(14/18) K-State Begins Home Stand Against Jackson State

GAME #8
Jackson State (5-1, 0-0 SWAC) at (14/18) K-State (6-1, 0-0 Big 12)
Friday, December 1, 2023 | 6:30 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum | Manhattan, Kan.

PROMOTION
Teddy Bear Toss for Operation Santa Claus
K-State will be accepting toy donations for Fort Riley's Operation Santa Claus. Fans are encouraged to bring teddy bears as well as new, unwrapped toys or gift cards. When instructed at halftime, fans can toss their teddy bears or other stuffed toys onto the court. Fort Riley's Operation Santa Claus helps service members and their families provide gifts to their children during the holiday season. All donations will go towards a Fort Riley soldier, especially to families under financial constraints and families of deployed, fallen, or injured soldiers.

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Analyst: Missy Heidrick
Sideline: Hannah Whetstone

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SERIES HISTORY vs. Jackson State
1-0
• K-State leads the series, 1-0.
• The last meeting between the two schools came on Dec. 22, 1981, in Manhattan, a 73-56 Wildcat win.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie has never faced Jackson State in his career.
• The Wildcats are 25-0 against current members of the SWAC.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - (14/18) K-State will play five of its next six games in Bramlage Coliseum, starting with a Friday night matchup with Jackson State at 6:30 p.m.

• Friday's game can be seen on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Missy Heidrick (analyst) and Hannah Whetstone (sideline).

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Wildcats Climb in AP Poll
• Following its second win over an Associated Press top-25 foe, K-State moved up to 14th. This is the highest K-State has been ranked in the poll since the 2008-09 season (14th in the 11th poll).
2. Lee, Sundell Earn All-Tourney Honors
• For their efforts last week at the Clean Simple Eats Gulf Coast Showcase, senior center Ayoka Lee and junior guard Serena Sundell were named to the All-Tournament Team.
3. Bench Boost
• K-State's bench has added a punch to the offense this season, scoring 161 points (23.0 ppg) including 20 or more points in six games this season. The Wildcat bench has outscored its opponents in every game this season and owns a margin of +88.
4. Lee Fifth on K-State Career Scoring List
• Senior center Ayoka Lee has scored 1,797 points in her career and needs nine to move into fourth on the K-State career scoring list (Ashley Sweat, 2006-10; 1,805).
5. Double-Double in Trouble-Trouble
• Ayoka Lee has 52 career double-doubles and needs one more to set the school record for double-doubles in a career and pass Kendra Wecker (2001-05, 52).

Number to Know
.215

• Through the first seven games this season, K-State has held its opponents to a 3-point percentage of .215 (29-of-135).
• K-State ranks 12th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage defense.
• Over the last five games, K-State has held its opponents to a .200 (22-of-110) effort from long range.
• K-State has held four opponents under .200 this season and six foes under five connections in a game.

Last Time Out
(5/6) Iowa 77, (16/22) K-State 70 (Nov. 26, 2023; Estero, Fla.)
• K-State went 2-1 in the Clean Simple Eats Gulf Coast Showcase, as the Wildcats fell in the championship in its second meeting in 10 days with Iowa.
• The Wildcats rallied from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter to take a one-point lead, 68-67 with 2:44 remaining. A 10-2 run by the Hawkeyes closed the game.
• The Wildcats had three players in double figures led by Ayoka Lee with 18 points and seven rebounds while Serena Sundell added 18 points, six rebounds and six assists. Zyanna Walker came off the bench to add 11 points.

At a Glance: Jackson State
• Jackson State, the preseason pick to win the SWAC in 2023-24, has opened the season with a 5-1 record and went 2-1 at the Discover Puerto Rico Classic, including a 60-56 win over St. John's in its final game in San Juan.
• On the sideline, Jackson State is led by sixth-year head coach Tomekia Reed. The 2003 graduate of Georgia Southwestern has guided the Lady Tigers to a 104-48 (.684) record. During Reed's time in Jackson, Mississippi, she has led the program to four SWAC regular season titles and two SWAC tournament crowns which resulted in two NCAA tournament appearances in 2020-21 and 2021-22.
• The Lady Tigers are led on the floor by Daphane White and Miya Crump.
• White, a center from Gulfport, Mississippi, is averaging a team-high 11.5 points on a .692 field goal percentage and has hauled in 5.7 rebounds. Against St. John's, White tallied 16 points, eight rebounds and two blocks.
• Crump, a guard from Meridian, Mississippi, is second on the team in scoring at 11.2 and is tied for the team-lead in steals with 11. Against St. John's, Crump notched 12 points and three rebounds.

K-State Among the Rankings
• Kansas State ascended in the the Associated Press (AP) top-25 poll, as the Wildcats are 14th in the Nov. 27 poll.
• This is the program's highest ranking in the Jeff Mittie era (2014-present). It is the highest ranking for the program since the 11th poll of the 2008-09 season, when the Wildcats were ranked 14th.
• The Wildcats debuted at 16th on Nov. 20, which was the highest debut for K-State since being ranked fifth in the 2003-04 preseason poll.
• As an AP ranked team, K-State owns a 228-88 (.722) record. In its history, K-State has now been ranked for 176 weeks in the AP poll.
• The Wildcats are ranked 18th in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll. This is the highest K-State has been ranked in the Coaches Poll since being ranked 16th on in the second to last poll of the 2008-09 season.

Wildcats' Defense Forges Identity
• K-State has continued to be a force on the defensive end during head coach Jeff Mittie's 10 seasons on the bench.
• In the 2023-24 season, K-State is holding opponents to 54.7 points per game and a field goal percentage of .351. The Wildcats are third in the Big 12 and rank 44th in the nation for scoring defense and are fifth in the Big 12 for field goal percentage defense.
• In the 2023-24 season-opener, K-State held Presbyterian to 35 points on a .298 field goal percentage. This marked the fewest points allowed by the Wildcats since holding UT Martin to 30 points on November 12, 2021.
• During the last 21 seasons, K-State is 131-3 (.978) when holding an opponent to 49 points or less including a 50-0 mark in the Mittie era. During Mittie's tenure K-State has held 15 opponents to 40 or fewer points.
• The Wildcats held Iowa to 58 points, 34 points below its 2023-24 season average.

Sky-High Field Goal Percentage
• When K-State shoots 50.0 percent or better in the Jeff Mittie era, Kansas State has been victorious. Since the 2014-15 season, the Wildcats are 31-5 (.861) when shooting 50.0 percent or better.
• The Wildcats are shooting 45.8 percent from the field this season, including nine quarters of 50.0 percent or better. K-State tallied a season-high 51.7 percent (31-of-60) from the field including a season-best 76.9 percent (10-of-13) effort in the second quarter against Western Kentucky on Nov. 24.
• In the 2022-23 season, K-State shot 40.2 percent from the field.
• K-State shot a 2022-23 season-high 60.4 percent from the field against Baylor on Feb. 15. The field goal percentage of 60.4 percent was the highest for a K-State team since Dec. 3, 2019, when the Wildcats shot 64.9 percent against UIW, which is the top field goal percentage in the Mittie era.

K-State Attacking the Paint
• With the return of 2022 All-American center Ayoka Lee, the Wildcats continue to find buckets in the paint.
• K-State has scored 252 points (36.0 ppg) in the paint through seven games which is 50.8 percent of K-State's overall point total this season.
• The Wildcats recorded a season-high of 48 against Western Kentucky on Nov. 24, 2023. This was the most points in the paint since scoring 48 against Oklahoma State on Jan. 4, 2023. The Wildcats have scored 30 or more points in the paint in five games this season.
• In the 2022-23 season, K-State registered 1,040 points in the lane (28.9 ppg). The Wildcats scored 30 or more points in the paint in 16 games last season.
• K-State scored 900 or more points in the paint in eight of head coach Jeff Mittie's 10 seasons including a high of 1,064 points (31.3 ppg) during the 2016-17 season.

Sundell Nears 1K Mark
• In addition to her distribution skills, guard Serena Sundell adds a scoring punch to the K-State lineup.
• During her career, Sundell has scored 926 points (12.2 ppg) and needs 74 points to become the 45th player in school history to score 1,000 points in her career. She has tallied double figures in 48 career games.
• This season, Sundell is averaging 10.6 points on a .509 field goal percentage. She registered a season-high 21 points against Western Kentucky on Nov. 24 and has scored in double figures in three games.
• During the 2022-23 season, Sundell was second on the team and 12th in the Big 12 in scoring with 13.9 points per game on a career-best .489 field goal percentage. In Big 12 games, she averaged 15.11 points and ranked eighth in the league.
• Sundell recorded a personal career-high 501 points last season. She was the seventh player in program history to score 500 or more points in their sophomore season. Her total ranked tied for sixth for a sophomore season at K-State.
• In the 2022-23 season, the product of Maryville, Missouri, scored in double figures in 26 games including eight games with 20 or more points, which ranked tied for sixth in the Big 12 last season.
• At Oklahoma on March 1, Sundell carded a career-high 33 points on 11-of-17 shooting. She joined Gabby Gregory as the only Wildcats last season with 30 or more points in a game.
• Sundell earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career by leading the Big 12 in scoring (22.5) during the week of games on Feb. 20-26.
• Against Kansas on Feb. 22, Sundell registered the most unique stat line in the nation. According to Stats Perform, Sundell was the only player last season, one of four since 1999-00 and the only player in the Big 12 since 1999-00 to record 24 points on 80 percent shooting and also registering seven assists, five rebounds, four steals and one block.
• At Texas Tech on Feb. 5, Sundell scored 27 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field and a career-best 16-of-18 effort from the foul line.
• Against Iowa on Nov. 17, Sundell registered 24 points on 9-of-19 shooting including 5-of-7 from the foul line.

Nobody Scores It Like Ayoka Lee
• Ayoka Lee has moved into the top-5 for career scoring at K-State and has a chance to achieve the school career scoring record.
• In her career, Lee has scored 1,797 points in 94 career games (19.1 ppg) and ranks fifth in school history for career points scored. Her career scoring average of 19.1 ranks first in school history, ninth in Big 12 history and fifth among active NCAA Division I players.
• Lee needs nine points to move into fourth in school history for career points. To surpass Kendra Wecker (2001-05; 2,333), Lee needs to score 537 points.
• She was the 44th player in school history with 1,000 or more career points and was the fastest player in program history to reach 1,500 career points, needing 77 games to reach the milestone. She was the first player in school history to reach the 1,000-career point mark and the 1,500-career point mark in the same season.
• Lee has scored in every game of her career (94 games) and has reached double figures in 86 games which included a streak of 28 straight games dating back to the final five games of the 2020-21 season until Feb. 9, 2022.
• In the 2021-22 season, Lee averaged a career-best 22.0 points per game which ranked 10th in the nation and second in the Big 12. Lee was fifth in the nation in total points scored (727).
• Her 22.0 points per game in the 2021-22 season was the highest per game average in school history and was the third time a K-State player averaged 20 or more points in a season and first since Brittany Chambers in the 2012-13 season.
• With her 727 points scored, Lee established a new career single-season high, broke the school record for points in a junior season and ranked second in school history for points in a single-season. She was the first center in school history to score 700 or more points in a season.
• Lee was the fifth player in school history with three or more consecutive seasons with 400 or more points in a season.
• With her efforts of 61 points against Oklahoma on Jan. 23 and 43 points against Central Arkansas on Nov. 9, Lee was one of three players in the nation during the 2021-22 season with two games of 40 or more points scored in a game.
• Her total of 86 points in two games from Jan. 19 to Jan. 23, set the school record for most points in consecutive games. She also set the school record for points in a 10-game span from Dec. 11, 2021 to Jan. 26, 2022, with 277 points. During that 10-game span, Lee scored 20 or more points in six games including four games with 30 or more points.

Lee a Double-Double Machine
• Ayoka Lee continues to be a double-double machine in her K-State career.
• The product of Byron, Minnesota, registered her 52nd career double-double and tied the school record for career double-doubles with a 14-point, 12-rebound effort against North Carolina on Nov. 25.
• Lee's career double-double total stands at 52, is tied for the school record and tied for sixth in Big 12 history for career double-doubles. She ranks sixth in the nation among active NCAA Division I women's basketball players.
• Earlier this season, Lee registered a double-double of 32 points and 10 rebounds at Little Rock. Lee was the first player in NCAA Division I since at least the 1999-00 season to register a game with 32 or more points, 10 or more rebounds while shooting 81 percent or better in just 22 minutes.
• She was the fastest player in program history to 50 career double-doubles. Lee has 10 career double-doubles with 30 or more points and 10 or more rebounds, which stands as the most such games in program history.
• Lee is averaging 0.55 double-doubles per game in her career, which is the highest rate in school history. Among active NCAA Division I Power 5 Conference players, Lee ranks fourth in career double-doubles per game.
• Lee completed the 2021-22 season with a school record 20 double-doubles. Earlier in the season, Lee tied her own school record for consecutive double-doubles with six straight. She was 11th in the nation and was second in the Big 12 during the 2021-22 season for double-doubles.
• Lee's 20 double-doubles set a school record for double-doubles in a junior season, surpassing the previous record of 15 by Nicole Ohlde in the 2002-03 season. She was one of six players in Big 12 history with 20 or more double-doubles in a season.
• Lee is the second player in program history with three or more seasons with 10 or more double-doubles (Kendra Wecker, 2001-05; 4) and is the only player in program history with two or more seasons with 15 or more double-doubles.
• Of the 20 total double-doubles during the 2022-23 season, six efforts reached 30 or more points and 10 or more rebounds.
• At South Dakota State on Dec. 11, Lee tallied 38 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks. This was her 12th career game with a double-double and five or more blocks, improving on her own school record.
• According to HerHoopStats.com, Lee was the third player since 2009-10 to register a final stat line of at least 38 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks (Elena Delle Donne, 2012; Brittney Griner, 2013).
• In her redshirt freshman season of 2019-20, the center from Byron, Minnesota, achieved a rare single-game milestone, as she became the first player in program history with 20 or more points and 20 or more rebounds in the same game, achieving the feat against Oklahoma on January 25, 2020 (23 points, 20 rebounds).

(14/18) K-State Begins Home Stand Against Jackson State

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