(7/7) K-State Visits TCU on Wednesday

GAME #19
(7/7) K-State (17-1, 5-0 Big 12) at TCU (14-4, 1-4 Big 12)
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 | 6:30 p.m. | Schollmaier Arena (6,700) | Fort Worth, Texas

TELEVISION
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Play-by-Play: Josh Sours
Analyst: Jada Curtis

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Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
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SERIES HISTORY vs. TCU
11-12
• TCU leads the series with K-State, 11-12.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 11-9 against TCU in his career.
• The Wildcats have won four of the last five meetings in the series.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - (7/7) K-State (17-1, 5-0 Big 12) makes a quick trip to Texas this week, as the Wildcats face TCU (14-4, 1-4) on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

• The Wildcats have started 17-1 for the first time since the 2008-09 season. With a win, K-State would achieve the third 18-1 start to a season in school history.
• Wednesday's game can be seen on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Josh Sours (play-by-play) and Jada Curtis (analyst) will have the call.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. K-State Among Top Defenses in Nation
• K-State leads the Big 12 and ranks sixth in the nation in scoring defense (51.61 ppg). The Wildcats lead the league and are second in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.317) and second in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.220). K-State has held 16 foes to under 60 points in a game this season.
2. We're Going Streaking!
• K-State has won 11 straight games, tied for the fifth-longest winning streak in program history and the longest since the 2008-09 squad won 14 consecutive games.
3. Cats Ascend to Top-10 in AP Poll
• For the first time in the Jeff Mittie era, K-State is ranked among the top-10 in the Associated Press top-25. The Wildcats are seventh this week, which is the highest ranking for the program since ranking fifth in the 2003-04 preseason AP poll.
4. Lee A Member of 2K/1K Club
• Senior center Ayoka Lee is the second active NCAA Division I WBB player (Elizabeth Kitley; Va. Tech) with 2,000 or more career points and 1,000 or more career rebounds. She is the only active Big 12 player in the 2K/1K club.
5. Lee The Queen Of The Blocks
• With her four blocks against Texas, Ayoka Lee broke the school record for career blocked shots, passing Breanna Lewis (282; 2013-17) with a total of 284. Lee ranks ninth in Big 12 history for career blocks.

Number to Know
5
• With a win on Wednesday, K-State would register its fifth road win of the season. This would tie for the third-most road wins in the Jeff Mittie era and mark the sixth time under Mittie's direction that the Wildcats have won five or more road games.
• With a win, K-State would tally its longest road winning streak since the 2018-19 season when K-State won five straight road games. seven consecutive road wins.
• The school record for consecutive road wins stands at seven which was achieved twice: 1980-81 and 2008-09.

Last Time Out
at (12/12) K-State 61, (10/10) Texas 58 (Jan. 13, 2024; Manhattan, Kan.)
• K-State collected its 12th straight home win, holding Texas to a season-low 58 points.
• The Wildcats won its 11th straight game, including its fifth straight Big 12 game.
• K-State was led by Ayoka Lee with 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting, 10 rebounds and blocked four shots. Lee surpassed the 2,000-point mark for her career and set the school record for career blocked shots (284).
• Serena Sundell added 12 points, dished five assists and pulled in six rebounds. Jaelyn Glenn tallied 10 points, three rebounds and pocketed two steals.

At a Glance: TCU
• TCU (14-4, 1-4 Big 12) enters Wednesday's matchup following a 77-66 loss at Houston on Saturday.
• TCU is guided on the sideline by first-year head coach Mark Campbell. The 2004 graduate of Hawai'i owns a career record of 53-28 (.654).
• The Horned Frogs feature are led by Sedona Prince and Madison Conner.
• Prince, a graduate trasnfer center from Liberty Hill, Texas, is averaging a Big 12-leading 21.2 points on a .573 field goal percentage and a team-best 10.6 rebounds. Prince has missed the last three games with a broken finger suffered in her last game on Jan. 3 at Baylor.
• Conner, a junior guard from Chandler, Arizona, is averaging 21.0 points per game to rank second in the Big 12, 5.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists. Conner leads the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made per game at 4.06 and is third in 3-point field goal percentage at .403. At Houston, Conner notched a team-high 20 points on 5-of-16 shooting, including 3-of-7 from long range and 7-of-8 from the foul line.

Wildcats Off to Fast Start
• Kansas State has opened the season with a 17-1 overall record.
• This is the best start for K-State in the Jeff Mittie era through the first 18 games and the best start for the Cats since 2008-09.
• In program history, K-State has opened a season 17-1 four times.

Wildcats Winning Streak
• K-State has pieced together one of the longest winning streaks in program history with its active 11-game winning streak.
• This is the longest winning streak in the Jeff Mittie era and is tied for the fifth-longest in school history.
• This is the 10th double-digit winning streak in school history and the longest since the 2008-09 season when the Wildcats carded a 14-game winning streak.
• K-State's winning streak is tied for the fourth-longest active winning streak in the nation.

K-State Among the Rankings
• Kansas State continued its stay in the Associated Press (AP) top-25 poll, as the Wildcats moved to 7th in the Jan. 15 poll.
• The Wildcats have achieved the program's highest ranking in the Jeff Mittie era (2014-present). It is the highest ranking for the program since the AP preseason poll for the 2003-04 season, when the Wildcats were ranked fifth.
• 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 238-88 (.730) record. In its history, K-State has now been ranked for 183 weeks in the AP poll.
• The Wildcats are ranked 7th in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll. This is the highest K-State has been ranked in the Coaches Poll since being ranked 5th in the preseason poll of the 2003-04 season.
• This season is the first time since the 2008-09 season that K-State has been ranked in eight straight USA Today/WBCA Coaches Polls.

Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 290-321 (.475) record in road games during the program's 56-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns a 130-142 (.478) mark in road contests.
• In his career in games played on the road, head coach Jeff Mittie is 166-201 (.452) including a 41-64 (.390) mark during his time at K-State.
• This season, K-State is 4-0 in road games. The four-game road winning streak is K-State's longest since a four-game streak in the 2021-22 season.
• With its win at Little Rock on Nov. 11, 2023, K-State snapped an 11-game road losing streak. This was tied for the longest road losing streak in program history.
• With its win at then second-ranked Iowa on Nov. 16, 2023, K-State secured its highest ranked road win in program history and ended a 14-game road losing streak against ranked opponents.

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 738 points (41.0 ppg) in the paint through 18 games which is 53.9 percent of K-State's overall point total this season.
• The Wildcats recorded a season-high of 58 against McNeese State on Dec. 6, 2023. This was the most points in the paint since scoring 58 against Oklahoma on Jan. 23, 2022.
• The Wildcats have scored 30 or more points in the paint in 16 games this season.
• K-State has 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.

Walker Wows in Debut
• Redshirt freshman Zyanna Walker has been a solid bench presence for the Wildcats in her debut season in the Little Apple.
• This season, Walker has scored in double figures in seven games and is fourth on the team in scoring at 8.0 points per game on a .500 field goal percentage, including a 3-point field goal percentage of .375, and 3.8 rebounds.
• Walker has made five or more field goals in seven games. She surpassed her point total from her five games at Louisville by the conclusion of her second game at K-State (23-13).
• Against Presbyterian, Walker registered 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting, including 3-of-3 from beyond the arc, off the bench in just over 12 minutes of action.
• The guard from Wichita, Kansas, equaled her point total from her five games played at Louisville in 2022-23.
• According to HerHoopStats.com, Walker was the only Wildcat in any game since at least the 2009-10 season with five or more made field goals and three or more 3-point field goals made and finish perfect from the field.

Glenn Finds the Range
• Jaelyn Glenn continued to be a perimeter threat for K-State.
• This season, the product of Kansas City, Missouri, is shooting 22-of-72 (.306) from beyond the arc. She has eight games with two or more connections from long range including a season-high three against Wisconsin and Jackson State.
• In her career, Glenn is 135-of-406 (.333) from long range. She has 42 career games with two or more connections from 3-point range including five games with four or more.
• The guard from Kansas City, Missouri, shot 71-of-195 (.364) from 3-point range in the 2022-23 season. Her 71 three-point field goals made last season were a personal single-season high and tied for fourth-most in a sophomore season in program history.
• Glenn was one of 13 sophomores in the nation in the 2022-23 season with 70 or more connections from 3-point range, including one of four in a Power 5 conference.
• Last season, she had a career-best 23 games with two or more connections from long range, including a season-high four against Northern Arizona on Nov. 25, at Iowa State on Jan. 11 and at West Virginia on Feb. 25.
• She was 10th in the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made per game (1.97).
• Glenn was unique nationally, as she was the only player in NCAA Division I with 70 or more 3-point field goals made and 90 or more steals.
• Glenn was the eighth player in program history and the second in the Jeff Mittie era (Kindred Wesemann) to tally 100 or more career 3-point field goals made and 125 or more career steals.

Sundell Uses Her Length
• Serena Sundell continues to use her length to disrupt her opponents on the defensive end.
• This season, Sundell is averaging 1.1 steals and 0.72 blocks. She has tallied five games with two or more steals and three games with two or more blocks.
• Against Presbyterian in the season-opener, Sundell registered three blocked shots and three steals.
• In her career, Sundell owns 62 career blocked shots (0.71 bpg) and owns the school record for career blocked shots by a guard.
• Sundell has 13 games with two or more blocks including a career-high four at Oklahoma State on Jan. 5, 2022.
• She has tallied 120 steals (1.38 spg) in her career and has 30 career games with two or more steals including seven career games with four or more steals.
• In the 2022-23 season, Sundell averaged 1.86 steals per game (67 steals) and 0.72 blocks (26 blocks). She ranked fifth in the Big 12 for steals per game and 12th for blocks per game. Sundell led the Wildcats with 26 blocks.
• Sundell set a new personal season-high for blocks and set the school record for blocks in a season by a guard (26). She achieved a personal season-high for steals with 67.
• Against Baylor on Feb. 15, Sundell registered a personal season-high five steals which equaled her single-game career-high.

Lee Nears Career Boards Record
• Ayoka Lee has continued to own the glass in her K-State career and is moving closer to the top spot in program history.
• Lee ranks second in school history for career rebounds with 1,034 and was the second player in school history with 1,000 or more career rebounds.
• With 54 rebounds, Lee will surpass Kendra Wecker (2001-05; 1,087) for the school record for rebounds in a career.
• She owns the school record for career rebounding average and ranks fourth in Big 12 history at 9.8 rebounds per game.
• Among active NCAA Division I players, Lee ranks eighth in the nation for career rebounding average and seventh for total rebounds.
• She owns the school record for career games with 15 or more rebounds (8).
• This season, Lee leads the Wildcats with 8.2 rebounds per game. She ranks seventh in the Big 12 for rebounds per game.
• In her last active season of 2021-22, Lee ranked second in the Big 12 and 31st in the nation with 10.3 rebounds per game. She ranked 17th in the nation in total rebounds (339). In Big 12-only games, Lee was second in the league in rebounding with 9.78 per game.
• With her 339 rebounds during the 2021-22 season, Lee set a new career single-season high and broke the school record for rebounds in a single-season.
• Lee was the eighth player in school history with three or more consecutive seasons with 200 or more rebounds and was the second player in program history (Peyton Williams) with two or more seasons with 300 or more rebounds.

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Ayoka Lee

Serena Sundell

Zyanna Walker

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