K-State, (15/14) Baylor Meet Monday Night in Waco

Monday, February 23

Waco, Texas

7 p.m.

Kansas State University

(15/14) Baylor

Feb 22, 2026 | Women's Basketball

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GAME #30
K-State Wildcats (15-14, 8-8 Big 12) at (15/14) Baylor Bears (23-6, 12-4 Big 12)
Saturday, February 21, 2026 | 4 p.m. | Bramlage Coliseum (11,010) | Manhattan, Kan.

TELEVISION
ESPN2
Play-by-Play: Eric Frede
Analyst: Christy Thomaskutty

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
Online: kstatesports.com
Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller
Analyst: Randy Peterson

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

SERIES HISTORY vs. Baylor
12-44

• Baylor leads the series with K-State, 44-12.
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 4-26 against Baylor.
• The Wildcats have won three of the last six meetings.
• In a scheduling oddity, this will be the third straight meeting between the schools in which there is only one day between each schools' last game.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - K-State (15-14, 8-8 Big 12) completes the road portion of its Big 12 schedule on Monday night, as the Wildcats visit (15/14) Baylor (23-6, 12-4) at 7 p.m.

• Monday's matchup features the top-two programs in the Big 12 for all-time wins, as Baylor owns 1,148 while K-State has captured 1,086 victories.
• The game will air on ESPN2, as as Eric Frede (play-by-play) and Christy Thomaskutty (analyst) will have the call.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Sides on Doorstep of Rare Club
• Junior guard Taryn Sides needs 32 points to become 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 would be the shortest player in program history to join the 400/100/100 club.
2. Sides Dish
• Sides ranks 17th in program history for career assists with 305 and needs two assists for sole possession of 16th. She is the 17th K-State player with 300 or more assists.
3. Garcia with the Dish
• Gina Garcia leads all Big 12 freshmen and is third in the nation for assists by a freshmen with 136 assists. She is sixth in program history for assists in a freshman season.
4. Spicy at the Line
• Freshman guard Jordan Speiser has converted at a high rate at the foul line. Speiser is shooting 88.9 percent (56-of-63). She currently ranks first in program history for career free throw percentage and third for free throw percentage in a single season (min. 2 free throw attempts/game).
5. High Efficiency Claessens
• Junior forward Nastja Claessens registered a 60.0 percent (6-of-10) effort from the field at UCF on Feb. 18. The team leader in field goal percentage at 54.0 percent, Claessens has seven games this season with a field goal percentage of 60.0 percent or better and at least one 3-point field goal made.

Number to Know
58.7 | 55.0

• At UCF on Feb. 18, K-State shot a season-best 58.7 percent from the field which included a 55.0 percent effort from 3-point range.
• This was the fourth time in program history since 2000-01, in which K-State shot 55.0 percent or better from both the field and 3-point range. (min. 60 FG attempts & 20 3-pt FG attempts)
• The field goal percentage of 58.7 percent is the second-high field goal percentage in a game in which K-State shot 55.0 percent or better from both the field and 3-point range, trailing the high of 64.5 percent against Iowa on Jan. 5, 2003.

At a Glance: Baylor
• (15/14) Baylor (23-6, 12-4 Big 12) enters Monday's game following a 74-60 win over Arizona on Saturday.
• On the sideline, Baylor is led by fifth-year head coach Nicki Collen. Collen is 125-42 (.749) during her time in Waco and led the Bears to the 2021-22 Big 12 regular season crown.
• On the floor, the Bears have two players averaging double figures: Taliah Scott and Darianna Littlepag-Buggs.
• Scott, a redshirt sophomore transferred from Auburn, is averaging 20.4 points while shooting 39.9 percent from the field including 34.8 percent from beyond the arc. Against Arizona, Scott tallied 22 points.
• Littlepage-Buggs, a senior guard/forward from Oklahoma City, is averaging a double-double 10.9 points on a .544 field goal percentage and a team-high 10.2 rebounds.

Last Time Out
Kansas 75, at K-State 68 (Feb. 21, 2026; Manhattan, Kan.)
• K-State dropped its Senior Day contest against Dillons Sunflower Showdown rival Kansas, 75-68.
• The Wildcats were outscored 42-35 in the second half, as the Jayhawks went to the free line 21 times and made 18 in the final two quarters.
• K-State had three in double figures and were led by senior Tess Heal with 19 points while junior forward Nastja Claessens added 13 and freshman Brandie Harrod tallied 13 points, four rebounds and four steals.

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 1,086-686 (.613) 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 420 victories inside Bramlage Coliseum.
• K-State has 253 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 97 wins against teams ranked in the AP poll.

Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 305-334 (.477) record in road games during the program's 58-year history.
• In his career in road games, head coach Jeff Mittie is 181-214 (.458) including a 56-77 (.421) mark during his time at K-State.
• This season, K-State is 6-5 in road games including a win at 17th-ranked Texas Tech on Jan. 17. This is the fourth time in five seasons K-State has won five or more road games.
• 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).

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 212-95 (.691) with a 12-8 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).

Bench Boost
• K-State has received an offensive boost from its second unit.
• The Wildcats opened the season with 47 points from its bench against Omaha. The 47 points from the bench were the most since K-State scored 47 against McNeese State on Dec. 6, 2023.
• K-State is averaging 25.4 points per game from its bench (736 points), which is second in the Big 12 and is 31st in the nation.
• This is the third time in the Jeff Mittie era in which the bench recorded 700 or more points in a season.
• K-State has scored 20 or more bench points in 19 games. The Wildcats have had the edge in bench points in 20 games this season (11-9).
• In the 2024-25 season, the Wildcats averaged 22.6 points per game (813 points) from the bench and ranked second in the Big 12 and 50th in the nation for bench points per game.
• K-State's 813 bench points was the top mark under Mittie for a season.

Wildcats Picking Pockets
• The Wildcats continue to swipe the basketball at a high rate.
• K-State pocketed 19 steals in the season-opener against Omaha. The 19 steals were the most for the Wildcats since Dec. 7, 2022, against Kansas City when K-State pilfered 20 steals.
• The Wildcats pocketed 15 steals against Cincinnati on Dec. 31. The 15 steals were the most by K-State in a Big 12 game since Feb. 15, 2025, against UCF.
• This season, K-State has tallied 273 steals (9.4 spg). Of the 481 opponent turnovers this season, 56.8 percent have come from a K-State steal. The Wildcats have registered 10 or more steals in a game 16 times this season (10-6).
• In league action, the Wildcats are averaging 10.3 steals per game which is second in the Big 12.
• In the 2024-25 season, K-State pocketed 307 steals (8.5 spg). Of the 542 opponent turnovers this season, 56.6 percent have come from a K-State steal. The 307 steals were the third-most since 2014-15.

Harrod with the Haul
• Freshman guard Brandie Harrod has been a force on the offensive glass in her debut collegiate season.
• Harrod leads K-State and ranks 12th in the Big 12 with 2.28 offensive rebounds per game.
• The product of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, owns 66 offensive rebounds this season, which ranks third in program history for a freshman season.

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