(4/2) K-State Hosts BYU on Saturday Afternoon

GAME #21
BYU (12-8, 2-5 Big 12) at (4/2) Kansas State (19-1, 8-0 Big 12)
Saturday, January 27, 2024 | 4 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum (11,010) | Manhattan, Kan.

PROMOTIONS & TICKETS
Promotions
Team Hally

Tickets
Call (800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com

TELEVISION
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Kristin Waller
Sideline: Hannah Whetstone

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
Flagship: Sunny 102.5 & 1350 KMAN
Online: kstatesports.com
Play-by-Play: Matt Walters
Analyst: Shaelyn Floyd

Game also available on SiriusXM Channel 139 or 200 and the SiriusXM app.

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

SERIES HISTORY vs. BYU
3-0
• K-State leads the series with BYU, 3-0.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 7-8 in his coaching career against BYU.
• The last meeting between the teams came on Nov. 16, 2011, in Manhattan, a 59-46 K-State win.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - (4/2) K-State (19-1, 8-0 Big 12) will spend Saturday in Bramlage Coliseum, as the Wildcats welcome in BYU (12-8, 2-5) at 4 p.m.

• The Wildcats have started 19-1 for the first time in school history. The 19 wins equal K-State's win total from the 2022-23 season. A win Saturday would send K-State to the program's 27th 20-win season.
• Saturday's game can be seen on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Kristin Waller (analyst) and Hannah Whetstone (sideline) will have the call.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. K-State Top-5 in Both Polls
• For the first time since the 2002-03 season, K-State is top-5 in both national polls. The Wildcats are 4th in the Associated Press poll and second in the WBCA/USA Today Coaches Poll. The number two ranking is the program's highest in the coaches poll since the third poll of 2002-03.
2. K-State Among Top Defenses in Nation
• K-State leads the Big 12 and ranks 4th in the nation in scoring defense (52.1 ppg). The Wildcats lead the league and are 2nd in the nation in FG percentage defense (.326) and leads the nation in 3-point FG percentage defense (.216). K-State has held 18 foes to under 60 points in a game this season, including 13 straight games.
3. We're Going Streaking!
• K-State has won 13 straight games, tied for the fourth-longest winning streak in program history and the longest since the 2008-09 squad won 14 consecutive games.
4. Home is Where the Wins Are
• K-State owns a 13-game home court win streak, the 9th longest in program history and tied for the 12th-longest active home court winning streak in the nation.
5. Sundell Moves into top-5 in Assists
• All-American candidate Serena Sundell moved into fifth in program history for career assists with 456, passing Mariah White (2009-13; 455).

Number to Know
9
• With a win on Saturday, K-State would win its ninth straight Big 12 game.
• A win would equal the longest conference win streak in program history, joining the 2002-03 and 2003-04 teams which collected nine straight wins in conference action.
• If K-State wins its ninth straight, it would mark the first time K-State has reached 9-0 since the formation of the league in 1996-97 and would mark the first time K-State swept the first half of its league slate since the Big 12 expanded to an 18-game league schedule in 2012-13.
• K-State's current eight-game winning streak in Big 12 play is the longest conference win streak in the Jeff Mittie era and tied for the third-longest.

Last Time Out
(4/7) K-State 58, at (13/13) Baylor 55 (Jan. 22, 2024; Waco, Texas)
• K-State won in Waco for the second time in program history to extend its overall win streak to 13 and its road winning streak to five, its longest since 2012-13 and 2018-19.
• The win on Monday came in head coach Jeff Mittie's 1,000th career game as a head coach.
• K-State was led by Serena Sundell with 16 points, five rebounds, four steals and three assists. Gabby Gregory tallied 16 points and four assists, while Eliza Maupin came off the bench to card a career-high 16 points on 6-of-6 shooting and hauled in nine rebounds.

At a Glance: BYU
• BYU (12-8, 2-5 Big 12) enters Saturday's game following a 60-46 win over Texas Tech last Saturday.
• On the sideline, BYU is led by second-year head coach Amber Whiting. Whiting, a 2001 graduate of BYU, is 28-25 (.528) during her time in Provo.
• On the floor, the Cougars feature three players in double figures including senior Lauren Gustin and freshmen Kailey Woolston and Amari Whiting.
• Gustin leads the nation in rebounding at 15.2 per game. The product of Salem, Utah, is the national active career leader for rebounds with 1,214 (13.8 rpg). Gustin also paces BYU in scoring at 15.6 points per game on a .525 field goal percentage. Against Texas Tech, Gustin tallied 17 points and 14 rebounds, including eight offensive boards.
• Woolston is second on the team in scoring with 13.8 points per game on a .477 field goal percentage including a .452 three-point field goal percentage. Against the Lady Raiders, Woolston tallied 15 points.
• Whiting is third on the squad in scoring with 10.9 points per game and is second on the team in rebounding (5.0 rpg) and assists per game (3.8 apg).

Wildcats Winning Streak
• K-State has pieced together one of the longest winning streaks in program history with its active 13-game winning streak.
• This is the longest winning streak in the Jeff Mittie era and is tied for the fourth-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 second-longest active winning streak in the nation.
• K-State's current eight-game winning streak in Big 12 play is the longest conference win streak in the Jeff Mittie era and tied for the third-longest conference win streak in program history. The school record for consecutive conference wins stands at nine straight in both the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons.

K-State Among the Rankings
• Kansas State continued its climb in the Associated Press (AP) top-25 poll, as the Wildcats moved to 4th in the Jan. 22 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 since the 2002-03 season when K-State was ranked 4th on March 3.
• Since making its poll debut on Nov. 20 this season, K-State has been ranked for 10 consecutive weeks this season. This is the longest consecutive streak for K-State since a 12-week stretch in the 2008-09 season. In its history, K-State has now been ranked for a total of 184 weeks in the AP poll.
• As an AP ranked team, K-State owns a 241-88 (.733) record.
• The Wildcats are ranked 2nd in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll. This is the highest K-State has been ranked in the Coaches Poll since being ranked 2nd in the third poll of the 2002-03 season.
• This season is the first time since the 2008-09 season that K-State has been ranked in nine straight USA Today/WBCA Coaches Polls.

Wildcats With 375+ Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 391-154 (.717) all-time inside Bramlage Coliseum, which is in its 36th season of existence.
• This season, the Wildcats are 11-0 in Bramlage. When including its two wins in the 2023 WNIT at the end of the 2022-23 season, K-State is currently on a 13-game home court winning streak, the longest in the Jeff Mittie era and the ninth-longest in program history and the fifth-longest at Bramlage.
• This is the 33rd time in program history that the Wildcats reached double figures in home victories. It is the 25th season K-State has won 10 or more games in Bramlage.
• Over the last three seasons, K-State is 40-7 (.851) in home contests. This is the highest home winning percentage over a three-season span under Mittie.
• In his career in games played in his home venue, Mittie is 395-111 (.781) including an 121-46 (.725) record at K-State.
• Kansas State has protected Bramlage Coliseum with determination against non-conference foes with a record of 228-29 (.887) with an active 28-game winning streak against non-con opponents. Mittie is 74-8 (.902) in non-conference games in Bramlage.
• The Wildcats carded a 15-4 record at home in the 2022-23 season and tied the longest home-court winning streak in the Mittie era to open the season with nine wins.

Filling Up the Purple Palace
• This season, the Wildcats rank 26th in the nation and fifth in the Big 12 for total attendance (48,268). K-State is 27th in the nation and fifth in the league in average attendance (4,388 average; 11 home games).
• K-State had a season-high 9,602 fans against Kansas on Jan. 20, 2024. This was the largest women's basketball crowd in Bramlage Coliseum since Dec. 11, 2016, against UConn.
• When the crowd is 7,500 or more in Bramlage Coliseum, K-State is 44-12 (.786) including a record of 18-5 (.783) when the crowd is 10,000 or more.
• The Wildcats moved into Bramlage Coliseum prior to the start of the 1988-89 season and have seen 2,016,604 fans pass through the doors. K-State reached the 2,000,000 mark for women's basketball attendance on Jan. 13, 2024 against Texas.

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 52.1 points per game and a field goal percentage of .326.
• The Wildcats lead the Big 12 and rank fourth in the nation for scoring defense, leads the Big 12 and are second in the nation for field goal percentage defense and leads the nation for 3-point field goal percentage defense (.216). According to HerHoopStats, K-State is second in the nation and leads the Big 12 in opponent points per 100 possessions (72.8).
• Under Mittie, K-State is 124-14 (.899) when holding its foes to 60 points or less including a 44-2 (.957) record over the last three seasons and an 18-0 record this season. During K-State's 13-game winning streak, the Wildcats have held all 13 opponents to 60 or fewer points.
• In the season-opener, K-State held Presbyterian to 35 points. 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 135-3 (.978) when holding an opponent to 49 points or less including a 54-0 mark in the Mittie era. During Mittie's tenure K-State has held 18 opponents to 40 or fewer points.
• The Wildcats held Iowa on Nov. 16 to 58 points, 34 points below its 2023-24 season average and their fewest points since 2019.

K-State Holds Foes to Single-Digits
• Entering the ninth season of the quarter system in women's college basketball, K-State's defense has limited its opponents point production for 10 minute durations.
• Kansas State is 91-28 (.765) when holding an opponent to single digits in any quarter in a game. The Wildcats are 13-0 this season when holding an opponent to single digits in any quarter of a game.
• This season, K-State has held its opponents to 21 quarters with single digits.
• K-State held Presbyterian and Little Rock to three quarters in each game with single digit scoring.
• The Wildcats held Cincinnati on Dec. 30 to a season-low three points in the second quarter on a 6.3 percent (1-of-16) from the field.
• Against Houston on Jan. 3, K-State limited Houston to 14 second half points including five points in the fourth quarter. The 14 points in the second half were the fewest K-State has allowed in the second half this season and fewest since holding Clemson on Nov. 24, 2022, to nine second half points.
• At Baylor on Jan. 22, the Wildcats held the Bears to 16 points in the second half allowing eight points in both the third and fourth quarters. This was the first time in 10 years that Baylor was held under 20 points in the second half of a game.

Wildcats Picking Pockets
• The Wildcats continue to swipe the basketball at a high rate. K-State has 171 steals (8.6 spg) this season. Of the 332 opponent turnovers this season, 51.5 percent have come off a K-State steal.
• K-State has eight games with 10 or more steals this season.
• K-State opened the 2023-24 season with 18 steals against Presbyterian. Of the 24 turnovers by the Blue Hose, 75.0 percent came from a Wildcat steal.
• The Wildcats saw each member of its starting five record two or more steals, led by Jaelyn Glenn and Brylee Glenn with four steals each.
• Since joining the Wildcats as freshmen in the 2021-22 season, the trio of the Glenn sisters and Serena Sundell have combined for 428 steals (4.81 per game in 89 games). The 428 steals in the last three seasons are 56.9 percent of K-State's 752 total steals.
• Kansas State displayed quick hands in the 2022-23 season, as the Wildcats pocketed 336 steals and were second in the Big 12 in steals per game (9.33 spg). Of the 614 opponent turnovers, 54.7 percent came by way of a K-State steal.
• According to HerHoopStats.com, K-State ranked third in the Big 12 with a steal rate (percent of opponent plays that result in a steal) of 11.0 percent. During the Jeff Mittie era at K-State, the 2022-23 steal rate ranked second over the nine-season span, trailing the 2014-15 season (14.4 percent).
• K-State featured three players with 60 or more steals last season: Jaelyn Glenn (91), Sundell (67) and Brylee Glenn (61). The trio had the most combined steals of any three teammates in the Big 12 last season (219).
• Since at least the 2009-10 season, the 2022-23 season marked the first time K-State featured three players with 60 or more steals.

Sundell Surpasses 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 1,073 points (12.1 ppg) and was the 45th player in school history to score 1,000 points in her career and currently ranks 37th on the K-State career scoring list. She has tallied double figures in 57 career games.
• This season, Sundell is averaging 11.1 points on a career-high .548 field goal percentage. She registered a personal season-high 22 points at UCF on Jan. 6 and has scored in double figures in 12 games, including two games with 20 or more.
• 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.

Maupin Emerges
• Eliza Maupin has aided the K-State attack in the last two games.
• In her last two games, Maupin is averaging 12.0 points on a perfect 9-of-9 shooting, 7.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals. At Baylor, Maupin recorded a career-high 16 points with a career-best six field goals made and hauled in nine rebounds. In the two games, Maupin nearly scored more points than she had scored the entire season (24 to 26).
• This season, K-State is averaging 3.3 points on a career-best .760 field goal percentage, 2.3 rebounds and 0.6 steals. In her last three games with a field goal attempt (vs. Southern, vs. Kansas, at Baylor), Maupin is a perfect 11-of-11 from field.
• Maupin emerged as a dynamic player off the bench late in the 2022-23 season for the Wildcats.
• Over the last 10 games of the 2022-23 season, the forward from Webster Groves, Missouri, averaged 6.6 points on a .585 field goal percentage, 4.2 rebounds and 0.7 blocks in 17.0 minutes of action.
• In her first 12 Big 12 games, Maupin had scored 17 points and pulled in 11 rebounds.
• Maupin averaged 4.1 points on a .571 field goal percentage with 2.9 rebounds in the 2022-23 season. She had six games with 10 or more points including a pair of double-doubles.

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Brylee Glenn

Jaelyn Glenn

Gabby Gregory

Eliza Maupin

Serena Sundell

Kansas State University Athletics