Baylor women headed to Bramlage for midweek matchup

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State returns to Bramlage Coliseum on Wednesday night for its only home game in a 24-day span in the month of February, as the Wildcats host (1/1) Baylor at 7 p.m. This will be the fifth time K-State will host a game against the number one team in the nation in Manhattan and the first since hosting top-ranked Connecticut on December 11, 2016.

Wednesday’s game will be aired on ESPN3, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Missy Heidrick (analyst) and Bridget Howard (sideline) will have the call.
K-State (15-9, 6-6 Big 12) picked up its first win in Norman, Oklahoma, against the Sooners since February 1, 2003, with an 83-75 win on Sunday. This marked K-State’s first series win of the season and the first time K-State won the season series with Oklahoma since the Big 12 switched to the round-robin schedule for the 2012-13 season.
The Wildcats made a season-high 14 three-pointers, which tied for the most in the Jeff Mittie era.
K-State had five players reach double figures and were led by the perimeter tandem of sophomore Rachel Ranke and freshman Christianna Carr.
Ranke carded a personal season-high 24 points with a career-best 8-of-14 effort from beyond the arc. Ranke’s eight 3-pointers are the most in a road conference game in program history and are the most by any Big 12 player in a league game this season.
Ranke is averaging 9.4 points per game and leads the Wildcats with 48 three-point field goals this season.
Carr tallied 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting including a 3-of-6 effort from 3-point range. The Manhattan, Kansas, native scored her 15 points in 19 minutes.

Number to Know — 5

#KStateWBB’s Kayla Goth has five games with 10 or more assists this season.
In Big 12 play, Goth has four games with 10 or more assists. Goth has more games with 10 or more assists in league play than every other player in the Big 12 (3).
Goth leads the Big 12 in assists (160) and assists per game (6.7).
She needs two assists to move into the top-10 on the K-State single-season assist list for the second straight season.

At a Glance: Baylor

(1/1) Baylor (21-1, 11-0) enters Wednesday’s matchup with a 13-game winning streak, following an 87-71 win over TCU on Feb. 9.
On the sideline, Baylor is led by 19th-year head coach Kim Mulkey. In her time with the Lady Bears, Mulkey has led the program to a 560-99 (.850) record. She has led Baylor to eight straight Big 12 regular season titles, 17 NCAA Tournament appearances and a pair of NCAA titles (2005 and 2012).
On the floor, the Lady Bears feature four players in double figures including senior Kalani Brown and junior Lauren Cox.
Brown, a post from Slidell, Louisiana, is a candidate for the 2019 Lisa Leslie Award paces the Lady Bears with 16.6 points per game and 7.2 rebounds. Against the Horned Frogs, Brown tallied 32 points on 11-of-12 shooting and 10-of-10 from the foul line.
Cox, a forward from Flower Mound, Texas, is averaging 12.3 points and 7.5 rebounds. Against TCU, Cox notched 18 points and eight rebounds.

K-State Against Ranked Opponents

The Wildcats are 81-209 (.279) against teams ranked in the Associated Press (AP) poll including a 51-58 (.468) mark against AP ranked teams in Manhattan.
With its 87-69 win over No. 11 Texas on Jan. 16, 2019, K-State has registered a win over an AP top-25 team in 13 straight seasons.
It was the highest ranked opponent K-State has defeated since upsetting No. 10 Texas Tech on Jan. 14, 2012.
K-State is 9-33 (.214) against AP ranked opponents in head coach Jeff Mittie’s five seasons in Manhattan.

Wildcats Solid From Beyond the Arc

Kansas State registered a season-high 14 connections from beyond the arc at Oklahoma on February 10. The 14 connections are tied for the most in the Jeff Mittie era.
For the season, K-State is 131-of-437 (.300) from beyond the arc. K-State has made five or more 3-point field goals in 13 games this season. The Wildcats are recording 25.9 percent of its point total off 3-pointers this season.
K-State has benefitted from the shooting of sophomore guard Rachel Ranke and freshman guard Christianna Carr. When either player makes three or more 3-pointers in a game, K-State is 10-1 this season.
In the Mittie era, the Wildcats have made five or more 3-pointers in a game 111 times in 157 total games including 17 games with 10 or more connections from deep (15-2).
In the five seasons under Mittie, K-State has buried 945 three-pointers which is 6.0 per game.

20-Point Quarters For the Wildcats

K-State has scored 20 or more points in a quarter this season 22 times. The Wildcats are 13-3 this season when scoring 20 or more points in a quarter.
Since the inception of the quarter system in the 2015-16 season, K-State owns an overall record of 60-29 (.674) when scoring 20 or more points in any quarter in a game.
Since the 2015-16 season, K-State has registered 137 quarters with 20 or more points with a high of 43 in the 2017-18 season. K-State is averaging 34.3 quarters per season with 20 or more points scored.

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