(15/14) K-State Set for Senior Night Against Iowa State

GAME #29
Iowa State (16-10, 10-6 Big 12) at (15/14) Kansas State (23-5, 12-4 Big 12)
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 | 6:30 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum (11,010) | Manhattan, Kan.

TELEVISION
Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Missy Heidrick
Sideline: Sophie Smith

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

LIVE STATS
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SERIES HISTORY vs. Iowa State
54-48
• K-State leads the series with Iowa State, 54-48.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 8-18 against Iowa State.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - (15/14) K-State (23-5, 12-4 Big 12) completes its 2023-24 regular season home schedule on Wednesday night, as the Wildcats host Iowa State (16-10, 10-6) at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday's game is Senior Night, as K-State will recognize Rebekah Dallinger, Gabby Gregory and Ayoka Lee in a postgame ceremony.

• With a win on Wednesday, K-State will secure its 13th Big 12 win of the season. A 13th league win would be the most since the 2007-08 season (13).
• Wednesday's game can be seen on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Missy Heidrick (analyst) and Sophie Smith (sideline) will have the call.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. K-State Approaching Blocks Record
• With 12 more blocked shots, K-State will set the school single-season record for blocks. The current record for 170 was set in 2021-22.
2. Cats Among Top Defenses in Nation
• K-State leads the Big 12 in scoring defense (56.3 ppg). The Wildcats lead the league and are 9th in the nation in FG percentage defense (.350) and 3-point FG percentage defense (.258).
3. No Place Like Home
• K-State enters Wednesday's contest with a 17-game home court winning streak, fifth-longest in program history. A win would equal the fourth-longest home court winning streak in program history and tie the longest in Bramlage Coliseum history.
4. Lee On Defense
• Ayoka Lee needs four blocks to become the first player in program history with 300 or more career blocks and 100 or more career steals.
5. Glenn Nearing Rare 3 & D Club
• With one made 3-point field goal, junior guard Jaelyn Glenn would become the fourth player in school history with 150 or more 3-point field goals made and 175 or more career steals. (Claire Coggins, Kendra Wecker & Kindred Wesemann.)

Number to Know
44
• K-State is 44-7 (.863) over the last three seasons in games played in Bramlage Coliseum.
• The 44 home wins are the most in a three-season span during the Jeff Mittie era and the second-most in program history.
• The home winning percentage of .863 over the last three seasons is the highest in the Mittie era and the third-highest since K-State moved into Bramlage Coliseum in 1988-89.

At a Glance: Iowa State
• Iowa State (16-10, 10-6 Big 12) enters Wednesday's game following a 74-49 home win over BYU on Saturday.
• On the sideline, Iowa State is guided by 29th-year head coach Bill Fennelly. In his time with the Cyclones, Fennelly has achieved a record of 605-311 (.661). Fennelly is the longest tenured head coach among the Big 12's head coaches.
• On the floor, the Cyclones are led by freshmen Audi Crooks and Addy Brown.
• Crooks, a native of Algona, Iowa, leads Iowa State in scoring at 18.3 points per game on a .580 field goal percentage with 7.6 rebounds. She was named Big 12 Player and Freshman of the Week for her performances last week, including 18 points, nine rebounds and three assists against BYU.
• Brown is second on the team in scoring with 13.0 points per game, leads the squad on the glass at 8.5 rebounds per game and is second in assists with 5.0 per game.

Last Time Out
at Kansas 58 (10/9), K-State 55 (Feb. 25, 2024; Lawrence, Kan.)
• For the first time this season (18-1), K-State saw a halftime lead slip away as Kansas ended the game on an 11-4 run.
• After winning five straight road games to open the season, K-State has now lost four straight road games.
• The Wildcats are 5-3 in games decided by five points or less this season.
• K-State was led by All-American candidate Ayoka Lee with 14 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, three blocks and two steals. Taryn Sides added a career-high 11 points off the bench.

Wildcats Near 400 Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 395-154 (.719) all-time inside Bramlage Coliseum, which is in its 36th season of existence.
• This season, the Wildcats are 15-0 in Bramlage which is the longest in-season win streak since 2002-03 (19). When including its two wins in the 2023 WNIT at the end of the 2022-23 season, K-State is currently on a 17-game home court winning streak, the longest in the Jeff Mittie era and the fifth-longest in program history and the second-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 44-7 (.863) 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 399-111 (.782) including an 125-46 (.731) 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 24th in the nation and fifth in the Big 12 for total attendance (73,878). K-State is 25th in the nation and fifth in the league in average attendance (4,925 average; 15 home games).
• K-State's total attendance this season of 73,878 ranks ninth in school history for a season. The average attendance this season of 4,925 ranks seventh in school history.
• 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 45-12 (.789) 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 2,042,214 fans pass through the doors. K-State reached the 2,000,000 mark for women's basketball attendance on Jan. 13, 2024 against Texas.

Magic Number is 70 Points
• Since the 2014-15 season, K-State is 105-20 (.840) when scoring 70 or more points in a game.
• The Wildcats are averaging 72.5 points per game this season and have scored 70 or more points in a game 15 times (13-2).
• K-State has scored 2,031 points this season. This is the third straight season K-State has registered 2,000 or more points and the seventh time in the Jeff Mittie era (2014-present).
• Kansas State tallied a season-high 102 points against Oral Roberts on Dec. 18 and tallied 101 points against McNeese State on Dec. 6.
• This is the first time since the 2002-03 season in which the Wildcats have scored 100 or more points in two or more games in a season.
• In its history, K-State has scored 100 or more points in a game 28 times (28-0) including five times under Mittie.

Wildcats Solid From the Arc
• The Wildcats have continued to spread the floor from long range after a record pace a season ago.
• This season, K-State is shooting 30.7 percent (181-of-589) from 3-point range. K-State's 181 made 3-pointers (6.5 per game) represents 26.7 percent of its point total.
• Against Wisconsin on Nov. 19, the Wildcats made a season-high 11 three-pointers and shot 44.0 percent (11-of-25). The 11 connections came from six different players.
• K-State has had seven different players register at least one game with three or more connections from long range this season (Gabby Gregory, 5x; Jaelyn Glenn, 3x; Gisela Sanchez, 2x; Taryn Sides, 2x; Brylee Glenn; Serena Sundell; Zyanna Walker).
• The 2023-24 Wildcats are the fourth team in program history and to have five or more players make 20 or more 3-pointers in a season. When combined with the effort of the 2022-23 season, this marks the first time in program history K-State has recorded consecutive seasons with five or more players on the roster making 20 or more 3-pointers in a season.
• In the Jeff Mittie era, the Wildcats have made five or more 3-pointers in a game 226 times in 319 total games including 37 games with 10 or more connections (w-l: 32-5) from deep.
• In the 10 seasons under Mittie, K-State has buried 1,937 three-pointers which is 6.07 per game.
• K-State fired away from beyond the arc in 2022-23, as they tallied a 265-of-898 (.295) effort from long range.
• The Wildcats made 265 three-point field goals, surpassing the 250-mark for the third time in program history and the first time in the Mittie era. K-State's 265 three-point field goals made were the second-most in school history and the most since the 2012-13 season when K-State made a school record 325.

Lee The Defender
• Ayoka Lee remains as one of the top interior defenders in the nation and is on the verge of a statistical milestone.
• The two-time Naismith Women's National Defensive Player of the Year candidate needs four blocked shots to become the first player in program history with 300 or more career blocks and 100 or more career steals.
• Earlier this season, Lee became the fifth player in school history with 100 or more blocks and 100 or more steals in a career and the first since Peyton Williams (2016-20).

(15/14) K-State Set for Senior Night Against Iowa State

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Players Mentioned

Rebekah Dallinger

Brylee Glenn

Jaelyn Glenn

Gabby Gregory

Ayoka Lee

Gisela Sanchez

Taryn Sides

Serena Sundell

Zyanna Walker

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