K-State Ends 2022-23 Regular Season Against (12/17) Texas

GAME 31
(12/17) Texas (22-8, 13-4 Big 12) at K-State (16-14, 5-12 Big 12)
March 4, 2023 | 4 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum (11,000) | Manhattan, Kan.

Television
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Kristin Waller
Sideline: Lina Sattarin

Radio
K-State Sports Network
Online: kstatesports.com
Play-by-Play: Matt Walters
Analyst: Kindred Orpin

Live Stats
kstatesports.com

Series History vs. Texas
• Texas leads the series with K-State, 29-17.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 5-19 in his career against Texas.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - K-State (16-14, 5-12 Big 12) completes its 2022-23 regular season schedule on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m., as the Wildcats host (12/17) Texas (22-8, 13-4) on Senior Day.

• Saturday's game airs on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Kristin Waller (analyst) and Lina Sattarin (sideline) will have the call.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State WBB
1. Senior Day
• K-State will honor Emilee Ebert and Sarah Shematsi in a postgame ceremony on Saturday. Ebert is a four-year letterwinner for the Wildcats, who is averaging 4.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists. Shematsi in her lone season at K-State is averaging 5.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists.
2. K-State Climbing Free Throw Chart
• The Wildcats have made 484 free throws this season, which is the second-highest single-season total in school history. The school record stands at 506, set in 1983-84.
3. Gregory Surpasses 500-Point Mark
• Senior Gabby Gregory has scored 558 points this season, third most in a season since 2014-15.
4. 20x5 From Long Range
• With one made 3-pointer by Serena Sundell, K-State will register just the third season in program history in which five or more Wildcats made 20 or more 3-point field goals in a season (2002-03 & 2009-10).
5. Quick Handed Trio
• The sophomore trio of Brylee and Jaelyn Glenn and Serena Sundell have combined for 179 steals (Jaelyn - 73; Brylee - 53; Sundell - 53). Jaelyn leads the Big 12 in total steals, while Brylee and Sundell are tied for fourth. The trio have combined for the most steals among three teammates in the Big 12 this season.

Number to Know
2,142

• K-State has recorded 2,142 points this season, the sixth time in the Jeff Mittie era in which the Wildcats scored 2,000 or more points in a season.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State's point total this season ranks 12th.
• The 2,142 points this season marks the first time since the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons in which K-State tallied consecutive seasons with 2,000 or more points.

At a Glance: Texas
• (12/17) Texas (22-8, 13-4 Big 12) enters Saturday's Big 12 finale following a 63-54 home loss to Baylor on Feb. 27.
• The Longhorns are guided on the sideline by third-year head coach Vic Schaefer. The 1984 graduate of Texas A&M owns a career record of 373-196 (.656) during his 18 seasons which includes head coaching stops at Sam Houston State and Mississippi State. He led Mississippi State to a pair of NCAA Championship Game appearances and has guided the Longhorns to consecutive Elite Eight appearances with a 72-24 (.750) record.
• Texas features five players averaging double figures in scoring and are led by Shaylee Gonzales and Rori Harmon.
• Gonzales, a graduate transfer guard from Gilbert, Arizona, is averaging 12.5 points per game and 4.1 rebounds this season after playing at BYU.
• Harmon is averaging 12.2 points, 7.1 assists and 5.0 rebounds. Against Baylor, the sophomore guard from Houston, tallied 12 points, seven assists and seven rebounds.

Last Time Out
at Oklahoma 90, K-State 86 (ot) (March 1, 2023; Norman, Okla.)
• The Wildcats overcame a 22-point first half deficit to take a four-point lead late in the fourth quarter but ran out of momentum in overtime to capture its first road win of 2022-23.
• Dating back to its loss at NC State in the 2022 NCAA Tournament, K-State has lost 10 straight road games.
• Serena Sundell led K-State with a career-high 33 points, four assists, three rebounds and three steals. Jaelyn Glenn added 21 points, seven rebounds and six steals. Eliza Maupin carded a career-high 14 points off the bench.

Wildcats With 375+ Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 378-153 (.712) all-time inside Bramlage Coliseum, which is in its 35th season of existence.
• The Wildcats own a 13-3 record at home this season and tied the longest home-court winning streak in the Jeff Mittie era to open the season with nine wins.
• This is the 32nd time in program history that the Wildcats reached double figures in home victories. It marked the 24th season K-State has won 10 or more games in Bramlage.
• Over the last two seasons, K-State is 27-6 in home contests. The 27 wins are tied for the second-most in the Mittie era over a two-season span.
• In the 2021-22 season K-State finished with a 14-3 (.824) mark at home. The 14 home wins were the most since the 2016-17 season (14-4). The winning percentage of .824 was the highest since the 2010-11 season (.867; 13-2).
• In his career in games played in his home venue, Mittie is 381-110 (.776) including an 108-45 (.706) record at K-State.
• Kansas State has protected Bramlage Coliseum with determination against non-conference foes with a record of 219-29 (.883) with an active 19-game winning streak against non-con opponents. Mittie is 65-8 (.890) in non-conference games in Bramlage Coliseum.

K-State Against Ranked Opponents
• The Wildcats are 87-236 (.269) against teams ranked in the Associated Press (AP) poll including a 56-68 (.452) mark against AP ranked teams in Manhattan.
• The Wildcats are 2-3 this season against AP top-25 opponents.
• The Wildcats captured its first win over an Associated Press top-5 foe since the 2011-12 season by defeating fourth-ranked Iowa, 84-83, on Nov. 17, 2022 in Manhattan. K-State is 23-112 (.170) all-time in games against AP top-10 opponents including a 14-34 (.292) mark in games played in Manhattan.
• This was the highest ranked opponent K-State has defeated in Bramlage Coliseum and the highest to fall in Manhattan since Dec. 4, 1982, when the Wildcats downed second-ranked Old Dominion.
• The win over Iowa marked the second top-10 win for the Wildcats in two seasons, as K-State downed 10th-ranked Baylor on Jan. 2, 2022.
• K-State is 15-59 (.203) against AP ranked opponents in head coach Jeff Mittie's nine seasons.
• K-State faced a school-record 12 Associated Press (AP) top-15 opponents in the 2021-22 season. The Wildcats were 2-10 against AP ranked opponents last season.

Wildcats Picking Pockets
• Kansas State has displayed quick hands this season, as the Wildcats are second in the Big 12 in steals per game (9.43 spg).
• The Wildcats have pocketed 283 steals this season, the most since the 2017-18 season (294). Of the 528 opponent turnovers, 53.6 percent have come by way of a K-State steal.
• According to HerHoopStats.com, K-State ranks third in the Big 12 with a steal rate (percent of opponent plays that result in a steal) of 11.1 percent. During the Jeff Mittie era at K-State, the 2022-23 steal rate ranks second over the nine-season span, trailing the 2014-15 season (14.4 percent).
• The Wildcats own 13 games with 10 or more steals, including a season-high of 20 against Kansas City on Dec. 7. This marked the most steals by the Wildcats since Dec. 22, 2014, against Abilene Christian (24).
• K-State features three players with 50 or more steals this season: Jaelyn Glenn (73), Brylee Glenn (53) and Serena Sundell (53). The trio has the most combined steals of any three teammates in the Big 12 this season.
• This season marks the first since 2017-18 to feature three players with 50 or more steals in a season.

Block It & Pocket
• When combining blocks and steal totals in a single game, K-State is 27-1 over the last 15 seasons when achieving a combination of 20+ steals and blocks in the same game.
• K-State is 18-1 under head coach Jeff Mittie when achieving a combination of 20+ steals and blocks in the same game.
• The Wildcats recorded a combination totalling 28 (20 steals/eight blocks) against Kansas City on December 7, 2022. This tied for the highest total in the Mittie era, which was originally achieved against Abilene Christian on Dec. 22, 2014.

Wildcats Solid From the Arc
• K-State is firing away from beyond the arc, as they have tallied a 226-of-780 (.290) effort from long range. The Wildcats are receiving 31.7 percent of its points from 3-point range, which ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 10th among Power 5 schools.
• The Wildcats have made 226 three-point field goals, surpassing the 225-mark for the sixth time in program history and the second time in the Jeff Mittie era. K-State's 226 three-point field goals made are tied for the sixth-most in school history and the most since the 2012-13 season when K-State made a school record 325.
• With its 780 three-point attempts this season, K-State ranks second in school history for 3-point attempts in a season. This is the third season in school history with 700 or more three-point attempts and the first in the Mittie era.
• K-State's 7.53 three-point field goals made per game ranks fourth in the Big 12 this season and is the third-highest per game average for a single-season in school history.
• The Wildcats have made a season-high 12 three-pointers twice this season: against Clemson on Nov. 24 (12-of-28, .429) and at Kansas on Jan. 29 (12-of-34, .353). The 12 connections were the most since making 12 at West Virginia on Jan. 8, 2022.
• Against Wisconsin on Nov. 11, K-State was 10-of-38 (.263) from beyond the arc. The 38 attempts were the most in a game during the Mittie era and the most since the Wildcats attempted 41 against Oklahoma State on Jan. 23, 2013.
• In the Mittie era, the Wildcats have made five or more 3-pointers in a game 200 times in 285 total games including 31 games with 10 or more connections (27-4) from deep.
• In the nine seasons under Mittie, K-State has buried 1,717 three-pointers which is 6.02 per game.

Glenn Reaches Rare Lines
• Jaelyn Glenn continues to provide unique stat lines for K-State.
• For the season, Glenn's diverse stat line includes averaging 11.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.4 steals and 2.3 assists.
• Glenn is one of two players in the Big 12 this season currently averaging 11 or more points, five or more rebounds, two or more assists and two or more steals.
• Glenn ranks leads the Big 12 in steals per game for total steals (73). She is 24th in the nation for total steals.
• Glenn has established career season-highs for points (357), field goals made and attempted (132-of-320), 3-point field goals made (63), free throws made and attempted (30-of-46), steals (73) and blocked shots (11).
• She is the only player in the Big 12 and one of eight in the nation with 350 or more points, 150 or more rebounds and 70 or more steals this season. Glenn is the fifth Wildcat (five times) in program history to reach 350 or more points, 150 or more rebounds and 70 or more steals in a season.
• Glenn owns 11 games this season with the combined stat line of 10 or more points, five or more rebounds and two or more steals and 13 such games in her career.
• At Iowa State on Jan. 11, Glenn registered one of the most unique and diverse stat lines by a Wildcat since at least the 2009-10 season. Glenn tallied 17 points, 10 rebounds, six steals, three assists and two blocks. According to HerHoopStats, Glenn is the only Power 5 player in the nation and one of just four nationally this season to reach these marks in a game. She is the only K-State player to achieve these numbers in all of these categories in a game since 2009-10.
• Against West Virginia on Jan. 7, Glenn recorded her first career double-double with 10 points, 10 rebounds and three steals.
• In her career, Glenn has scored in double figures in 28 games, has 26 games with five or more rebounds and 32 games with two or more steals, including 11 with four or more.

Sundell Reaches Rare Space
• K-State sophomore guard Serena Sundell has recorded 325 or more career assists, becoming the 13th player in program history to reach the mark. She ranks 13th on the K-State career assists list with 328.
• Sundell is the first player during Jeff Mittie's tenure at K-State to register 300 or more career assists by the conclusion of their sophomore season. In total, Sundell is the third Wildcat with 300 or more assists by the conclusion of their sophomore season (Shalee Lehning, 368; Megan Mahoney, 321).
• Sundell is the first Wildcat in program history to register 750 or more career points and 325 or more career assists at the conclusion of their sophomore season.
• Among active Big 12 players, Sundell ranks third for career assists per game (5.21).

Gregory Diverse in Attack
• K-State senior guard Gabby Gregory has registered her first career season with 550 or more points, 140 or more free throws made and 70 or more 3-point field goals made.
• Gregory is one of four players in the nation this season with 550 or more points, 140 or more free throws made and 70 or more 3-point field goals made (Caitlin Clark, Iowa; Destiny Leo, Cleveland State; Kahlaijah Dean, Sacramento State).
• Gregory is the only player in program history to reach these marks in a season.
• According to HerHoopsStats.com, Gregory is the fifth player in the Big 12 (fifth time) since the 2009-10 season to register 550 or more points, 140 or more free throws and 70 or more 3-point field goals made in a season.

K-State Ends 2022-23 Regular Season Against (12/17) Texas

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Players Mentioned

Emilee Ebert

Brylee Glenn

Jaelyn Glenn

Gabby Gregory

Eliza Maupin

Sarah Shematsi

Serena Sundell

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