(14/13) K-State Visits (18/18) West Virginia on Monday Afternoon

GAME #28
(14/13) Kansas State (24-3, 12-2 Big 12) at (18/18) West Virginia (20-5, 10-4 Big 12)
Monday, February 17, 2025 | 1 p.m. (CT) | WVU Coliseum (14,000) | Morgantown, W. Va.

TELEVISION
FOX
Play-by-Play: Connor Onion
Analyst: Elise Woodward

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

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

SERIES HISTORY vs. West Virginia
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• West Virginia leads the series with West Virginia, 18-9.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 9-21 in his career against West Virginia

MANHATTAN, Kansas - (14/13) K-State (24-3, 12-2 Big 12) travels to Morgantown, West Virginia, for a President's Day tip-off at 1 p.m. (CT), as the Wildcats visit (18/18) West Virginia (20-5, 10-4).

• The Wildcats enter Monday's game with 24 wins this season. A win on Monday would be K-State's second straight season with 25 or more wins and the first time the Wildcats have won 25 or more games in consecutive seasons since the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons.
• Monday's game will air on FOX, as Connor Onion (play-by-play) and Elise Woodward (analyst) will have the call.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. A Month of 3-Pointers
• K-State has shot 46.0 percent (52-of-113) from beyond the arc in the month of February. The Wildcats have made 10 or more 3-pointers in three games including 15 at Kansas on Feb. 2 and 14 against UCF on Feb. 15.
2. Wildcats Set 90-Point Record
• K-State has scored 90 or more points in nine games this season, a new school record for games with 90 or more points in a season.
3. Sundell Moves into Top-5
• Senior guard and All-America candidate Serena Sundell has moved into fifth in school history for assists in a single season with a career-high 191. With nine assists, Sundell will become the third player in program history with 200 or more assists in a season.
4. 20-Point Quarters
• K-State has registered a school record 57 quarters this season with 20 or more points in a quarter, topping the previous record of 50 in the 2022-23 season.
5. Happy Helpers
• K-State features four players with 50 or more assists this season: Sundell (191), Walker (109), Jaelyn Glenn (81) and Taryn Sides (81). If Poindexter (46) reaches 50 assists this season, this would mark the fourth season in program history with five or more players with 50 or more assists.

Number to Know
50

• K-State's 50 wins this season are tied for the sixth-most in a two-season span in program history and the most since the 2002-03 and 2003-04 squads combined to win 54 games.
• Aiding its win total are consecutive seasons with 20 or more wins. This is the first time since the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons that K-State has won 20 or more games in consecutive seasons.
• This would is the seventh time in program history that K-State has won 50 or more games in a two-season span and the first time since the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons.

2024-25 K-State Coach & Player Milestones to Watch
Serena Sundell
• Needs 39 points to move into 8th in K-State history for career points
• Needs six assists to move into 8th in Big 12 history for career assists
• Needs 61 assists to set the school record for career assists

Jaelyn Glenn
• Needs 44 steals to move into third on K-State career steals list
• Needs four assists to move into 16th on K-State career assists list
• Needs one rebound for sole possession of 20th on the K-State career rebounds list
• Needs 22 points for sole possession of 31st on the K-State career points list

At a Glance: West Virginia
• West Virginia (20-5, 10-4 Big 12) downed Cincinnati on Saturday, 69-50..
• On the sideline, West Virginia is led by second-year head coach Mark Kellogg. The 1998 graduate of Austin College owns a career record of 490-133 (.787).
• The Mountaineers are led on the floor by senior guard JJ Quinerly and junior guard Jordan Harrison.
• Quinerly, a product of Norfolk, Virginia, is averaging a team-high and career-best 19.4 points per game and 3.25 steals per game. Against Cincinnati, Quinerly led the Mountaineers with 29 points.
• Harrison, a guard from Oklahoma City, Okla., is averaging 13.3 points, a team-high 4.6 assists.

Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 298-327 (.477) record in road games during the program's 57-year history.
• In his career in road games, head coach Jeff Mittie is 174-207 (.457) including a 49-70 (.412) mark during his time at K-State.
• This season, K-State is 6-2 in road games including one win against an AP top-25 foe (22, Utah, 1/8/25).
• In the 2023-24 season, K-State was 6-4 (.600) in road games. The Wildcats opened the season with a five-game road winning streak, which was K-State's longest since a five-game streak in the 2018-19 season.
• Among its six road wins last season, the Wildcats collected two over AP top-25 opponents (at #2 Iowa; at #13 Baylor).
• K-State's six road wins were the most by the Wildcats since the 2019-20 season (7-5).
• 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.

Wildcats Solid From the Arc
• K-State has continued to attack from deep in the 2024-25 season.
• For the season, K-State is shooting 40.1 percent (238-of-594) from 3-point range. The Wildcats lead the Big 12 and are second in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage and are third in the Big 12 and 18th in the nation for 3-point field goals made (8.81). K-State is receiving 32.5 percent of its total points (714 points) from made 3-point field goals this season.
• The Wildcats registered a season-high 15 connections from 3-point range at Kansas on Feb. 2 with a percentage of 65.2.
• The Wildcats registered 14 connections on 20 attempts from 3-point range against UCF on Feb. 15 for a season-high 70.0 percent effort. Since 2009-10 season, the percentage of 70.0 is the highest in program history (min. 20 attempts), the only Big 12 team to shoot 70.0 percent or better on 20 or more attempts and the eighth team in the nation to achieve the feat and first since 2021.
• In the Jeff Mittie era, the Wildcats have made five or more 3-pointers in a game 253 times in 352 total games including 49 games with 10 or more connections (w-l: 43-6) from deep.
• This season, K-State made 10 or more 3-pointers in five straight games (Dec. 1-18) for the first time in program history.
• The trio of Taryn Sides (69), Temira Poindexter (67) and Jaelyn Glenn (57) are the fourth set of K-State teammates and first since 2012-13 to make 50 or more 3-pointers in a season.
• In the 11 seasons under Mittie, K-State has buried 2,212 three-pointers which is 6.28 per game.

Three is not a Crowd, It's a Benefit
• Since 2011-12, when three or more players reach double figures in scoring in the same game, K-State is 196-85 (.698) including a 21-1 record in the 2024-25 season.
• The Wildcats had a season-high six players reach double figures against Milwaukee on Nov. 20.
• The combination of Ayoka Lee and Serena Sundell have scored in double figures in 46 of 76 games played together since 2021-22.
• Lee and Sundell combined to score 52 points in a win over New Mexico State on Dec. 18. This is the third time the duo has combined to score 50 or more points in the same game including the school record of 72 against Oklahoma on Jan. 23, 2022.

Wildcats Picking Pockets
• The Wildcats continue to swipe the basketball at a high rate.
• This season, K-State has pocketed 245 steals (9.1 spg). Of the 423 opponent turnovers this season, 57.9 percent have come from a K-State steal.
• The Wildcats established a season-high 18 steals against USC Upstate on Dec. 5 and matched it against Iowa State on Jan. 30. K-State has 10 games this season with 10 or more steals.
• Since joining the Wildcats as freshmen in the 2021-22 season, the trio of Brylee Glenn, Jaelyn Glenn and Serena Sundell have combined for 559 steals (4.3 per game in 130 games). The 559 steals in the last four seasons are 49.9 percent of K-State's 1,120 total steals.

Glenn Finds the Range
• Jaelyn Glenn continues to be a perimeter threat for K-State.
• This season, Glenn is 57-of-126 (.452) from 3-point range. She has 19 games with two or more makes. Her 3-point field goal percentage ranks 11th in the nation and is a new career-high. Her 57 made three-pointers are the second-most in her career.
• In her career, Glenn is 212-of-593 (.358) from long range. She has 66 career games with two or more connections from 3-point range including nine games with four or more.
• Glenn ranks eighth on the K-State career 3-point field goals made list and seventh for career 3-point field goals attempted.
• Glenn is the first player in school history with 200 or more 3-point field goals made and 200 or more career steals.
• In the 2022-23 season, Glenn shot 71-of-195 (.364) from 3-point range. Her 71 three-point field goals made were a personal single-season high and tied for fourth-most in a sophomore season in program history.
• Glenn was unique nationally, as she was the only player in NCAA Division I in 2022-23 with 70 or more 3-point field goals made and 90 or more steals.

Sides With Plenty in Reserve
• Guard Taryn Sides has kept the offensive attack rolling in her time on the floor.
• This season, Sides is averaging career-highs of 10.2 points and 4.0 rebounds while handing out 3.1 assists in 24.8 minutes per game.
• Among Big 12 bench players in league games, Sides leads the league in scoring (9.7 ppg), 3-point field goals made per game (2.4), rebounds (3.8), assists (3.3 apg) and steals (1.3 spg).
• In league games this season, Sides has registered double figures in six games.
• She carded 21 points on 7-of-8 shooting including 6-of-7 from long range with six assists, four steals and two blocks in 28 minutes off the bench against UCF on Feb. 15.

No Side Eye for Sides
• Guard Taryn Sides has kept the offensive attack rolling in her time on the floor.
• This season, Sides is shooting 46.9 percent from 3-point range (69-of-147). She ranks fifth in the nation and second in the Big 12 for 3-point percentage. She ranks third in the Big 12 and 31st in the nation for 3-point field goals made per game (2.65). Sides has tallied 77.8 percent of her points this season from beyond the arc.
• Among sophomores in the nation, Sides is the national leader for 3-point percentage and is third with 69 three-point field goals made.
• Sides ranks fifth in program history for 3-point field goals made in a sophomore season. She is the fifth player in program history and ranks fourth (+43) to improve her made 3-pointers by 40 or more from one season to the next in program history.
• Sides has boosted her career 3-point field goal percentage to .422, which is second in school history (min. 2 attempts/game). She has made two or more 3-pointers in a game 27 times, including seven games with four or more.

Sundell 2nd for Career Assists
• Serena Sundell has established herself at the point for K-State with her distribution skills.
• Sundell, a 2024-25 Lieberman Award Top-10 selection, owns a career assist total of 740 and ranks second on the K-State career list and ninth on the Big 12 career assists list. She is the second player in school history with 700 or more career assists.
• Sundell, a 2023-24 All-Big 12 First Team recipient, ranks second in school history for career assists per game at 5.7. She ranks third in the nation among active NCAA Division I players for career assists and fifth in the nation among active NCAA Division I players for career assists per game.
• She has a school record 86 career games with five or more assists including 11 games with 10 or more assists and a career-high of 13 assists (twice). She ranks third in program history for career games with 10 or more assists.
• Her career assist to turnover ratio of 1.84 is second in program history (min. 100 career assists).
• This season, Sundell is averaging a career-high 7.07 assists per game and is third in the nation and leads the Big 12. She leads the nation for total assists with a career-high 191. She is second in the Big 12 for assist/turnover ratio and ranks 21st in the nation (2.55). In Big 12-only games, Sundell leads the league in assists per game (7.36) and is sixth for assist/turnover ratio (2.10).
• Against USC Upstate on Dec. 5 and at BYU on Jan. 11, Sundell set a new career-high and tied the school record for assists in a single-game with 13 assists.
• Her combined assist total from the 2024-25 (191) and 2023-24 (189) seasons of 380 ranks fourth in program history for most assists over consecutive seasons.
• In the 2023-24 season, Sundell averaged 5.56 assists per game (189 assists) and was the Big 12 leader for assists per game and total assists. In league action, Sundell was second in the league at 5.71 assists per game.
• Sundell's 189 assists last season were a career-high and ranked tied for fifth in program history for assists in a single season. The 2023-24 season marked her third straight with 150 or more assists. She was the first Wildcat since Shalee Lehning (four seasons) and the third overall (Megan Mahoney; three seasons) to hand out 150 or more assists in three or more seasons.

(14/13) K-State Visits (18/18) West Virginia on Monday Afternoon

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Players Mentioned

Brylee Glenn

Jaelyn Glenn

Ayoka Lee

Temira Poindexter

Taryn Sides

Serena Sundell

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