K-State Opens Big 12 Action at (9/7) TCU on Saturday

Saturday, December 20

Fort Worth, Texas

4 p.m.

Kansas State University

TCU

Dec 18, 2025 | Women's Basketball

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GAME #14
K-State Wildcats (7-6, 0-0 Big 12) at (9/7) TCU Horned Frogs (12-0, 0-0 Big 12)
Saturday, December 20, 2025 | 4 p.m. | Schollmaier Arena (6,700) | Fort Worth, Texas

TELEVISION
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: John Liddle
Analyst: Jada Curtis

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Randy Peterson

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

SERIES HISTORY vs. TCU
12-12

• Series tied between the schools, 12-12.
• K-State won last season's meeting in Manhattan, 59-50, on February 5, 2025.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 12-9 against TCU.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - K-State (7-6, 0-0 Big 12) begins its 30th season of Big 12 action on Saturday, as the Wildcats visit (9/7) TCU (12-0, 0-0) at 4 p.m., at Schollmaier Arena.

• Saturday's game will be streamed on ESPN+, as John Liddle (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. Sides Dish
• Taryn Sides is 24th on the K-State career assists list with 238 assists. With 12 assists, Sides will become the 22nd player in program history with 250 or more career assists.
2. Pocket Sides
• Sides is the shortest player in the Big 12 to average 14.5 or more points while shooting 45.0 percent or better from the field and 44.0 percent or better from beyond the arc. She is one of three players 5'7" or shorter in the nation currently to average these marks.
3. Dialing in From Long Distance
• Over the last six games, K-State is shooting 46.1 percent (53-of-115) from beyond the arc. During this stretch, the Wildcats have made five or more 3-pointers in all six games including a school record 17 against Columbia on Nov. 27.
4. Freshmen Toe the Line
• Freshmen guards Jordan Speiser and Gina Garcia have converted at a high rate at the foul line. Speiser is shooting 89.7 percent (26-of-29) at the line, while Garcia is 88.0 percent (22-of-25). K-State is the only team in the nation with two freshmen shooting 85.0 percent or better from the foul line (min. 25 free throw attempts).
5. Garcia With the Dish
• Freshman guard Gina Garcia is second in the Big 12 and third in the nation for assists by a freshman (62). Since 1981-82, Garcia is the 17th freshman in program history with 60 or more assists in their freshman season and the fifth in the Jeff Mittie era.

Number to Know
21

• Junior forward Nastja Claessens has registered a career-high 21 points twice - at Green Bay, Nov. 22; at Creighton, Dec. 14.
• She is the third international Wildcat since 2009-10 to register a game with 20 or more points.
• Her 21 points are the most by an international K-State player since Sarah Shematsi tallied 25 against Oklahoma State on Jan. 4, 2023.
• Since 2009-10, the most games with 20 or more points by a K-State international player in a season came from Leticia Romero with six in the 2013-14 season.

Last Time Out
K-State 75, at Creighton 71, (Dec. 14, 2025; Omaha, Neb.)
• K-State collected its second road win of the season and scored its season-high in a road game with a 75-71 win at Creighton.
• The Wildcats shot 56.3 percent (18-of-32) in the first half.
• Junior forward Nastja Claessens led the Wildcats by tying her career-high with 21 points and added five rebounds. Freshman guard Jordan Speiser tallied 15 points and a career-high four steals.

2025-26 Roster Youngest Since 2018-19
• K-State will have one of the youngest rosters in the country this season, as 9 of the 12 players on the 2025-26 roster are either true freshmen or sophomores. The roster features four true freshmen (Aniya Foy, Gina Garcia, Brandie Harrod and Jordan Speiser) a redshirt freshman (Alexis Hess), three sophomores (Izela Arenas, Jenessa Cotton and Ramiya White) and one redshirt freshman (Mikayla Parks).
• The 2025-26 roster is the third-youngest roster in program history and the second-youngest under head coach Jeff Mittie trailing the 2018-19 roster, which had 10 underclassmen among its 14 players and the 1977-78 season, which featured a program-high 11 underclassmen (seven freshmen and four sophomores) among the 16 players in the roster.
• K-State's roster of 12 features six players combined to have played 226 career collegiate games before the 2025-26 season.
• Of the six players to play a college game, Heal played the most at 96.
• Among Big 12 programs this season, K-State is second in the league (10, UCF) for the most underclassmen on its roster.
• The freshmen class for the 2025-26 season for K-State was ranked among the top-10 signing classes by ESPN.com.
• In terms of K-State playing experience, the Wildcats' roster featured 10 players that had yet to play a game in purple and white entering the 2025-26 season.

International Cats
• K-State's 2025-26 roster will have an international flair.
• The Wildcats feature four players from four different countries: Nastja Claessens (Belgium), Gina Garcia (Spain), Tess Heal (Australia) and Ivona Scekic (Slovenia). Claessens is the first player in program history from Belgium, Scekic is the first player in program history from Slovenia, while Heal is the second player to play for the Wildcats from Australia and Garcia is the third from Spain.
• Claessens helped Belgium win the 2025 FIBA Women's EuroBasket and was a member of the 2024 Belgian National Team at the Paris Olympics.
• Garcia had a busy summer, as she helped Spain win the 2025 FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket and the 2025 FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket. Garcia was named to the All-Star Five in both events and captured MVP honors at the U20s.
• In its history, K-State has had a letterwinner from five different foreign countries (Spain, 2; Ukraine, Canada, Australia and France, 1).

At a Glance: TCU
• TCU (12-0, 0-0 Big 12) enters Saturday's game following a 109-54 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Wednesday.
• On the sideline, the Horned Frogs are led by third-year head coach Mark Campbell. Campbell is 67-16 (.807) in his time in Fort Worth and led the program to an Elite Eight appearance in 2025.
• TCU features three players averaging in double figures this season: Marta Suarez, Olivia Miles and Donovyn Hunter.
• Suarez, a grad transfer from Tennessee, paces the Horned Frogs in scoring at 18.7 points on a .554 field goal percentage, including a .443 three-point percentage and has pulled in 6.4 rebounds per game. She tallied a triple-double against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
• Miles, a grad transfer from Notre Dame, is averaging 18.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 7.9 assists. She has recorded a triple-double in three straight games.
• Hunter, a junior guard, is averaging 14.0 points on a .524 field goal percentage, 3.5 rebounds and 1.8 steals.

Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 301-330 (.477) record in road games during the program's 58-year history.
• In his career in road games, head coach Jeff Mittie is 177-210 (.457) including a 52-73 (.416) mark during his time at K-State.
• In the 2024-25 season, K-State was 7-4 in road games including two wins against an Associated Press Top-25 foes (22, Utah, 1/8/25; 13, Kentucky, 3/23/25).
• The seven road wins last season were the most since the 2019-20 season (7-5).

Wildcats in Nail-Biters
• Kansas State owns an all-time record in overtime games of 32-30 (.516), including a 28-25 (.528) record in single overtime games and a 3-6 (.333) record in double overtime games.
• The Wildcats were 2-0 last season in overtime games with wins over Iowa State (1/30/25) and at Kentucky (3/23/25).
• Over the last 12 seasons, K-State is 53-36 (.596) in games decided by five points or less including a 4-3 mark this season.
• With its comeback win at SMU on Nov. 8, it was K-State's first win when trailing entering 4th quarter since a 73-64 (ot) win on Feb. 21, 2024, against West Virginia, ending a seven-game losing streak when trailing entering the final frame.
• Since the start of the quarter-system in 2015-16, K-State is 173-15 (.920) when entering the fourth quarter with the lead and is 29-115 (.201) when trailing entering the fourth quarter.

K-State Against Ranked Opponents
• The Wildcats are 96-249 (.278) against teams ranked in the Associated Press (AP) poll including a 59-71 (.454) mark against AP ranked teams in Manhattan.
• K-State is 1-1 against ranked foes in this season including a win over 13th-ranked Ole Miss on Dec. 7.
• K-State is 24-72 (.250) against AP ranked opponents in head coach Jeff Mittie's 12 seasons.

K-State's 12th Month Record
• In the 58th year of women's basketball at K-State, the Wildcats own a record of 253-104 (.709) in the month of December.
• Under head coach Jeff Mittie, K-State is 52-19 (.732) in the month of December.
• K-State has had a .500 or better record in the month of December 49 times in its history, including a current streak of 29 consecutive seasons.

Magic Number is 70 Points
• Since head coach Jeff Mittie's first season in 2014-15, K-State is 136-25 (.845) when scoring 70 or more points in a game.
• The Wildcats opened the 2025-26 season with 100 points, the second time in five seasons K-State has reached 100 or more points in the season opener.
• In its history, K-State has scored 100 or more points in a game 31 times (31-0) including eight times under Mittie.
• With its 95 points against Columbia on Nov. 27 in the Cancun Challenge, K-State registered its highest point total in a game played at a neutral site since at least the 1999-00 season. K-State's previous high was 93 against Georgia State on Dec. 29, 2001, in Baltimore, Maryland, and against Northern Arizona on Nov. 25, 2022, in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
• The combined score of 187 points were the most in a regulation game for Kansas State since at least 1999-00.
• Under Mittie, K-State has scored 90 or more points 28 times, including 21 times in the last five seasons.
• This season, the Wildcats are averaging 71.5 points per game and have surpassed the 70-point mark in nine games (5-4).
• In the 2024-25 season, K-State scored a single season school record 2,842 points this season. This was the sixth season in program history with 2,500 or more points scored. The Wildcats scored 70 or more points in 25 games last season.
• K-State averaged 78.9 points per game last season and led the Big 12 and ranked 16th in the nation in scoring offense. K-State's field goal percentage of .486 led the league and was fifth in the nation.
• The Wildcats' scoring average of 78.9 ranked second in school history behind the school record of 81.3 in the 1982-83 season.
• The Wildcats scored 90 or more points in a game 10 times last season, which was a school record for games with 90 or more points in a season.
• K-State tallied a season-high 111 points against Milwaukee on Nov. 20. This was the highest single-game point total in the Mittie era. It was the second-highest single-game point total in program history, trailing the school record of 115 on Dec. 2, 2002, against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
• The Wildcats recorded 110 points against USC Upstate in a 110-24 win on Dec. 5. This is the first time in program history K-State scored 110 or more points in two or more games in the same season.

Double the Fun for Speiser
• Guard Jordan Speiser has registered two double-doubles in the early stages of her collegiate career. She is tied for the Big 12 lead for freshman double-doubles in 2025-26.
• Against Lamar on Nov. 10, Speiser collected her first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. She added her second double-double with against Troy on Nov. 16 with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
• Since 2000-01, Speiser is the seventh Wildcat freshman to tally two or more double-doubles in their first season.

Garcia with Helpers
• Guard Gina Garcia has been an adept passer to begin her K-State career.
• For the season, Garcia is averaging 4.8 assists per game (62 assists). She ranks third among all NCAA Division I freshmen for total assists, including second in the Big 12.
• With her 62 assists, Garcia is the 17th freshman at K-State since 1981-82 to hand out 60 or more assists in their debut season and first since Taryn Sides in the 2023-24 season (92).
• Against Columbia on Nov. 27, Garcia handed out a career-high eight assists. She has seven games this season with five or more assists.

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