MANHATTAN, Kansas - (12/11) K-State (21-2, 9-1 Big 12) hosts (9/9) TCU (21-2, 9-1) on Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m., in a matchup of the top-two teams in the Big 12.
• The Wildcats enter Wednesday’s game with a 14-game home winning streak. This is tied for the eighth-longest home court winning streak in program history and the sixth-longest at Bramlage Coliseum. A win Wednesday would tie for the seventh-longest overall for K-State and tied for the fourth-longest in Bramlage.
• Wednesday’s game will air on ESPN+, as Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Missy Heidrick (analyst) and Sophie Smith (sideline) will have the call.
Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women’s basketball
1. Sundell Named to Lieberman Award Top-10
• All-America candidate Serena Sundell has been selected to the Nancy Lieberman Award top-10. Sundell leads the nation in assists (166) and is third for assists per game (7.2).
2. 90-Point Games
• K-State has scored 90 or more points in seven games this season, tied for the second-most (1982-83) in program history. The school record for games with 90 or more points in a season is eight in the 1983-84 season.
3. Happy Helpers
• K-State features four players with 50 or more assists this season: Serena Sundell (166), Zyanna Walker (98), Jaelyn Glenn (67) and Taryn Sides (68). If Temira Poindexter (44) reaches 50 assists this season, this would mark the fourth time in program history with five or more players with 50 or more assists.
4. Trio of 3-Point Shooters
• The trio of Temira Poindexter (57), Taryn Sides (57) and Jaelyn Glenn (46) are on pace to become the fourth set of K-State teammates and first since 2012-13 to make 50 or more 3-pointers in a season.
5. Sundell Nearing Big 12 Assist Top-10
• With 10 assists, senior guard and All-America candidate Serena Sundell will move into the top-10 in Big 12 history for career assists. Sundell has dished 710 assists in her career and would pass Toccara Williams (Texas A&M, 2001-04; 724).
Number to Know
9
• K-State owns nine games this season with 10 or more 3-point field goals made in a game.
• The Wildcats added to the total with a season-high 15 made 3-point field goals at Kansas on Feb. 2.
• Earlier this season, K-State made 10 or more 3-pointers in five straight games (Dec. 1-18) for the first time in program history. During this stretch, K-State was 57-of-124 (.460).
• The record for games in a season with 10 or more 3-point field goals made in a game is 14 in the 2012-13 season.
2024-25 K-State Coach & Player Milestones to Watch
Serena Sundell
• Needs 106 points to move into 8th in K-State history for career points
• Needs 10 assists to move into 10th in Big 12 history for career assists
• Needs two games with five or more assists to set the school record for career games with five or more assists
• Needs 86 assists to set the school record for career assists
Jaelyn Glenn
• Needs 51 steals to move into third on K-State career steals list
• Needs two assists to move into 17th on K-State career assists list
• Needs 14 rebounds for sole possession of 20th on the K-State career rebounds list
• Needs 10 points for sole possession of 37th on the K-State career points listt
At a Glance: TCU
• TCU (21-2, 9-1 Big 12) enters Wednesday’s game following an 82-69 win at Iowa State on Sunday.
• On the sideline, the Horned Frogs are led by second-year head coach Mark Campbell. Campbell is 42-14 (.750) in his time in Fort Worth.
• TCU features three players averaging in double figures this season: Hailey Van Lith, Sedona Prince and Madison Conner.
• Van Lith leads the Horned Frogs in scoring (18.7 ppg) and assists (5.9 apg). At Iowa State, she carded 28 points, eight assists and five rebounds.
• Prince is second on the team in scoring (18.4 ppg) and leads the team in rebounding (9.0 rpg).
• Conner is third on the team in scoring (15.5 ppg), second in assists (4.1 apg) and leads the team in 3-point shooting (83-of-182; .456).
K-State Against Ranked Opponents
• The Wildcats are 93-243 (.277) against teams ranked in the Associated Press (AP) poll including a 58-70 (.453) mark against AP ranked teams in Manhattan.
• The Wildcats were 5-4 in the 2023-24 season against AP top-25 opponents and were one of 11 teams in the nation with five wins against AP top-25 foes.
• This was the fifth time in program history that K-State won five or more games against AP ranked foes in a season. The five wins were the most since the 2003-04 season when the Wildcats won five games against ranked opponents.
• The Wildcats captured its second-ever win over an AP number two ranked foe and first since the 1982-83 season by defeating then-second-ranked Iowa, 65-58, on Nov. 16, 2023 in Iowa City. K-State is 24-114 (.174) all-time in games against AP top-10 opponents.
• This was the highest ranked opponent K-State has defeated on the road.
• According to ESPN Stats & Info, K-State was the first NCAA Division I women’s basketball program in the last 25 years to be unranked and defeat the same Associated Press top-5 team in consecutive seasons.
• According to Stats Perform, K-State was the sixth team to defeat an AP second-ranked team on the road since 1999-00.
• The wins over Iowa and 10th-ranked Texas marked the third and fourth top-10 wins for the Wildcats in three seasons, as K-State downed fourth-ranked Iowa on Nov. 17, 2022, and 10th-ranked Baylor on Jan. 2, 2022.
• K-State is 21-66 (.241) against AP ranked opponents in head coach Jeff Mittie’s 10 seasons.
Wildcats Over 400 Wins in Bramlage
• K-State is 410-156 (.724) all-time inside Bramlage Coliseum, which is in its 37th season of existence.
• This season, K-State is 14-0 in home games. This is tied for the eighth-longest home win streak in program history.
• This is the 34th time in program history that the Wildcats reached double figures in home victories. It is the 26th season K-State has won 10 or more games in Bramlage.
• In the 2023-24 season, the Wildcats were 16-2 (.889) in Bramlage. The .889 winning percentage last season was the best since going 13-1 in 2008-09.
• The Wildcats recorded a 15-game home court winning streak, which was the longest in-season win streak since 2002-03 (19). When including its two wins in the 2023 WNIT at the end of the 2022-23 season, K-State won 17 consecutive home games, which was the longest in the Jeff Mittie era, the fifth-longest in program history and the second-longest at Bramlage.
• In his career in games played in his home venue, Mittie is 414-113 (.786) including a 140-48 (.745) record at K-State.
• Kansas State has protected Bramlage Coliseum with determination against non-conference foes with a record of 238-30 (.888). Mittie is 84-9 (.903) in non-conference games in Bramlage.
Filling Up the Purple Palace
• K-State continues to pack Bramlage Coliseum in 2024-25. The Wildcats have seen 65,042 fans come to Bramlage this season. This ranks 15th in the nation and third in the Big 12 for total attendance. K-State’s average attendance of 4,646 ranks 26th in the nation and fourth in the Big 12.
• In the 2023-24 season, the Wildcats ranked 16th in the nation and third in the Big 12 for total attendance (99,552). K-State was 19th in the nation and third in the league in average attendance (5,531 average; 18 home games).
• K-State’s total attendance last season of 99,552 ranked fifth in school history for a season. The average attendance last season of 5,531 ranks sixth in school history.
• K-State had a season-high 10,692 fans against Colorado on March 24, 2024. This was the largest women’s basketball crowd in Bramlage Coliseum since Dec. 11, 2016, against UConn (12,528).
• When the crowd is 7,500 or more in Bramlage Coliseum, K-State is 47-13 (.783) including a record of 18-6 (.750) when the crowd is 10,000 or more.
• The Wildcats moved into Bramlage Coliseum prior to the start of the 1988-89 season and have seen 2,132,930 fans pass through the doors. K-State reached the 2,000,000 mark for women’s basketball attendance on Jan. 13, 2024 against Texas.
Wildcats Solid From the Arc
• K-State has continued to attack from deep in the 2024-25 season.
• For the season, K-State is shooting 39.9 percent (201-of-504) from 3-point range. The Wildcats lead the Big 12 and are third in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage and are third in the Big 12 for 3-point field goals made (8.74). K-State is receiving 31.8 percent of its total points (603 points) from made 3-point field goals this season.
• The Wildcats registered a season-high 15 connections from 3-point range at Kansas on Feb. 2 on a season-high 65.2 percent effort. Since 2009-10 season, the percentage of 65.2 is the highest in program history (min. 20 attempts) and the only Big 12 team to shoot 65.0 percent or better with 15 or more makes and 20 or more attempts.
• K-State made 10 or more 3-pointers in five straight games (Dec. 1-18) for the first time in program history.
• The trio of Temira Poindexter (57), Taryn Sides (57) and Jaelyn Glenn (46) are on pace to become the fourth set of K-State teammates and first since 2012-13 to make 50 or more 3-pointers in a season.
• In the Jeff Mittie era, the Wildcats have made five or more 3-pointers in a game 249 times in 348 total games including 47 games with 10 or more connections (w-l: 41-6) from deep.
• In the 11 seasons under Mittie, K-State has buried 2,175 three-pointers which is 6.25 per game.
Nothing Marginal
• K-State is on a school record pace for scoring margin in the 2024-25 season.
• The Wildcats own a scoring margin of +28.2 this season, which leads the Big 12 and ranks second in the nation.
• K-State has won 20 games this season by 12 or more points including 15 wins by 20 or more points.
• K-State’s margin of victory of 86 against USC Upstate on Dec. 5, was the largest in program history, surpassing the previous record of 78 on Dec. 2, 2002, against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
• A season ago, the Wildcats registered a scoring margin of +13.8 which was the highest for the program since the 2004-05 season (+14.9).
• In its history, K-State has ended a season with a scoring margin of +10.0 or greater 10 times including an NCAA-era (1981-82-present) school record of +17.2 in 2002-03.
Sharing is Caring
• K-State remains unselfish in its play in the 2024-25 season.
• The Wildcats are averaging 22.7 assists per game and own an assisted shot rate of 71.8. K-State leads the nation for assists per game, second in the nation and leads the Big 12 for assist/turnover ratio (1.82) and is tied for first in the nation for assisted shot rate.
• Since assists became an officially tracked stat in 1981-82, K-State has registered an assisted shot rate of 60.0 percent or higher at the end of a season 24 times in its history.
• The Wildcats have handed out 20 or more assists in 17 games this season including a season-high 30 assists on 37 made field goals against DePaul on Nov. 27. The 30 assists were the most since carding 30 against UIW on Dec. 3, 2019.
• Over the last 17 years, the Wildcats are 109-8 (.932) when handing out 20 or more assists.
• Serena Sundell (166) and Zyanna Walker (98) have combined to dish out 264 assists this season. With two assists by Walker, they will become the seventh duo in program history to combine for 250 or more assists in a season.
• K-State features four players with 50 or more assists this season: Sundell (166), Walker (98), Jaelyn Glenn (67) and Taryn Sides (68). If Temira Poindexter (44) reaches 50 assists this season, this would mark the fourth time in program history with five or more players with 50 or more assists.
Walker Handing Out Assists
• Sophomore Zyanna Walker has been a reliable distributor in the early stages of the 2024-25 season.
• Walker, a product of Wichita, Kansas, has dished out a career-high 98 assists (4.3 apg) to rank second on the Wildcats. She ranks 11th in the Big 12 for assists per game and 93rd in the nation. Walker is 56th in the nation for total assists. She is sixth in the league and 40th in the nation for assist/turnover ratio (2.28).
• Against Eastern Illinois on Dec. 3, Walker handed out a career-high 10 assists. She owns 12 career games with five or more assists, including 10 this season.
Glenn Finds the Range
• Jaelyn Glenn continues to be a perimeter threat for K-State.
• This season, Glenn is 46-of-106 (.434) from 3-point range. She has 15 games with two or more makes. Her 3-point field goal percentage is a new career-high.
• In her career, Glenn is 201-of-573 (.351) from long range. She has 62 career games with two or more connections from 3-point range including eight games with four or more.
• Glenn ranks eighth on the K-State career 3-point field goals made list and seventh for career 3-point field goals attempted.
• Glenn is the first player in school history with 175 or more 3-point field goals made and 200 or more career steals.
• In the 2023-24 season, the product of Kansas City, Missouri, shot 42-of-133 (.316) from beyond the arc. She had 13 games with two or more connections from long range including a season-high three five times.
• In the 2022-23 season, Glenn shot 71-of-195 (.364) from 3-point range. Her 71 three-point field goals made were a personal single-season high and tied for fourth-most in a sophomore season in program history.
• Glenn was one of 13 sophomores in the nation in the 2022-23 season with 70 or more connections from 3-point range, including one of four in a Power 5 conference.
• Glenn was unique nationally, as she was the only player in NCAA Division I in 2022-23 with 70 or more 3-point field goals made and 90 or more steals.
No Side Eye for Sides
• Guard Taryn Sides has kept the offensive attack rolling in her time on the floor.
• This season, Sides is averaging career-highs of 9.8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 24.5 minutes per game. She is shooting 48.7 percent from the field including 47.5 percent from 3-point range (57-of-120). She ranks fifth in the nation and leads the Big 12 for 3-point percentage. She ranks third in the Big 12 and 33rd in the nation for 3-point field goals made per game (2.59). Sides has tallied 79.2 percent of her points this season from beyond the arc.
• Sides ranks tied for seventh in program history for 3-point field goals made in a sophomore season. She is the 11th player in program history to make 30 or more 3-point field goals from one season to the next in program history.
• Sides has boosted her career 3-point field goal percentage to .419, which is second in school history (min. 2 attempts/game). She has made two or more 3-pointers in a game 24 times, including five games with four or more.
• Against USC Upstate on Dec. 5, Sides carded a career-high 23 points, including a career-high seven connections from long range.
• With her 19-point, 5-of-7 three-point effort, seven rebounds and six assists at Texas A&M on Dec. 8, Sides became the third Wildcat since 2002-03 (Brittany Chambers, 6 times; Laurie Koehn) with five or more 3-point field goals made, five or more rebounds and five or more assists in a game.
• In her debut season in 2023-24, the native of Phillipsburg, Kansas, averaged 3.4 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists.
• She had three games with five or more assists and no turnovers including a career-high eight assists against McNeese State on Dec. 6. She has eight games with five or more assists.
Hoppin’ Maupin
• Eliza Maupin has been a spark off the bench during her time with the Wildcats.
• Against USC Upstate on Dec. 5, Maupin tallied a perfect night of 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting and 3-of-3 from the foul line. Against Little Rock, she registered 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting with eight rebounds.
• In her career, Maupin owns 11 career games with 10 or more points and 16 career games with five or more rebounds.
• In the 11 games in which she has scored in double figures, Maupin is shooting 77.5 percent from the field (55-of-71).
• This season, the forward from Webster Groves, Missouri, is averaging 4.4 points per game on a .677 field goal percentage and 2.7 rebounds per game.
• Maupin registered a pair of perfect efforts from the field during the 2023-24 season.
• At Baylor on Jan. 22, 2024, Maupin recorded 16 points with a 6-of-6 effort from the field and hauled in nine rebounds.
• At Texas on Feb. 4, 2024, she carded a career-high 18 points on 7-of-7 shooting.