K-State Hosts West Virginia to Begin New Year

Sunday, January 4

Manhattan, Kan.

1 p.m.

Kansas State University

West Virginia

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GAME #16
West Virginia Mountaineers (12-2, 2-0 Big 12) at K-State Wildcats (8-7, 1-1 Big 12)
Sunday, January 4, 2026 | 1 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum (11,010) | Manhattan, Kan.

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Halftime Act: Loop Rawlins

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TELEVISION
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Missy Heidrick
Sideline: Hannah Whetstone

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Matt Walters
Analyst: Kristin Waller

LIVE STATS
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SERIES HISTORY vs. West Virginia
9-20

• West Virginia leads the series with West Virginia, 20-9.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 9-23 in his career against West Virginia.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - K-State (8-7, 1-1 Big 12) starts the 2026 portion of its schedule on Sunday, as the Wildcats host West Virginia (12-2, 2-0) at 1 p.m.

• Sunday's game will be streamed on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Missy Heidrick (analyst) and Hannah Whetstone (sideline) will have the call.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Sides Dish
• Taryn Sides is 23rd on the K-State career assists list with 248 assists. With two assists, Sides will become the 22nd player in program history with 250 or more career assists.
2. Sides Achieves K-State First
• With her stat line of 14 points, nine assists and six steals against Cincinnati on Dec. 31, Sides became the first player in program history to reach these marks in a game. She was the first player in the Big 12 to achieve this stat line since the 2023-24 season.
3. Freshmen Toe the Line
• Freshmen guards Jordan Speiser and Gina Garcia have converted at a high rate at the foul line. Speiser is shooting 90.3 percent (28-of-31) at the line, while Garcia is 89.7 percent (26-of-29). K-State is the only team in the nation with two freshmen shooting 88.0 percent or better from the foul line (min. 25 free throw attempts).
4. Garcia with the Dish
• Garcia leads all Big 12 freshmen and is second in the nation for freshmen for total assists (74). Since 1981-82, Garcia is the 16th freshman in program history with 70 or more assists in their freshman season and the fifth in the Jeff Mittie era.
5. Bench Lift
• The K-State bench is elevated the offensive production this season. The Wildcats are averaging 28.5 points from its bench unit, which ranks third in the Big 12 and 34th in the nation.

Number to Know
3

• K-State has three freshmen averaging 20.0 or more minutes per game this season - Gina Garcia, 26.8 mpg; Brandie Harrod, 22.4 mpg; Jordan Speiser, 22.3 mpg.
• The Wildcats are one of nine teams in the nation to feature three or more freshmen averaging 20 or more minutes per game (min. 10 games played by player)
• K-State is the only school from a Power 4 conference with three or more freshmen averaging 20 or more minutes per game.
• Of the nine schools with three or more freshmen averaging 20 or more minutes played per game, K-State owns the highest NET rating at 60.

Last Time Out
at K-State 79, Cincinnati 52 (Dec. 31, 2025; Manhattan, Kan.)
• K-State closed the 2025 calendar year by outscoring the Bearcats, 51-24, in the second half.
• The Wildcats shot 52.6 percent (10-of-19) from beyond the arc in the second half.
• Four players reached double figures in scoring: senior guard Tess Heal (17 pts), freshman guard Jordan Speisser (15 pts), junior guard Taryn Sides (14 pts) and senior forward Nastja Claessens (14 pts).

At a Glance: West Virginia
• West Virginia (12-2, 2-0 Big 12) downed Kansas on Thursday, 79-72 in Lawrence.
• On the sideline, West Virginia is led by third-year head coach Mark Kellogg. The 1998 graduate of Austin College owns a career record of 507-138 (.786) and a mark of 62-18 (.775) in Morgantown.
• The Mountaineers are led on the floor by redshirt junior Gia Cooke and senior Sydney Shaw.
• Cooke, a transfer from Houston and Maryland, paces West Virginia in scoring with 16.9 on a .412 field goal percentage. Against the Jayhawks, Cooke led West Virginia with 24 points on 6-of-9 shooting from beyond the arc.
• Shaw, a product of Miami, Florida, is second on the team in scoring (14.1 ppg), assists (2.7 apg) and rebounding (4.9 rpg). At Kansas, Shaw notched 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting including 4-of-8 from long range.

Wildcats 400+ Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 417-160 (.723) all-time inside Bramlage Coliseum, which is in its 38th season of existence.
• In his career in games played in his home venue, head coach Jeff Mittie is 421-117 (.783) including a 147-52 (.739) record at K-State.
• Kansas State has protected Bramlage Coliseum with determination against non-conference foes with a record of 241-33 (.880). Mittie is 87-12 (.879) in non-conference games in Bramlage.
• In the 2024-25 season, K-State was 17-1 (.944) in home games, which included a 17-game home winning streak, tied for the fifth-longest home win streak in program history and tied for the second-longest in Bramlage. This was the longest in-season home win streak since 2002-03 (19). The .944 winning percentage last season was the best since going 19-1 (.950) in 2002-03.
• This was the 34th time in program history that the Wildcats reached double figures in home victories. It was the 26th season K-State has won 10 or more games in Bramlage.
• The 33 home wins by the Wildcats over the last two seasons are the most wins in Bramlage over a two-season span in program history.

1st Month the 1st to 250 Wins
• January was the first month in the history of K-State women's basketball to surpass the 250-win plateau and the Wildcats own an overall record in the month of 265-195 (.576) in the first month of the year.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 45-43 (.511) in January with the Wildcats, including a 13-3 mark the last two seasons.
• K-State has registered a .500 or better record in January 35 times in the history of the program.

Magic Number is 70 Points
• Since head coach Jeff Mittie's first season in 2014-15, K-State is 137-25 (.846) 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 70.9 points per game and have surpassed the 70-point mark in 10 games (6-4).
• 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.

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 207-91 (.695) with a 7-4 mark in 2025-26.
• The Wildcats had a season-high five players reach double figures against Omaha on Nov. 3.
• K-State saw the freshmen trio of Brandie Harrod, Gina Garcia and Jordan Speiser each tally 12 points against Texas A&M on Nov. 16. This was the first time three K-State freshmen scored 12 or more points in the same game since Feb. 5, 2022, against Texas Tech (Serena Sundell, Brylee Glenn and Jaelyn Glenn).

Wildcats Solid From the Arc
• K-State continues to attack from deep in the 2025-26 season.
• The Wildcats set the school record for three-point field goals made in a game with 17 against Columbia on Nov. 27.
• K-State shot 65.4 percent (17-of-26) from beyond the arc against the Lions, which was the highest 3-point percentage on 20 or more attempts since carding a 70.0 percent effort (14-of-20) against UCF on February 15, 2025.
• K-State's 3-point percentage of 65.4 percent is the highest by any team this season that has made 17 or more 3-point field goals in a game.
• In the three games of the 2025 Cancun Challenge, K-State shot 53.2 percent (33-of-62) from the 3-point line which included eight quarters of 50.0 percent or better and a 76.9 percent (10-of-13) effort in the second against Columbia.
• K-State is shooting 33.7 percent (115-of-341) from 3-point range. The Wildcats have received 32.4 percent of its points from 3-point field goals made and have buried five or more in a game 11 times and have made 10 or more four times.
• In the 12 seasons under Mittie, K-State has buried 2,395 three-pointers which is 6.37 per game.
• In the Mittie era, the Wildcats have made five or more 3-pointers in a game 272 times in 376 total games including 55 games with 10 or more connections (w-l: 48-7) from deep.
• In the 2024-25 season, K-State shot 38.6 percent (307-of-795) from 3-point range. The Wildcats led the Big 12 and were second in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage and were third in the Big 12 and 23rd in the nation for 3-point field goals made per game (8.53).
• K-State's 307 three-point field goals made in the 2024-25 season rank second in program history for 3-pointers made in a single season and marks the second time in program history K-State has made 300 or more 3-pointers in a season (325; 2012-13). K-State's 3-point field goal percentage of .386 tied for second in school history for a season.
• K-State received 32.4 percent of its total points (921 points) from made 3-point field goals last season. This was the highest percentage of points from 3-pointers in the Jeff Mittie era and the fourth time since 2014-15 that K-State received 30.0 percent or more of its points from beyond the arc.

Taryn It Up from Long Distance
• Taryn Sides has been a threat from long distance in her career.
• Sides owns a career 3-point field goal percentage of .411 (151-367), which is fourth in school history (min. 2 attempts/game). She is the 16th player in program history with 150 or more made 3-point field goals. She has made two or more 3-pointers in a game 43 times, including 12 games with four or more.
• This season, Sides is shooting 43.2 percent from long distance (41-of-95) and has 12 games with two or more connections and three games with four or more.
• She ranks 40th in the nation and third in the Big 12 in three-point field goal percentage. Her 41 connections ranks 14th in the nation and third in the Big 12.
• During the 2025 Cancun Challenge, Sides went off from long range as she was 15-of-25 (.600) in the three games. Against Columbia, Sides shot a career-best 8-of-12 from long range including 5-of-6 in the second half.
• Starting with her buzzer-beating 3-pointer to end the third quarter against Columbia, Sides made eight consecutive 3-pointers by shooting 3-of-3 in the fourth quarter, 2-of-2 against North Carolina and started by making her first two attempts against South Dakota State.
• With her eight made 3-pointers against Columbia, Sides tied for the fourth most in a game in program history and was the eighth different player in school history to make eight or more three-pointers in a game. Her eight 3-point connections were the most since Temira Poindexter made eight at Kentucky in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
• She was the second K-State player since 1999-00 to shoot 66.7 percent or better from long distance on 12 or more attempts, joining Laurie Koehn who shot 76.9 percent (10-of-13) against Iowa on Jan. 5, 2003.
• In the 2024-25 season, Sides shot a career-high 43.3 percent from 3-point range (84-of-194). She ranked 17th in the nation for 3-point percentage. She ranked eighth in the Big 12 and 47th in the nation for 3-point field goals made per game (2.40). Sides has tallied 78.0 percent of her points this season from beyond the arc.
• Among sophomores in the nation, Sides was second for 3-point percentage (min. 60 or more 3-point field goals made) and was fourth with 84 three-point field goals made.
• Sides ranks second in program history for 3-point field goals made in a sophomore season. She was the fourth player in program history and ranked second (+58) to improve her made 3-pointers by 50 or more from one season to the next in program history.

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