2023-24 K-State WBB Season in Review
Apr 18, 2024 | Women's Basketball
56th Season
26-8, 13-5 Big 12 | 3rd in Big 12 | 2024 NCAA Tournament Second Round | 19th in AP/18th in Coaches
MANHATTAN, Kansas - Playing its 56th season, K-State (26-8, 13-5 Big 12) registered the 18th NCAA Tournament appearance and the 34th postseason appearance overall.
• K-State's 26 wins were the most for the program since 2002-03 and tied for the third most wins in a single season in program history.
• The Wildcats finished one spot higher (3rd) than its preseason predicted spot in the 2023-24 Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll (4th), which was the 19th time in the 26 seasons in which there has been a preseason poll and a final standing attached to it.
• Under the guidance of 10th year head coach Jeff Mittie, K-State made its eighth postseason appearance since 2014-15. With his efforts on the sideline this season, Mittie was named to the 2023-24 Werner Ladder Naismith Women's Coach of the Year Late Season Watch List.
• The Wildcats registered a 5-4 record against Associated Press top-25 opponents, the eighth season in program history with a .500 or better record against AP foes and the first since 2007-08. The five wins were tied for the second-most in a season in program history and the most since 2003-04.
• Kansas State defeated then-2nd-ranked Iowa on the road and then 10th-ranked Texas, which was the first time since the 2011-12 season that K-State defeated two AP top-10 foes in the same season.
• With its win over Iowa, the Wildcats captured its second-ever win over an AP number two ranked foe and first since the 1982-83 season. This was the highest ranked opponent K-State has defeated on the road. According to ESPN Stats & Info, K-State became the first NCAA Division I women's basketball program in the last 25 years to be unranked and defeat the same Associated Press top-5 team in consecutive seasons.
• K-State ranked 16th in the nation in total attendance (99,552) and 19th in the nation in average attendance (5,531).
• K-State was led by 2024 All-American Ayoka Lee, 2024 All-Big 12 First Team selection Serena Sundell and 2024 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Gabby Gregory.
• This was the third time in program history (2003-04 and 2004-05) that the roster featured a career 2,000-point scorer (Lee), a career 1,500-point scorer (Gregory) and a career 1,000-point scorer (Sundell) at the same time.
• Lee, a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection and a Big 12 All-Defensive Team recipient, led the Wildcats by achieving her second career season with 500 or more points, 200 or more rebounds and 75 or more blocks. Lee averaged 19.7 points on a .619 field goal percentage, 8.6 rebounds and 2.8 blocks.
• Sundell averaged 12.1 points on a career-best .536 field goal percentage, hauled in 3.9 rebounds and dished out a career-high 5.6 assists.
• Sundell's assist total was a new career-high and tied for the fifth-highest in school history for a single season.
• Gregory set a career-high for assists (114; 3.4 apg) and registered 9.4 points per game. She led the Wildcats in 3-point field goals made (52).
Number to Know I
631
• K-State dished out 631 assists (18.6 apg) this season, setting the school record for a single season.
• The Wildcats have tallied 600 or more assists for the third time in program history and the first time since 2002-03.
• This marks the third straight season K-State has handed out 500 or more assists. This is the second time the Wildcats have registered 500 or more assists in three or more straight seasons and the first time since carding five straight seasons of 500 or more assists from 2001-06.
• K-State's 18.6 assists per game ranked second in school history for a single season.
• The Wildcats featured four players with 50 or more assists this season: Serena Sundell (189), Gabby Gregory (114), Taryn Sides (92) and Jaelyn Glenn (69).
Number to Know II
178
• K-State blocked a single-season school record 178 shots in the 2023-24 season.
• This was the sixth season under head coach Jeff Mittie in which K-State has blocked 150 or more shots. Prior to Mittie's arrival in 2014-15, K-State had blocked 150 or more shots in a season four times since blocks became an official stat in 1982-83.
• K-State had a blocked shot differential of +95 in the 2023-24 season (178-83), also a school record. K-State has 22 seasons with a positive blocked shot differential.
• K-State featured seven players with 10 or more blocks this season, including Ayoka Lee with 75.
Team Odds & Ends from 2023-24
• K-State's total attendance of 99,552 was the fifth-highest in program history. K-State's average attendance of 5,531 was the sixth-highest in program history.
• The Wildcats registered a 14-game winning streak from Dec. 1, 2023, to Jan. 31, 2024. This was tied for the second-longest winning streak in program history.
• Kansas State opened the season with a 20-1 overall record. This was the best 21-game start in program history.
• This was the fastest a K-State team reached the 20-win mark in the history of the program.
• The Wildcats were one of two teams in the nation to secure 20 wins before the end of January (Gonzaga).
• K-State was ranked as high as 2nd in both the Associated Press and the USA Today/WBCA Coaches top-25 polls during the week of Jan. 29, 2024. According to StatsPerform, K-State is the first NCAA Division I women's basketball program to go from unranked in the preseason poll to ranked either 1st or 2nd in the same season.
• The Wildcats were ranked for 19 consecutive weeks in the AP and Coaches polls beginning on Nov. 20, 2023, and running through the end of the season.
• In the 2023-24 season, K-State tallied a 16-2 (.889) mark at home. The 16 home wins were the most since the 2002-03 season (19-1).
• Kansas State scored 2,437 points in the 2023-24 season. Under Mittie, K-State has scored 2,000 or more points in a season seven times.
• K-State's scoring average of 71.7 points per game is the highest in Mittie era and first time since the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons to average 70.0 or more points in consecutive seasons.
• K-State's 218 three-point field goals made marks the seventh time in 10 seasons in which the Wildcats made 180 or more 3-point field goals.
• The 2023-24 Wildcats were the fourth team in program history 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.
• K-State handed out a school record 631 assists in the 2023-24 season, the third time in program history with 600 or more assists in a season.
• K-State's 18.6 assists per game ranked second in school history for a single season.
• K-State's assisted shot rate of 68.2 percent was the third-highest in the Mittie era. Since assists became an officially tracked stat in 1981-82, K-State has registered an assisted shot rate of 60.0 percent or higher at the end of a season 24 times in its history.
• K-State blocked a single-season school record 178 shots in the 2023-24 season.
• The Wildcats tied for second for blocks per game with 5.2 per game and led the Big 12 for blocks and blocks per game.
• In the 2023-24 season, the Wildcats limited opponents to 57.9 points per game and a field goal percentage of .362.
• K-State's scoring defense this season was the lowest in the Mittie era and the lowest since the 2011-12 season (57.4).
• The opponent field goal percentage was the lowest during Mittie's time in Manhattan and the fifth-lowest in program history and the third-lowest since the 1981-82 season.
• Ayoka Lee became the first player in program history and the third in Big 12 history with 2,000 or more points, 1,000 or more rebounds and 300 or more blocked shots.
• Lee climbed into third on the K-State career scoring list, registering 2,194 career points.
• Lee is the fifth player in program history to register four seasons to average 10 or more points and five or more rebounds.
• Lee set the school career record for rebounds with 1,118. She also holds the school career record for rebounding average at 9.8.
• Lee blocked 75 shots in the 2023-24 season, which ranks sixth in school history for a season. Her 75 blocks makes her the first player in program history with 75 or more blocks in three or more seasons.
• Lee was one of three players in the nation to average 19.0 or more points and shoot 60.0 percent or better from the field.
• Serena Sundell became the first player in program history to average 10.0 or more points and 5.0 or more assists in three or more seasons.
• Sundell became the second player the 56-season history of the program to shoot 50.0 percent or better from the field and dish out 5.0 assists or more (Shalee Lehning, 3x).
• Sundell's 189 assists this season were a new career-high and tied for fifth in school history for a season. Her 5.6 assists per game tied for sixth in school history for a season.
• Serena Sundell (189) and Gabby Gregory (114) combined for 303 assists this season, which is second in school history for combined assists by two players in a season and the second time in program history that two players combined for 300 or more assists in a season.
• Jaelyn Glenn moved into the top-10 in program history for career steals, ranking 10th with 205.
• Glenn is the fourth player in program history with 150 or more career 3-point field goals made and 175 or more career steals.
K-State Among the Rankings
• Kansas State remains in the Associated Press (AP) top-25 poll, as the Wildcats rose to 15th in the March 18 poll.
• The Wildcats achieved the program's highest ranking in the Jeff Mittie era (2014-present), as the team was ranked 2nd on Jan. 29. It was the highest ranking for the program in the AP poll since Nov. 25, 2002 when K-State was ranked 2nd.
• According to Stats Perform, K-State was the first women's program since the start of the AP poll in 1976 to go from unranked in the preseason to either No. 1 or No. 2 in the same season.
• Since making its poll debut on Nov. 20 this season, K-State has been ranked for 18 consecutive weeks this season. This is the longest consecutive streak for K-State since being ranked for the entirety of the 2004-05 season. In its history, K-State has now been ranked for a total of 192 weeks in the AP poll.
• As an AP ranked team, K-State owns a 247-94 (.724) record.
• The Wildcats are ranked 16th in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll. K-State reached a high of 2nd in the Coaches Poll for two straight weeks this season, its highest 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 18 straight USA Today/WBCA Coaches Polls.
K-State Against Ranked Opponents
• The Wildcats are 92-242 (.275) against teams ranked in the Associated Press (AP) poll including a 58-70 (.453) mark against AP ranked teams in Manhattan.
• The Wildcats were 5-4 this season against AP top-25 opponents and were one of 11 teams in the nation with five wins against AP top-25 foes.
• This is the fifth time in program history that K-State has won five or more games against AP ranked foes in a season. The five wins are the most since the 2003-04 season when the Wildcats won five games against ranked opponents.
• The Wildcats captured its second-ever win over an Associated Press number two ranked foe and first since the 1982-83 season by defeating then-second-ranked Iowa, 65-58, on Nov. 16, 2023 in Iowa City. K-State is 24-114 (.174) all-time in games against AP top-10 opponents.
• This was the highest ranked opponent K-State has defeated on the road.
• According to ESPN Stats & Info, K-State became the first NCAA Division I women's basketball program in the last 25 years to be unranked and defeat the same Associated Press top-5 team in consecutive seasons.
• According to Stats Perform, K-State is the sixth team to defeat an AP second-ranked team on the road since 1999-00.
• The wins over Iowa and 10th-ranked Texas marked the third and fourth top-10 wins for the Wildcats in three seasons, as K-State downed fourth-ranked Iowa on Nov. 17, 2022, and 10th-ranked Baylor on Jan. 2, 2022.
• K-State is 20-65 (.235) against AP ranked opponents in head coach Jeff Mittie's 10 seasons.
Halftime Lead = K-State 'W'
• Since the 2001-02 season, K-State is 375-52 (.878) when leading at the break, including a 20-2 record in the 2023-24 season.
• K-State is 149-19 (.887) when leading at the break under head coach Jeff Mittie.
• Since the start of the 2007-08 season, K-State is 281-19 (.937) when leading with five minutes to play including a 165-8 (.954) record under Mittie.
Magic Number is 70 Points
• Since the 2014-15 season, K-State is 106-21 (.835) when scoring 70 or more points in a game.
• The Wildcats averaged 71.7 points per game this season and scored 70 or more points in a game 18 times (15-3). This was the highest scoring average in a season under head coach Jeff Mittie.
• K-State scored 2,437 points this season. This was the third straight season K-State registered 2,000 or more points and the seventh time in the Mittie era (2014-present).
• K-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.
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 37-5 (.881) when shooting 50.0 percent or better.
• K-State tallied a season-high 57.4 percent (27-of-47) effort from the field against West Virginia on March 9. The Wildcats have shot 50.0 percent or better from the field in a game eight times this season (7-1).
• The Wildcats shot 45.6 percent from the field this season, which ranked third in the Big 12 and 25th in the nation.
• K-State owned 48 quarters with a field goal percentage of 50.0 percent or better. This was the most quarters with a field goal percentage of 50.0 percent or better since the beginning of the quarter system in 2015-16. Of the 136 regulation quarters played this season, the Wildcats have tallied a 50.0 percent field goal percentage or better in 35.3 percent of quarters played.
• The Wildcats made a season-high 40 field goals against McNeese State on Dec. 6 and against Oral Roberts on Dec. 18. The 40 made field goals were the most by a K-State team since making 41 field goals on Nov. 26, 2004.
20-Pt Quarters For the Wildcats
• Since the inception of the quarter system in the 2015-16 season, K-State owns an overall record of 132-62 (.680) when scoring 20 or more points in any quarter in a game.
• This season, K-State had 42 quarters with 20 or more points scored (21-4).
• The Wildcats scored a season-high 36 points in the third quarter against Missouri on Dec. 9. The 36 points tied the school record for points in any quarter (36, at Omaha, 12/8/21) and set the school record for points in a third quarter.
• Since the 2015-16 season, K-State has registered 309 quarters with 20 or more points with a high of 50 in the 2022-23 season.
• K-State registered six straight quarters of 20 points or more in the final three quarters against Oral Roberts on Dec. 18, followed by the first three quarters against Southern on Dec. 20.
Sharing is Caring
• K-State continues to be an unselfish squad at the start of the 2023-24 season.
• The Wildcats handed out 631 assists (18.6 apg) and own an assist to turnover ratio of 1.31. K-State has tallied an assisted shot rate of 68.2.
• K-State was third in the Big 12 and 12th in the nation for assists per game and were second in the league and ranked sixth in the nation for assisted shot rate. K-State led the Big 12 and ranked 18th in the nation for assist to turnover ratio.
• K-State's assisted shot rate of 68.2 percent was the third-highest in the Mittie era. Since assists became an officially tracked stat in 1981-82, K-State has registered an assisted shot rate of 60.0 percent or higher at the end of a season 24 times in its history.
• Serena Sundell (189) and Gabby Gregory (114) combined for 303 assists this season, which was second in school history for combined assists by two K-State players in a season.
• Against McNeese State, K-State dished out 29 assists on 40 made field goals. The 29 assists were the most since handing out 30 against Incarnate Word on Dec. 3, 2019.
• Over the last 16 years, the Wildcats are 92-8 (.920) when handing out 20 or more assists.
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 scored 1,268 points (37.3 ppg) in the paint which was 52.0 percent of K-State's overall point total in the 2023-24 season.
• The 1,268 points in the paint were the most scored in the lane in Jeff Mittie's 10 seasons in Manhattan. K-State has scored 1,000 or more points in the paint in four of Mittie's 10 seasons.
• 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 scored 30 or more points in the paint in 26 games this season. K-State outscored its opponents in 27 games.
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 held opponents to 57.9 points per game and a field goal percentage of .362.
• The Wildcats led the Big 12 and were 17th in the nation for field goal percentage defense, were third in the Big 12 and rank 40th in the nation for scoring defense and were second in the Big 12 and 12th in the nation for 3-point field goal percentage defense (.266). According to HerHoopStats, K-State is sixth in the nation and second in the Big 12 in opponent points per 100 possessions (80.2).
• K-State's field goal percentage defense ranked third in program history since the 1981-82 season and fifth overall in program history.
• Under Mittie, K-State is 126-15 (.894) when holding its foes to 60 points or less including a 46-3 (.939) record over the last three seasons and a 20-1 record this season. During K-State's 14-game winning streak this season, the Wildcats held 13 opponents to 60 or fewer points.
• The 21 games holding foes to 60 points or less this season are the most since the 2010-11 season (21; 18-3). In total, K-State owns eight seasons in its history of 21 or more games holding opponents to 60 points or less.
• 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 136-3 (.978) when holding an opponent to 49 points or less including a 55-0 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.
Wildcats Build Extended Streak
• K-State strung together one of the longest winning streaks in program history to boost its overall win total this season.
• The Wildcats won 14 consecutive games from Dec. 1, 2023 to Jan. 31, 2024. This was the longest winning streak in the Jeff Mittie era and tied for the second-longest in school history.
• This was 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 nine-game winning streak in Big 12 play was the longest conference win streak in the Jeff Mittie era and tied for the longest conference win streak in program history joining the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons. K-State was the first team since Baylor in 2019-20 to win its first nine Big 12 games.
Wildcats Near 400 Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 396-156 (.717) all-time inside Bramlage Coliseum, which is in its 36th season of existence.
• This season, the Wildcats are 16-2 (.889) in Bramlage. The .889 winning percentage this season is the best since going 13-1 in 2008-09.
• The Wildcats recorded a 15-game home court winning streak this season, which was 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 won 17 consecutive home games, which was the longest in the Jeff Mittie era, the fifth-longest in program history and the second-longest at Bramlage.
• This was 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 45-9 (.833) 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 400-113 (.780) including an 126-48 (.724) record at K-State.
• Kansas State has protected Bramlage Coliseum with determination against non-conference foes with a record of 229-30 (.884). Mittie is 75-9 (.893) in non-conference games in Bramlage.
Filling Up the Purple Palace
• This season, the Wildcats ranked 16th in the nation and third in the Big 12 for total attendance (99,552). K-State is 19th in the nation and third in the league in average attendance (5,531 average; 18 home games).
• K-State's total attendance this season of 99,552 ranks fifth in school history for a season. The average attendance this season of 5,531 ranks sixth in school history.
• K-State had a season-high 10,692 fans against Colorado on March 24, 2024. This was the largest women's basketball crowd in Bramlage Coliseum since Dec. 11, 2016, against UConn (12,528).
• When the crowd is 7,500 or more in Bramlage Coliseum, K-State is 46-13 (.780) including a record of 18-6 (.750) 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 2,067,888 fans pass through the doors. K-State reached the 2,000,000 mark for women's basketball attendance on Jan. 13, 2024 against Texas.
26-8, 13-5 Big 12 | 3rd in Big 12 | 2024 NCAA Tournament Second Round | 19th in AP/18th in Coaches
MANHATTAN, Kansas - Playing its 56th season, K-State (26-8, 13-5 Big 12) registered the 18th NCAA Tournament appearance and the 34th postseason appearance overall.
• K-State's 26 wins were the most for the program since 2002-03 and tied for the third most wins in a single season in program history.
• The Wildcats finished one spot higher (3rd) than its preseason predicted spot in the 2023-24 Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll (4th), which was the 19th time in the 26 seasons in which there has been a preseason poll and a final standing attached to it.
• Under the guidance of 10th year head coach Jeff Mittie, K-State made its eighth postseason appearance since 2014-15. With his efforts on the sideline this season, Mittie was named to the 2023-24 Werner Ladder Naismith Women's Coach of the Year Late Season Watch List.
• The Wildcats registered a 5-4 record against Associated Press top-25 opponents, the eighth season in program history with a .500 or better record against AP foes and the first since 2007-08. The five wins were tied for the second-most in a season in program history and the most since 2003-04.
• Kansas State defeated then-2nd-ranked Iowa on the road and then 10th-ranked Texas, which was the first time since the 2011-12 season that K-State defeated two AP top-10 foes in the same season.
• With its win over Iowa, the Wildcats captured its second-ever win over an AP number two ranked foe and first since the 1982-83 season. This was the highest ranked opponent K-State has defeated on the road. According to ESPN Stats & Info, K-State became the first NCAA Division I women's basketball program in the last 25 years to be unranked and defeat the same Associated Press top-5 team in consecutive seasons.
• K-State ranked 16th in the nation in total attendance (99,552) and 19th in the nation in average attendance (5,531).
• K-State was led by 2024 All-American Ayoka Lee, 2024 All-Big 12 First Team selection Serena Sundell and 2024 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Gabby Gregory.
• This was the third time in program history (2003-04 and 2004-05) that the roster featured a career 2,000-point scorer (Lee), a career 1,500-point scorer (Gregory) and a career 1,000-point scorer (Sundell) at the same time.
• Lee, a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection and a Big 12 All-Defensive Team recipient, led the Wildcats by achieving her second career season with 500 or more points, 200 or more rebounds and 75 or more blocks. Lee averaged 19.7 points on a .619 field goal percentage, 8.6 rebounds and 2.8 blocks.
• Sundell averaged 12.1 points on a career-best .536 field goal percentage, hauled in 3.9 rebounds and dished out a career-high 5.6 assists.
• Sundell's assist total was a new career-high and tied for the fifth-highest in school history for a single season.
• Gregory set a career-high for assists (114; 3.4 apg) and registered 9.4 points per game. She led the Wildcats in 3-point field goals made (52).
Number to Know I
631
• K-State dished out 631 assists (18.6 apg) this season, setting the school record for a single season.
• The Wildcats have tallied 600 or more assists for the third time in program history and the first time since 2002-03.
• This marks the third straight season K-State has handed out 500 or more assists. This is the second time the Wildcats have registered 500 or more assists in three or more straight seasons and the first time since carding five straight seasons of 500 or more assists from 2001-06.
• K-State's 18.6 assists per game ranked second in school history for a single season.
• The Wildcats featured four players with 50 or more assists this season: Serena Sundell (189), Gabby Gregory (114), Taryn Sides (92) and Jaelyn Glenn (69).
Number to Know II
178
• K-State blocked a single-season school record 178 shots in the 2023-24 season.
• This was the sixth season under head coach Jeff Mittie in which K-State has blocked 150 or more shots. Prior to Mittie's arrival in 2014-15, K-State had blocked 150 or more shots in a season four times since blocks became an official stat in 1982-83.
• K-State had a blocked shot differential of +95 in the 2023-24 season (178-83), also a school record. K-State has 22 seasons with a positive blocked shot differential.
• K-State featured seven players with 10 or more blocks this season, including Ayoka Lee with 75.
Team Odds & Ends from 2023-24
• K-State's total attendance of 99,552 was the fifth-highest in program history. K-State's average attendance of 5,531 was the sixth-highest in program history.
• The Wildcats registered a 14-game winning streak from Dec. 1, 2023, to Jan. 31, 2024. This was tied for the second-longest winning streak in program history.
• Kansas State opened the season with a 20-1 overall record. This was the best 21-game start in program history.
• This was the fastest a K-State team reached the 20-win mark in the history of the program.
• The Wildcats were one of two teams in the nation to secure 20 wins before the end of January (Gonzaga).
• K-State was ranked as high as 2nd in both the Associated Press and the USA Today/WBCA Coaches top-25 polls during the week of Jan. 29, 2024. According to StatsPerform, K-State is the first NCAA Division I women's basketball program to go from unranked in the preseason poll to ranked either 1st or 2nd in the same season.
• The Wildcats were ranked for 19 consecutive weeks in the AP and Coaches polls beginning on Nov. 20, 2023, and running through the end of the season.
• In the 2023-24 season, K-State tallied a 16-2 (.889) mark at home. The 16 home wins were the most since the 2002-03 season (19-1).
• Kansas State scored 2,437 points in the 2023-24 season. Under Mittie, K-State has scored 2,000 or more points in a season seven times.
• K-State's scoring average of 71.7 points per game is the highest in Mittie era and first time since the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons to average 70.0 or more points in consecutive seasons.
• K-State's 218 three-point field goals made marks the seventh time in 10 seasons in which the Wildcats made 180 or more 3-point field goals.
• The 2023-24 Wildcats were the fourth team in program history 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.
• K-State handed out a school record 631 assists in the 2023-24 season, the third time in program history with 600 or more assists in a season.
• K-State's 18.6 assists per game ranked second in school history for a single season.
• K-State's assisted shot rate of 68.2 percent was the third-highest in the Mittie era. Since assists became an officially tracked stat in 1981-82, K-State has registered an assisted shot rate of 60.0 percent or higher at the end of a season 24 times in its history.
• K-State blocked a single-season school record 178 shots in the 2023-24 season.
• The Wildcats tied for second for blocks per game with 5.2 per game and led the Big 12 for blocks and blocks per game.
• In the 2023-24 season, the Wildcats limited opponents to 57.9 points per game and a field goal percentage of .362.
• K-State's scoring defense this season was the lowest in the Mittie era and the lowest since the 2011-12 season (57.4).
• The opponent field goal percentage was the lowest during Mittie's time in Manhattan and the fifth-lowest in program history and the third-lowest since the 1981-82 season.
• Ayoka Lee became the first player in program history and the third in Big 12 history with 2,000 or more points, 1,000 or more rebounds and 300 or more blocked shots.
• Lee climbed into third on the K-State career scoring list, registering 2,194 career points.
• Lee is the fifth player in program history to register four seasons to average 10 or more points and five or more rebounds.
• Lee set the school career record for rebounds with 1,118. She also holds the school career record for rebounding average at 9.8.
• Lee blocked 75 shots in the 2023-24 season, which ranks sixth in school history for a season. Her 75 blocks makes her the first player in program history with 75 or more blocks in three or more seasons.
• Lee was one of three players in the nation to average 19.0 or more points and shoot 60.0 percent or better from the field.
• Serena Sundell became the first player in program history to average 10.0 or more points and 5.0 or more assists in three or more seasons.
• Sundell became the second player the 56-season history of the program to shoot 50.0 percent or better from the field and dish out 5.0 assists or more (Shalee Lehning, 3x).
• Sundell's 189 assists this season were a new career-high and tied for fifth in school history for a season. Her 5.6 assists per game tied for sixth in school history for a season.
• Serena Sundell (189) and Gabby Gregory (114) combined for 303 assists this season, which is second in school history for combined assists by two players in a season and the second time in program history that two players combined for 300 or more assists in a season.
• Jaelyn Glenn moved into the top-10 in program history for career steals, ranking 10th with 205.
• Glenn is the fourth player in program history with 150 or more career 3-point field goals made and 175 or more career steals.
K-State Among the Rankings
• Kansas State remains in the Associated Press (AP) top-25 poll, as the Wildcats rose to 15th in the March 18 poll.
• The Wildcats achieved the program's highest ranking in the Jeff Mittie era (2014-present), as the team was ranked 2nd on Jan. 29. It was the highest ranking for the program in the AP poll since Nov. 25, 2002 when K-State was ranked 2nd.
• According to Stats Perform, K-State was the first women's program since the start of the AP poll in 1976 to go from unranked in the preseason to either No. 1 or No. 2 in the same season.
• Since making its poll debut on Nov. 20 this season, K-State has been ranked for 18 consecutive weeks this season. This is the longest consecutive streak for K-State since being ranked for the entirety of the 2004-05 season. In its history, K-State has now been ranked for a total of 192 weeks in the AP poll.
• As an AP ranked team, K-State owns a 247-94 (.724) record.
• The Wildcats are ranked 16th in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll. K-State reached a high of 2nd in the Coaches Poll for two straight weeks this season, its highest 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 18 straight USA Today/WBCA Coaches Polls.
K-State Against Ranked Opponents
• The Wildcats are 92-242 (.275) against teams ranked in the Associated Press (AP) poll including a 58-70 (.453) mark against AP ranked teams in Manhattan.
• The Wildcats were 5-4 this season against AP top-25 opponents and were one of 11 teams in the nation with five wins against AP top-25 foes.
• This is the fifth time in program history that K-State has won five or more games against AP ranked foes in a season. The five wins are the most since the 2003-04 season when the Wildcats won five games against ranked opponents.
• The Wildcats captured its second-ever win over an Associated Press number two ranked foe and first since the 1982-83 season by defeating then-second-ranked Iowa, 65-58, on Nov. 16, 2023 in Iowa City. K-State is 24-114 (.174) all-time in games against AP top-10 opponents.
• This was the highest ranked opponent K-State has defeated on the road.
• According to ESPN Stats & Info, K-State became the first NCAA Division I women's basketball program in the last 25 years to be unranked and defeat the same Associated Press top-5 team in consecutive seasons.
• According to Stats Perform, K-State is the sixth team to defeat an AP second-ranked team on the road since 1999-00.
• The wins over Iowa and 10th-ranked Texas marked the third and fourth top-10 wins for the Wildcats in three seasons, as K-State downed fourth-ranked Iowa on Nov. 17, 2022, and 10th-ranked Baylor on Jan. 2, 2022.
• K-State is 20-65 (.235) against AP ranked opponents in head coach Jeff Mittie's 10 seasons.
Halftime Lead = K-State 'W'
• Since the 2001-02 season, K-State is 375-52 (.878) when leading at the break, including a 20-2 record in the 2023-24 season.
• K-State is 149-19 (.887) when leading at the break under head coach Jeff Mittie.
• Since the start of the 2007-08 season, K-State is 281-19 (.937) when leading with five minutes to play including a 165-8 (.954) record under Mittie.
Magic Number is 70 Points
• Since the 2014-15 season, K-State is 106-21 (.835) when scoring 70 or more points in a game.
• The Wildcats averaged 71.7 points per game this season and scored 70 or more points in a game 18 times (15-3). This was the highest scoring average in a season under head coach Jeff Mittie.
• K-State scored 2,437 points this season. This was the third straight season K-State registered 2,000 or more points and the seventh time in the Mittie era (2014-present).
• K-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.
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 37-5 (.881) when shooting 50.0 percent or better.
• K-State tallied a season-high 57.4 percent (27-of-47) effort from the field against West Virginia on March 9. The Wildcats have shot 50.0 percent or better from the field in a game eight times this season (7-1).
• The Wildcats shot 45.6 percent from the field this season, which ranked third in the Big 12 and 25th in the nation.
• K-State owned 48 quarters with a field goal percentage of 50.0 percent or better. This was the most quarters with a field goal percentage of 50.0 percent or better since the beginning of the quarter system in 2015-16. Of the 136 regulation quarters played this season, the Wildcats have tallied a 50.0 percent field goal percentage or better in 35.3 percent of quarters played.
• The Wildcats made a season-high 40 field goals against McNeese State on Dec. 6 and against Oral Roberts on Dec. 18. The 40 made field goals were the most by a K-State team since making 41 field goals on Nov. 26, 2004.
20-Pt Quarters For the Wildcats
• Since the inception of the quarter system in the 2015-16 season, K-State owns an overall record of 132-62 (.680) when scoring 20 or more points in any quarter in a game.
• This season, K-State had 42 quarters with 20 or more points scored (21-4).
• The Wildcats scored a season-high 36 points in the third quarter against Missouri on Dec. 9. The 36 points tied the school record for points in any quarter (36, at Omaha, 12/8/21) and set the school record for points in a third quarter.
• Since the 2015-16 season, K-State has registered 309 quarters with 20 or more points with a high of 50 in the 2022-23 season.
• K-State registered six straight quarters of 20 points or more in the final three quarters against Oral Roberts on Dec. 18, followed by the first three quarters against Southern on Dec. 20.
Sharing is Caring
• K-State continues to be an unselfish squad at the start of the 2023-24 season.
• The Wildcats handed out 631 assists (18.6 apg) and own an assist to turnover ratio of 1.31. K-State has tallied an assisted shot rate of 68.2.
• K-State was third in the Big 12 and 12th in the nation for assists per game and were second in the league and ranked sixth in the nation for assisted shot rate. K-State led the Big 12 and ranked 18th in the nation for assist to turnover ratio.
• K-State's assisted shot rate of 68.2 percent was the third-highest in the Mittie era. Since assists became an officially tracked stat in 1981-82, K-State has registered an assisted shot rate of 60.0 percent or higher at the end of a season 24 times in its history.
• Serena Sundell (189) and Gabby Gregory (114) combined for 303 assists this season, which was second in school history for combined assists by two K-State players in a season.
• Against McNeese State, K-State dished out 29 assists on 40 made field goals. The 29 assists were the most since handing out 30 against Incarnate Word on Dec. 3, 2019.
• Over the last 16 years, the Wildcats are 92-8 (.920) when handing out 20 or more assists.
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 scored 1,268 points (37.3 ppg) in the paint which was 52.0 percent of K-State's overall point total in the 2023-24 season.
• The 1,268 points in the paint were the most scored in the lane in Jeff Mittie's 10 seasons in Manhattan. K-State has scored 1,000 or more points in the paint in four of Mittie's 10 seasons.
• 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 scored 30 or more points in the paint in 26 games this season. K-State outscored its opponents in 27 games.
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 held opponents to 57.9 points per game and a field goal percentage of .362.
• The Wildcats led the Big 12 and were 17th in the nation for field goal percentage defense, were third in the Big 12 and rank 40th in the nation for scoring defense and were second in the Big 12 and 12th in the nation for 3-point field goal percentage defense (.266). According to HerHoopStats, K-State is sixth in the nation and second in the Big 12 in opponent points per 100 possessions (80.2).
• K-State's field goal percentage defense ranked third in program history since the 1981-82 season and fifth overall in program history.
• Under Mittie, K-State is 126-15 (.894) when holding its foes to 60 points or less including a 46-3 (.939) record over the last three seasons and a 20-1 record this season. During K-State's 14-game winning streak this season, the Wildcats held 13 opponents to 60 or fewer points.
• The 21 games holding foes to 60 points or less this season are the most since the 2010-11 season (21; 18-3). In total, K-State owns eight seasons in its history of 21 or more games holding opponents to 60 points or less.
• 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 136-3 (.978) when holding an opponent to 49 points or less including a 55-0 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.
Wildcats Build Extended Streak
• K-State strung together one of the longest winning streaks in program history to boost its overall win total this season.
• The Wildcats won 14 consecutive games from Dec. 1, 2023 to Jan. 31, 2024. This was the longest winning streak in the Jeff Mittie era and tied for the second-longest in school history.
• This was 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 nine-game winning streak in Big 12 play was the longest conference win streak in the Jeff Mittie era and tied for the longest conference win streak in program history joining the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons. K-State was the first team since Baylor in 2019-20 to win its first nine Big 12 games.
Wildcats Near 400 Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 396-156 (.717) all-time inside Bramlage Coliseum, which is in its 36th season of existence.
• This season, the Wildcats are 16-2 (.889) in Bramlage. The .889 winning percentage this season is the best since going 13-1 in 2008-09.
• The Wildcats recorded a 15-game home court winning streak this season, which was 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 won 17 consecutive home games, which was the longest in the Jeff Mittie era, the fifth-longest in program history and the second-longest at Bramlage.
• This was 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 45-9 (.833) 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 400-113 (.780) including an 126-48 (.724) record at K-State.
• Kansas State has protected Bramlage Coliseum with determination against non-conference foes with a record of 229-30 (.884). Mittie is 75-9 (.893) in non-conference games in Bramlage.
Filling Up the Purple Palace
• This season, the Wildcats ranked 16th in the nation and third in the Big 12 for total attendance (99,552). K-State is 19th in the nation and third in the league in average attendance (5,531 average; 18 home games).
• K-State's total attendance this season of 99,552 ranks fifth in school history for a season. The average attendance this season of 5,531 ranks sixth in school history.
• K-State had a season-high 10,692 fans against Colorado on March 24, 2024. This was the largest women's basketball crowd in Bramlage Coliseum since Dec. 11, 2016, against UConn (12,528).
• When the crowd is 7,500 or more in Bramlage Coliseum, K-State is 46-13 (.780) including a record of 18-6 (.750) 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 2,067,888 fans pass through the doors. K-State reached the 2,000,000 mark for women's basketball attendance on Jan. 13, 2024 against Texas.
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