Monday, November 2
Manhattan, Kan.
6:30 p.m.
Kansas State University
vs
Wichita State
Oct 29, 2026 | Women's Basketball
GAME #1
Wichita State (0-0) at K-State (0-0)
November 2, 2026 | 6:30 p.m. | Manhattan, Kan. | Bramlage Coliseum
TELEVISION
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Missy Heidrick
Sideline: Riley Schalk
RADIO
K-State Sports Network
Locally on 102.5 or 1350 KMAN
Play-by-Play: Matt Walters
Analyst: Kristin Waller
LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com
SERIES HISTORY vs. Wichita State
44-8
• K-State leads the series with Wichita State, 44-8.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 4-2 in his career against Wichita State.
• The Wildcats and Shockers will meet in a season-opener for the first time.
• K-State is 21-4 against the Shockers in games played in Manhattan.
• The Wildcats have won seven of the last 10 meetings in the series.
• The Wildcats are 61-13 against current members of the American.
K-State Opens 59th Season on Monday Against Wichita State
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State begins its 59th season of action, as the Wildcats host Wichita State in Bramlage Coliseum at 6:30 p.m., on Monday, November 2. Monday's game is the earliest season-opener in program history.
• This is the 11th straight season K-State will open a women's basketball season inside Bramlage. The Wildcats have won 16 straight home openers.
• Monday's game can be seen live on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Missy
Heidrick (analyst) and Riley Schalk (sideline) will have the call.
Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Mittie Set for 13th season
• K-State head coach Jeff Mittie is prepared for his 13th season in Manhattan. He owns a 237-161 (.595) record and 10 postseason appearances with the Wildcats. Mittie owns the second-most wins at the helm of K-State WBB (Deb Patterson, 350). His 691 career wins at NCAA programs ranks seventh among active NCAA Division I head coaches and second among active Big 12 coaches.
2. Welcome to K-State
• K-State's roster of 12 for the 2026-27 season features five new faces including two true freshmen (Sage Henry and Shaila Nde) and three transfers (Téa Cléante, Cristina Osazuwa and Tzoana Tampakou).
3. Cats Picked For 9th in Big 12 Poll
• K-State was chosen to finish ninth in the 2026-27 Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll.
4. Taryn 1K
• Senior guard Taryn Sides is poised to surpass the 1,000-point mark this season. The product of Phillipsburg, Kansas, needs 102 points to become the 47th player in program history to score 1,000 or more points at K-State.
5. Dishin' Duo
• Senior guard Taryn Sides and sophomore guard Gina Garcia were named the number two returning passing duo in the nation and the top tandem in the Big 12 by Basket Under Review. In the 2025-26 season, the pair combined for 328 assists which was 59.1 percent of K-State's overall assist total of 555.
At a Glance: Wichita State
• Wichita State (0-0, 0-0 American) enters the 2026-27 season with 14 new faces on its roster.
• On the sideline, Wichita State is led by fourth-year head coach Terry Nooner. Nooner, a 2000 graduate of Kansas, is 28-67 in his time in Wichita.
• The Shockers were selected to finish 13th in the American Conference preseason coaches poll.
Mittie Starts 13th Season at K-State
• Jeff Mittie, one of the winningest active coaches in NCAA Division I with over 690 career wins, is in his 13th season at the helm of the K-State program and his 35th as an NCAA head coach.
• Mittie, the ninth head women's basketball coach in K-State history, owns an overall career record of 691-396 (.636), including a 237-161 (.595) mark in his time at K-State. He has won 19 or more games in nine of his previous 12 seasons with K-State.
• Mittie is a two-time Werner Ladder Naismith Women's Coach of the Year Watch List honoree, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
• His 691 career wins at NCAA programs ranks seventh among active NCAA Division I head coaches and second among active Big 12 coaches. Mittie registered the 650th win of his coaching career, a 92-66 victory over DePaul on Nov. 27, 2024.
• With his 237 wins at Kansas State, Mittie ranks second for wins at the helm of the K-State program.
• Mittie is the third-longest tenured head coach in K-State women's basketball history and currently the longest tenured head coach of any sport at K-State.
• He has averaged 20.4 wins per season and experienced only two
losing seasons in his 33 seasons.
• Mittie has 25 postseason appearances in his career (NCAA, WBIT or WNIT Tournaments), in which he has a combined record of 27-23 (.540). He ranks second in program history for NCAA Tournament
appearances with six, trailing Deb Patterson's program record nine
appearances. Mittie is 6-6 in his six NCAA Tournament appearances with the Wildcats.
Wildcats' 400+ Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 421-166 (.717) all-time inside Bramlage Coliseum, which is in its 39th season of existence.
• In his career in games played in his home venue, head coach Jeff Mittie is 425-123 (.776) including a 151-58 (.722) record at K-State.
• Kansas State has protected Bramlage Coliseum with determination against non-conference foes with a record of 242-34 (.877). Mittie is 88-13 (.871) 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 two seasons ago 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.
Team Odds & Ends from 2025-26
• K-State tied the school record for games played in a season with 37.
• The 2,586 points this season ranked fourth in program history for a single season. This is the second straight season and the sixth season overall in which K-State has scored 2,500 or more points in a season.
• K-State's 280 three-point field goals made rank third in school history for a season and marks the third time in program history in which the Wildcats made 275 or more 3-point field goals and marks the ninth time in the last 11 seasons K-State has made 180 or more 3-point field goals.
• The 2025-26 Wildcats were the sixth team in program history to have five or more players make 20 or more 3-pointers in a season. When combined with the previous three seasons, this marks the first time in program history K-State has recorded four straight seasons with five or more players on the roster making 20 or more 3-pointers in a season.
• K-State handed out 555 assists in the 2025-26 season, which ranks sixth in program history for a season.
• Tess Heal surpassed the 1,500-point mark in her collegiate career during the 2025-26 season and concluded her time in Manhattan with 1,828 career points.
• Gina Garcia's 191 assists this season were a school record for a freshman season, a school record by an international player in a season and ranked sixth for a season in program history.
• Garcia recorded a 2.17 assist to turnover ratio which is the school record for a career and ranks sixth for a season in school history.
• Garcia (191) and Taryn Sides (137) combined for 328 assists this season, which ranks fourth at K-State for combined assists by two players in a season and was the fifth time in program history that two players combined for 300 or more assists in a season.
• Sides was one of two players in NCAA Division I this season to register two or more games with 12 or more assists and zero turnovers.
• Sides achieved 460 points, 129 rebounds and 137 assists. She was the ninth player in program history with 400 or more points, 100 or more rebounds and 100 or more assists in a season.
• At her height of 5'6", Sides was the shortest player in program history to join the 400/100/100 club.
• Sides is one of three players in the nation this season and the only player in the Big 12 in 2025-26 to register 450 or more points, 80 or more 3-point field goals made, 125 or more rebounds, 125 or more assists and 60 or more steals.
• Since 1999-00, Nastja Claessens is the second junior in program history to record a field goal percentage of 50.0 percent or better, a 3-point percentage of 35.0 percent or better and score 375 or more points. She joined Serena Sundell (2023-24) in achieving this feat.
• Claessens is the ninth junior in program history with 400 or more points and a field goal percentage of 50.0 percent or better.
• Jordan Speiser made 73 three-pointers and was the third freshman in program history with 70 or more 3-point field goals made in a freshman season and ranked third in program history for 3-point field goals made in a freshman season.
• Brandie Harrod pulled in 78 offensive rebounds this season, which tied for second in program history for a freshman season.
Remember the Month of November
• In its 59 seasons of action, K-State has accumulated a record of 171-60 (.740) in the month of November.
• Under head coach Jeff Mittie, K-State is 57-17 (.770) in November games.
• The Wildcats have ended the 11th month with a .500 or better record in 15 straight seasons, including a 6-0 mark in 2016-17 and a school record seven wins in the month in 2021-22 and 2022-23. Overall, K-State has registered a .500 or better record in November 46 times in its history.
International Cats
• K-State's 2026-27 roster will have an international flair.
• The Wildcats feature a program record seven players from six different countries: Nastja Claessens (Belgium), Téa Cléante (France) Gina Garcia and Shaila Nde (Spain), Cristina Osazuwa (Italy), Ivona Šćekić (Slovenia) and Tzoana Tampakou (Greece).
• Claessens is the first player in program history from Belgium. Šćekić is the first player in program history from Slovenia. Osazuwa is the first player in program history from Italy, while Tampakou is the first player from Greece.
• Cléante is the second player in program history from France, while Garcia and Nde are the third and fourth players from Spain.
• In its history, K-State has had a letterwinner from six different foreign countries (Spain, 3; Australia, 2; Belgium, Ukraine, Canada and France, 1).
Busy Offseason for the Cats
• K-State's 2026-27 roster season saw a lot of action during the
summer months.
• The Wildcats had four players: Taryn Sides, Mikayla Parks, Brandie Harrod and Ramiya White play in the 2026 USA Basketball 3X Women's Showcase in Mesa, Arizona, in May. The quartet defeated every NCAA team at the event (Stephen F. Austin, Fairfield and South Dakota State). The only two losses the Wildcats suffered were to the two USA selected teams.
• K-State then had three players represent their countries at the 2026 FIBA U20 Women's Eurobasket in June: Téa Cléante (France), Gina Garcia (Spain) and Ivona Šćekić (Slovenia). Cléante helped France to the gold medal, while Garcia aided Spain to a third-place finish.
• In July, Shaila Nde helped propel Spain to the gold at the 2026 FIBA U18 Women's Eurobasket.
• In September, Nastja Claessens was a member of the Belgian Senior Women's National Team that reached the quarterfinals of the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup in Germany.
K-State in Season Openers
• The Wildcats have been dominant in season-openers since the team's first season in 1968-69. Kansas State is 49-9 (.845) in season openers and have won 24 of the last 26 season openers, including 16 straight.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 28-6 (.824) in season-openers, including a 12-0 mark at K-State.
Cats in Home Openers
• Kansas State has won 32 of its last 34 home openers in Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats are 49-9 (.845) all-time in home openers and 34-4 (.895) in openers in Bramlage.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 32-2 (.941) in home openers in his previous 34 seasons.
Wichita State (0-0) at K-State (0-0)
November 2, 2026 | 6:30 p.m. | Manhattan, Kan. | Bramlage Coliseum
TELEVISION
ESPN+
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Missy Heidrick
Sideline: Riley Schalk
RADIO
K-State Sports Network
Locally on 102.5 or 1350 KMAN
Play-by-Play: Matt Walters
Analyst: Kristin Waller
LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com
SERIES HISTORY vs. Wichita State
44-8
• K-State leads the series with Wichita State, 44-8.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 4-2 in his career against Wichita State.
• The Wildcats and Shockers will meet in a season-opener for the first time.
• K-State is 21-4 against the Shockers in games played in Manhattan.
• The Wildcats have won seven of the last 10 meetings in the series.
• The Wildcats are 61-13 against current members of the American.
K-State Opens 59th Season on Monday Against Wichita State
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State begins its 59th season of action, as the Wildcats host Wichita State in Bramlage Coliseum at 6:30 p.m., on Monday, November 2. Monday's game is the earliest season-opener in program history.
• This is the 11th straight season K-State will open a women's basketball season inside Bramlage. The Wildcats have won 16 straight home openers.
• Monday's game can be seen live on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Missy
Heidrick (analyst) and Riley Schalk (sideline) will have the call.
Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Mittie Set for 13th season
• K-State head coach Jeff Mittie is prepared for his 13th season in Manhattan. He owns a 237-161 (.595) record and 10 postseason appearances with the Wildcats. Mittie owns the second-most wins at the helm of K-State WBB (Deb Patterson, 350). His 691 career wins at NCAA programs ranks seventh among active NCAA Division I head coaches and second among active Big 12 coaches.
2. Welcome to K-State
• K-State's roster of 12 for the 2026-27 season features five new faces including two true freshmen (Sage Henry and Shaila Nde) and three transfers (Téa Cléante, Cristina Osazuwa and Tzoana Tampakou).
3. Cats Picked For 9th in Big 12 Poll
• K-State was chosen to finish ninth in the 2026-27 Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll.
4. Taryn 1K
• Senior guard Taryn Sides is poised to surpass the 1,000-point mark this season. The product of Phillipsburg, Kansas, needs 102 points to become the 47th player in program history to score 1,000 or more points at K-State.
5. Dishin' Duo
• Senior guard Taryn Sides and sophomore guard Gina Garcia were named the number two returning passing duo in the nation and the top tandem in the Big 12 by Basket Under Review. In the 2025-26 season, the pair combined for 328 assists which was 59.1 percent of K-State's overall assist total of 555.
At a Glance: Wichita State
• Wichita State (0-0, 0-0 American) enters the 2026-27 season with 14 new faces on its roster.
• On the sideline, Wichita State is led by fourth-year head coach Terry Nooner. Nooner, a 2000 graduate of Kansas, is 28-67 in his time in Wichita.
• The Shockers were selected to finish 13th in the American Conference preseason coaches poll.
Mittie Starts 13th Season at K-State
• Jeff Mittie, one of the winningest active coaches in NCAA Division I with over 690 career wins, is in his 13th season at the helm of the K-State program and his 35th as an NCAA head coach.
• Mittie, the ninth head women's basketball coach in K-State history, owns an overall career record of 691-396 (.636), including a 237-161 (.595) mark in his time at K-State. He has won 19 or more games in nine of his previous 12 seasons with K-State.
• Mittie is a two-time Werner Ladder Naismith Women's Coach of the Year Watch List honoree, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
• His 691 career wins at NCAA programs ranks seventh among active NCAA Division I head coaches and second among active Big 12 coaches. Mittie registered the 650th win of his coaching career, a 92-66 victory over DePaul on Nov. 27, 2024.
• With his 237 wins at Kansas State, Mittie ranks second for wins at the helm of the K-State program.
• Mittie is the third-longest tenured head coach in K-State women's basketball history and currently the longest tenured head coach of any sport at K-State.
• He has averaged 20.4 wins per season and experienced only two
losing seasons in his 33 seasons.
• Mittie has 25 postseason appearances in his career (NCAA, WBIT or WNIT Tournaments), in which he has a combined record of 27-23 (.540). He ranks second in program history for NCAA Tournament
appearances with six, trailing Deb Patterson's program record nine
appearances. Mittie is 6-6 in his six NCAA Tournament appearances with the Wildcats.
Wildcats' 400+ Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 421-166 (.717) all-time inside Bramlage Coliseum, which is in its 39th season of existence.
• In his career in games played in his home venue, head coach Jeff Mittie is 425-123 (.776) including a 151-58 (.722) record at K-State.
• Kansas State has protected Bramlage Coliseum with determination against non-conference foes with a record of 242-34 (.877). Mittie is 88-13 (.871) 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 two seasons ago 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.
Team Odds & Ends from 2025-26
• K-State tied the school record for games played in a season with 37.
• The 2,586 points this season ranked fourth in program history for a single season. This is the second straight season and the sixth season overall in which K-State has scored 2,500 or more points in a season.
• K-State's 280 three-point field goals made rank third in school history for a season and marks the third time in program history in which the Wildcats made 275 or more 3-point field goals and marks the ninth time in the last 11 seasons K-State has made 180 or more 3-point field goals.
• The 2025-26 Wildcats were the sixth team in program history to have five or more players make 20 or more 3-pointers in a season. When combined with the previous three seasons, this marks the first time in program history K-State has recorded four straight seasons with five or more players on the roster making 20 or more 3-pointers in a season.
• K-State handed out 555 assists in the 2025-26 season, which ranks sixth in program history for a season.
• Tess Heal surpassed the 1,500-point mark in her collegiate career during the 2025-26 season and concluded her time in Manhattan with 1,828 career points.
• Gina Garcia's 191 assists this season were a school record for a freshman season, a school record by an international player in a season and ranked sixth for a season in program history.
• Garcia recorded a 2.17 assist to turnover ratio which is the school record for a career and ranks sixth for a season in school history.
• Garcia (191) and Taryn Sides (137) combined for 328 assists this season, which ranks fourth at K-State for combined assists by two players in a season and was the fifth time in program history that two players combined for 300 or more assists in a season.
• Sides was one of two players in NCAA Division I this season to register two or more games with 12 or more assists and zero turnovers.
• Sides achieved 460 points, 129 rebounds and 137 assists. She was the ninth player in program history with 400 or more points, 100 or more rebounds and 100 or more assists in a season.
• At her height of 5'6", Sides was the shortest player in program history to join the 400/100/100 club.
• Sides is one of three players in the nation this season and the only player in the Big 12 in 2025-26 to register 450 or more points, 80 or more 3-point field goals made, 125 or more rebounds, 125 or more assists and 60 or more steals.
• Since 1999-00, Nastja Claessens is the second junior in program history to record a field goal percentage of 50.0 percent or better, a 3-point percentage of 35.0 percent or better and score 375 or more points. She joined Serena Sundell (2023-24) in achieving this feat.
• Claessens is the ninth junior in program history with 400 or more points and a field goal percentage of 50.0 percent or better.
• Jordan Speiser made 73 three-pointers and was the third freshman in program history with 70 or more 3-point field goals made in a freshman season and ranked third in program history for 3-point field goals made in a freshman season.
• Brandie Harrod pulled in 78 offensive rebounds this season, which tied for second in program history for a freshman season.
Remember the Month of November
• In its 59 seasons of action, K-State has accumulated a record of 171-60 (.740) in the month of November.
• Under head coach Jeff Mittie, K-State is 57-17 (.770) in November games.
• The Wildcats have ended the 11th month with a .500 or better record in 15 straight seasons, including a 6-0 mark in 2016-17 and a school record seven wins in the month in 2021-22 and 2022-23. Overall, K-State has registered a .500 or better record in November 46 times in its history.
International Cats
• K-State's 2026-27 roster will have an international flair.
• The Wildcats feature a program record seven players from six different countries: Nastja Claessens (Belgium), Téa Cléante (France) Gina Garcia and Shaila Nde (Spain), Cristina Osazuwa (Italy), Ivona Šćekić (Slovenia) and Tzoana Tampakou (Greece).
• Claessens is the first player in program history from Belgium. Šćekić is the first player in program history from Slovenia. Osazuwa is the first player in program history from Italy, while Tampakou is the first player from Greece.
• Cléante is the second player in program history from France, while Garcia and Nde are the third and fourth players from Spain.
• In its history, K-State has had a letterwinner from six different foreign countries (Spain, 3; Australia, 2; Belgium, Ukraine, Canada and France, 1).
Busy Offseason for the Cats
• K-State's 2026-27 roster season saw a lot of action during the
summer months.
• The Wildcats had four players: Taryn Sides, Mikayla Parks, Brandie Harrod and Ramiya White play in the 2026 USA Basketball 3X Women's Showcase in Mesa, Arizona, in May. The quartet defeated every NCAA team at the event (Stephen F. Austin, Fairfield and South Dakota State). The only two losses the Wildcats suffered were to the two USA selected teams.
• K-State then had three players represent their countries at the 2026 FIBA U20 Women's Eurobasket in June: Téa Cléante (France), Gina Garcia (Spain) and Ivona Šćekić (Slovenia). Cléante helped France to the gold medal, while Garcia aided Spain to a third-place finish.
• In July, Shaila Nde helped propel Spain to the gold at the 2026 FIBA U18 Women's Eurobasket.
• In September, Nastja Claessens was a member of the Belgian Senior Women's National Team that reached the quarterfinals of the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup in Germany.
K-State in Season Openers
• The Wildcats have been dominant in season-openers since the team's first season in 1968-69. Kansas State is 49-9 (.845) in season openers and have won 24 of the last 26 season openers, including 16 straight.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 28-6 (.824) in season-openers, including a 12-0 mark at K-State.
Cats in Home Openers
• Kansas State has won 32 of its last 34 home openers in Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats are 49-9 (.845) all-time in home openers and 34-4 (.895) in openers in Bramlage.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 32-2 (.941) in home openers in his previous 34 seasons.
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