K-State Hosts Utah on Saturday Afternoon

Saturday, January 10

Manhattan, Kan.

4 p.m.

Kansas State University

Utah

K-State Women's Basketball vs. University of Cincinnati, December 31, 2025. Final: KSU 79, UC 52.

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GAME #18
Utah Utes (12-4, 3-1 Big 12) at K-State Wildcats (9-8, 2-2 Big 12)
Saturday, January 10, 2026 | 4 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum (11,010) | Manhattan, Kan.

PROMOTIONS & TICKETS
Halftime Act: KC Disc Dogs

Tickets
Call (800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com

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

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
Online: kstatesports.com
Play-by-Play: Matt Walters
Analyst: Kristin Waller

LIVE STATS
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SERIES HISTORY vs. Utah
4-4

• The series between the schools is tied, 4-4.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 11-8 in his career against Utah.
• This will fifth matchup in Manhattan between the programs and first since the Postseason WNIT in 2018.
• The matchup features two of the four teams in the Big 12 with 1,000 or more wins in their history (K-State - 1,080; Utah - 1,042).

MANHATTAN, Kansas - K-State (9-8, 2-2 Big 12) returns to Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday, as the Wildcats host Utah (12-4, 3-1) at 4 p.m.

• Saturday'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. Heal Joins K-State's 30-Point Club
• Senior Tess Heal became the 31st player in program history to score 30 or more points in a game with her 31 at Houston on Jan. 7. She was first Wildcat to score 30 or more points and make 11 or more free throws in a game since Gabby Gregory tallied 35 points with 13 made free throws against Northern Arizona on Nov. 25, 2022.
2. Pair of Cats Reach 30+ Points
• This season, K-State is the 15th team in the nation and the eighth from a Power 4 conference to have at least two players score 30 or more points in a game this season. Heal (31 pts; at Houston, 1/7/26) joined Taryn Sides (30 pts; vs. Columbia, 11/27/25) as the two Wildcats with 30 or more points this season.
3. Sides Joins Rare K-State Club
• Taryn Sides is the seventh player in K-State history with 250 or more assists and 150 or more 3-point field goals made.
4. Garcia with the Dish
• Garcia leads all Big 12 freshmen and is second in the nation for freshmen for total assists (84). Since 1981-82, Garcia is the 12th freshman in program history with 80 or more assists in their freshman season and the fourth in the Jeff Mittie era.
5. Freshmen Toe the Line
• Freshmen guards Jordan Speiser and Gina Garcia have converted at a high rate at the foul line. Garcia is shooting 89.7 percent (26-of-29) at the line, while Speiser is shooting 88.6 percent (31-of-35). K-State is the only team in the nation with at least two freshmen shooting 88.0 percent or better from the foul line (min. 25 free throw attempts).

Number to Know
21

• K-State senior guard Tess Heal had a final 10 minutes to remember at Houston on Jan. 7.
• Heal tallied 21 of her 31 points in the fourth quarter, achieving the total on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor and 10-of-10 from the foul line. She outscored Houston on her own in the frame, 21-17.
• Her 21 points set the school record for points in any quarter, surpassing the previous mark of 18 held by Kayla Goth (3rd quarter; vs. UT Arlington, 12/6/17) and Ayoka Lee (2nd quarter; vs. Oklahoma, 1/23/22).
• The previous season-high for points in a quarter this season for K-State was 15 by Taryn Sides against Columbia on Nov. 27 in the fourth quarter.

Last Time Out
K-State 71, at Houston 62 (Jan. 7, 2026; Houston, Texas)
• K-State overcame an 11-point halftime deficit and outscored Houston in the second half, 45-25.
• The Wildcats shot 25 free throws in the second half, including 18 in the fourth quarter, and made 17.
• Senior guard Tess Heal (31 pts) and junior forward Nastja Claessens (14 pts) led the Wildcats. Heal set the school record for points in a quarter with 21 in the fourth.

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 266-196 (.576) in the first month of the year.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 47-44 (.516) in January with the Wildcats, including a 14-4 mark the last three seasons.
• K-State has registered a .500 or better record in January 35 times in the history of the program.

K-State Top-25 in NCAA History for Wins
• K-State is in its 58th season of action and ranks among the top programs in NCAA history for all-time wins.
• K-State's all-time record stands at 1,080-680 (.614) and the Wildcats enter the 2025-26 season ranked 21st in NCAA Division I women's basketball history for program wins. The Wildcats were the 19th program in NCAA Division I history to reach 1,000 or more wins as a program and are one of four members of the Big 12 (Baylor, Utah, Texas Tech). K-State is averaging 18.5 wins per season.
• K-State is one of three teams in the nation to be guided by an active head coach with 650 or more career wins and the program has surpassed the 1,000-win mark (UConn, NC State).
• The Wildcats have accumulated 28 20-win seasons and have secured 417 victories inside Bramlage Coliseum.
• K-State has 247 wins in the Big 12 Conference.
• Kansas State has registered 276 victories when they were ranked in the Associated Press top-25 poll and achieved 96 wins against teams ranked in the AP poll.

At a Glance: Utah
• Utah (12-4, 3-1 Big 12) finishes its two-game swing through the Sunflower State on Saturday, as the Utes downed Kansas on Wednesday, 62-59.
• Utah is guided on the sideline by second-year head coach Gavin Petersen. The 1999 graduate of Hawaii Pacific owns a mark fo 31-12 (.721) including a trip to the 2025 NCAA Tournament while leading the program.
• The Utes feature two players averaging in double figures, Lani White and Maty Wilke.
• White, a senior from Irvine, California, is averaging 14.9 points per game on a .477 field goal percentage and has hauled in 5.3 rebounds. At Kansas, White notched her fourth straight game in double figures with 17 points, five rebounds and three assists.
• Wilke, a senior from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, is second on the team in scoring at 10.1 points per game. Against the Jayhawks, Wilke tallied eight points, four rebounds and four assists.

Wildcats 400+ Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 417-161 (.721) 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 421-118 (.781) including a 147-53 (.735) 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.

Magic Number is 70 Points
• Since head coach Jeff Mittie's first season in 2014-15, K-State is 138-25 (.847) 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 70.2 points per game and have surpassed the 70-point mark in 11 games (7-4).
• 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.

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 167-69 (.708) when scoring 20 or more points in any quarter in a game.
• Since the 2015-16 season, K-State has registered 403 quarters with 20 or more points with a program record of 68 in the 2024-25 season.
• This season, K-State has registered 23 quarters with 20 or more points scored in quarters including a high of 31 points in the first quarter against Omaha on Nov. 3 and the third quarter against Texas A&M on Nov. 16. The Cats are 7-4 this season when scoring 20 or more points in any quarter in a game.

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