Admin November 19, 2024
Kansas State women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie on early practices
Kansas State women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie gives his thoughts on the Wildcats as they begin practice for the 2024-25 season.
K-State Athletics
MANHATTAN — The unbeaten Kansas State women’s basketball team moved up one spot to No. 10 on Tuesday in the latest USA Today Sports Coaches Poll.
The Wildcats, who improved to 4-0 Monday night with a 73-43 blowout victory over Little Rock at Bramlage Coliseum, were No. 13 in the preseason poll. They also moved up to No. 10 in The Associated Press Top 25 released Monday, moving up three places.
All-American Ayoka Lee had a double-double for K-State against Little Rock, scoring 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in just 21 minutes. With her 16 points, Lee passed Nicole Ohlde (2,241 points in 2000-04) for second place on the school career scoring list with 2,245.
Zyanna Walker added a career-high 16 points with six assists for the Wildcats, while Eliza Maupin and Taryn Sides each had 10 points off the bench.
The victory was No. 400 all time at Bramlage for the Wildcats, who now have a 400-113 record in the arena’s 37-year history.
USA Today Sports Coaches Poll
Dropped out: No. 23 Stanford; No. 25 South Dakota State.
Others receiving votes: Iowa 33; Tennessee 32; Florida State 29; South Dakota State 22; Mississippi State 14; Stanford 13; Penn State 10; Auburn 7; Michigan State 6; Middle Tennessee 3; Richmond 2; Creighton 2; Saint Joseph’s 1; Michigan 1; Fairfield 1.
Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. He can be reached at agreen@gannett.com or on X (formerly Twitter) at @arnegreen.
