MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State senior center Ayoka Lee will be sidelined following an injury to her foot, the program announced on Monday. A return before the end of the regular season is probable, but more will be known in the next couple of weeks. Lee suffered the setback during game action on Sunday against Arizona State. An X-ray was conducted on Sunday and an precautionary MRI taken on Monday confirmed the fracture in her foot. The 2025 Wooden Award Midseason Top-25 recipient, has had a strong 2024-25 season, as she is averaging 16.0 points on a career-best .654 field goal…
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(12/10) K-State used a big second half to roll past (22/22) Utah, 71-47, on Wednesday night at Huntsman Center. The win improves K-State’s win streak to 11. The 11-game win streak is tied for the sixth-longest win streak in program history. K-State improved its overall record to 16-1 for the second time under the direction of head coach Jeff Mittie. This is the second straight season K-State has opened with a 16-1 record. In its history, K-State has opened a season 16-1 or better five times. With the win, Mittie improved his record at K-State to 206-136 (.602) and is…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – With a winter storm forcing the adjustment of the game time, (12/11) K-State used a tempest of steals, made field goals and free throws in the third quarter to secure a 77-57 win on Saturday afternoon against Texas Tech at Bramlage Coliseum. The win improves K-State’s win streak to 10. This is the first time since the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons that the Wildcats have registered double-digit win streaks in consecutive seasons. K-State improved its overall record to 15-1 for the second time under the direction of head coach Jeff Mittie. This is the second straight season…
Senior Coleman Hawkins and junior Dug McDaniel combined for 37 points, as Kansas State put together its best all-around performance of the season to earn a 70-67 win over No. 16/17 Cincinnati in the Big 12 opener for both teams on Monday night before 9,970 fans at Bramlage Coliseum. Although Hawkins and McDaniel were the headliners with 20 and 17 points, respectively, several Wildcats came up clutch in the waning minutes to help snap a 3-game losing streak and earn their first victory over the Bearcats (10-2, 0-1 Big 12) since the 1958 NCAA Tournament. The victory gave K-State at…
The All-America candidate duo of Ayoka Lee and Serena Sundell paced (13/12) K-State with 52 combined points as the Wildcats concluded its non-conference schedule with an 83-39 win over New Mexico State on Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats improved its season-best win streak to seven games. Lee registered her 63rd career double-double to tie Brittney Griner for third place on the Big 12 career double-doubles list. Lee finished the night with a season-high 34 points on 14-of-18 shooting, 11 rebounds, three blocks and a steal in 26 minutes of action. This was Lee’s 13th career game with 30…
Kansas State head men’s basketball coach Jerome Tang met with the media on Monday afternoon (Dec. 16) to preview upcoming matchups with Drake and Wichita State this coming week. The Wildcats (6-3) takes on one of the nation’s last unbeaten teams on Tuesday night, as they play host to Drake (9-0) in the 13th Wildcat Classic at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. The game tips off at 7 p.m., on ESPN+. The team then travels to in-state rival Wichita State (8-2) on Saturday, Dec. 21 when they will take on the Shockers at Koch Arena at 6 p.m., CT.…
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – (13/12) K-State overcame a difficult shooting performance in the first half to race past Middle Tennessee, 74-48, in the second annual Bill Snyder Basketball Classic on Saturday at Civic Arena. This is the second straight season K-State has started a season with an 11-1 record. K-State featured three in double figures on Saturday, led by senior center and All-America candidate Ayoka Lee with 16 points, seven rebounds and four blocks. Joining Lee with 15 points each were Temira Poindexter and Jaelyn Glenn. Poindexter added six rebounds, while Glenn tallied five 3-pointers and added four rebounds and…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State Nation is heading back to the Valley of the Sun, as Kansas State officials announced Sunday afternoon that the Wildcats have accepted an invitation to play Rutgers in the Rate Bowl inside Chase Field – home of MLB’s Arizona Diamondbacks – in Phoenix, Arizona. The game, which is the only bowl matchup between members of the Big 12 and Big Ten Conferences, will take place on Thursday, December 26 at 4:30 p.m. (CT) and air on ESPN. This is the 19th time overall and the eighth time for a bowl game that the Wildcats will play…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – For the first time in 15 years, a K-State women’s basketball player recorded a triple-double as Serena Sundell earned the distinction during a 110-24 win over USC Upstate on Thursday night at Bramlage Coliseum. The 86-point margin of victory was the largest in program history, while this marks the 110 or more points in two games in the same season. Sundell filled her stat line with 26 points on 9-of-14 shooting and a 6-of-7 effort from the foul line, a career-high and school record-tying 13 assists, 10 rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot. Sundell becomes the…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Led by senior defensive end Brendan Mott as the Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year and an All-Big 12 First Team honoree, Kansas State football collected 17 total postseason conference honors as league announced the 2024 Coaches’ All-Big 12 selections on Thursday. K-State’s 17 total selections ranked fifth in the conference behind Colorado (21), Arizona State (19), BYU (18) and Iowa State (18). It was the fourth-straight season the Wildcats combined for at least 15 All-Big 12 honors. Mott, who was an honorable mention pick a year ago, collected the Wildcats’ conference-leading sixth Big 12 Defensive…