career-high is 398 points in the 2020-21 season.
• She leads the Big 12 in games with 20 or more points (11) and games with 30 or more points (2).
• The product of Tulsa, Oklahoma, earned her first career Big 12 Player of the Week honor following the first week, as she averaged 22.0 points per contest on a 50.0 percent field goal percentage including a 40.0 percent effort from 3-point range, a 90.9 percent effort from the foul line, 8.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists.

Sundell Sets the Table
• Serena Sundell has established herself at the point for K-State with her distribution skills.
• In the 2022-23 season, Sundell has handed out 85 assists (5.3 apg) including a season-high 10 against Oklahoma State on Jan. 4. Sundell owns three career games with five or more assists and zero turnovers.
• Sundell ranks third in the Big 12 in assists per game and fourth in assist to turnover ratio (2.18). In Big 12 action, Sundell is averaging 6.0 assists and ranks third in the category.
• She has 30 career games with five or more assists including a three games with 10 or more assists. career-high 11 assists.
• Sundell's career total stands at 261 and ranks 20th on the K-State career assists list. She is the 20th player in program history with 250 or more career assists.
• Her career assist to turnover ratio of 1.95 is the school record (min. 100 career assists).
• The 2022 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention recipient handed out 176 assists (5.3 apg) and a 1.85 assist to turnover ratio in her freshman season in 2021-22.
• Sundell's total of 176 assists ranked seventh in school history for a single season. Sundell was responsible for 32.3 percent of K-State's assists last season.
• Sundell was the second freshman in program history with 175 or more assists in their debut season and her total of 176 ranked second among K-State freshmen behind Shalee Lehning's school record of 189 in 2005-06.
• Sundell, a five-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week recipient in 2021-22, was third in the Big 12 and 20th in the nation for total assists. She was second in the Big 12 and 23rd in the nation for assists per game.
• Among the nation's freshmen, Sundell was second in total assists and assists per game.
• Against Iowa State on Jan. 11, Sundell tallied a career-high 11 assists. This was the 15th time a K-State player handed out 11 assists in a game and was the most assists by a Wildcat since Kayla Goth tied the school record with 13 against West Virginia on March 9, 2019.

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Serena Sundell

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