200809 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 15 Visit www.ShaleeElement.com for the latest updates on Wooden 17/18 KANSAS ST. 140, 10 Big 12 at 3/3 OKLAHOMA 122, 10 Big 12 Award and Senior CLASS candidate, Shalee Lehning. January 14, 2009 | 7 p.m. | Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) | Norman, Okla. GAME INFORMATION 200809 SCHEDULE & RESULTS Series History NOVEMBER OU leads series 25-23 (Manhattan: 12-10; Norman: 8-12) 2 WASHBURN EXHIBITION + 6647 W Last meeting: Oklahoma won 68-65 in Manhattan 7 EMPORIA STATE EXHIBITION + 8957 W 14 at UTEP + 65-44 (W) TV 17 at Northwestern +# 57-52 (W) SoonerSports Network 23 UTSA + 8051 W Bob Carpenter (play-by-play), Kenny Mossman (analyst) 25 at Arkansas State + 69-58 (W) KANSAS STATE OKLAHOMA 28 at Jacksonville + 53-43 (W) Radio K-State Sports Network Wildcats Sooners DECEMBER Brian Smoller (play-by-play), Kristin Waller (analyst) AP/Coaches’: AP/Coaches’: 5 ALCORN STATE !+ 8022 W 17/18 3/3 6 RV/ ARKANSAS !+ 6556 W Internet 2008-09 Record: 2008-09 Record: 9 CREIGHTON + 6455 W Live stats (free) at www.kstatesports.com. 14-0, 1-0 Big 12 12-2, 1-0 Big 12 14 UTARLINGTON + 7363 W Coach: Coach: 20 at Indiana State + 58-43 (W) Ticket Infomation Deb Patterson Sherri Coale 28 at Washington State + 74-58 (W) Contact the Oklahoma ticket office at (405) 325-2424 Alma Mater: Alma Mater: 30 at Washington +~ 73-60 (W) Rockford ‘79 Oklahoma Christian ‘87 KSTATE’S PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP Career Record: Career Record: JANUARY 254-138 (.648) 13th year 255-127 (.668) 13th year 3 CENTRAL ARKANSAS + 8138 W 4 | ASHLEY SWEAT | F | 6-2 | Jr. School Record: School Record: 10 KANSAS *+ 7239 W PPG RPG APG Same Same 14 at (3/3) Oklahoma *+ 7 p.m. 16.1 4.9 1.6 Last game: Last game: 17 20/24 IOWA STATE *+ 2 P.M. W, 72-39 vs. Kansas W, 77-56 at Nebraska 21 at Texas Tech *+ 7 p.m. Jan. 10, 2009 Jan. 10, 2009 24 at Kansas *+& 11 a.m. website: website: 27 NEBRASKA *+% 7 P.M. 5 | SHALEE LEHNING | G | 5-8 | Sr. www.kstatesports.com www.soonersports.com 31 at Iowa State *+ 7 p.m. PPG RPG APG 11.1 7.2 9.2* FEBRUARY * - NCAA Division I leader WILDCATS, SOONERS TANGLE 4 MISSOURI *+% 7 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY 7 at Baylor *+& 11 a.m. 25 | DANIELLE ZANOTTI | G/F | 6-2 | Sr. Kansas State will look to extend its season-opening 15 OKLAHOMA STATE *+% 1 P.M. win streak to 15 and its road win streak to nine, as the 18 at Missouri *+ 6:30 p.m. PPG RPG APG Wildcats travel to Norman, Okla., to face (3/3) Oklahoma. 21 COLORADO *+ 2 P.M. 3.5 2.9 1.1 Tip-off from the Lloyd Noble Center is set for 7 p.m. 25 at Nebraska *+ 7:05 p.m. The contest can be heard live on 1350 KMAN, as the award-winning Brian Smoller delivers the play-by-play MARCH 41 | KARI KINCAID | G | 5-10 | Jr. and former Wildcat Kristin Waller provides the analysis. 1 TEXAS A&M *+& 12 P.M. K-State and Oklahoma will face-off for the 49th time, 4 TEXAS *+% 7 P.M. PPG RPG APG as the Sooners hold a 25-23 edge in the series including 7 at Colorado *+ 3 p.m. 8.9 2.3 2.0 a 68-65 win last season in Manhattan on Feb. 20. The 12-15 Big 12 Championships ^+& TBA Sooners have won five straight in the series and 11 of the last 13. BOLD indicates home game 51 | MARLIES GIPSON | F | 6-0 | Sr. The Wildcats were 7-1 in Big 12 road contests last sea- All times Central + - broadcast on K-State Sports Network PPG RPG BPG son and were 3-0 against ranked teams on the road last ! - Commerce Bank Wildcat Classic (Manhattan, Kan.) 13.6 6.7 3.9** season. This season, K-State leads the Big 12 with a 7-0 * - denotes Big 12 game ** - Big 12 leader road record. The Wildcats jump started the defense of its 2008 Big # - broadcast on Big Ten Network KANSAS STATE BENCH 12 regular season title with a 72-39 win over in-state rival & - broadcast on FOX Sports No. Player Ht. Pos. Yr. PPG RPG Kansas on Jan. 10 in Manhattan. The 33-point margin of % - broadcast on FOX Sports Kansas City 2 Kelsey Nelson 5-9 G Sr. 3.4 1.6 victory was the largest in the series since a 39-point win ~ - broadcast on FOX Sports Northwest 10 Kelsey Hill 5-5 G So. 1.7 0.7 by K-State on Jan. 8, 2003 in Lawrence. ^ - Oklahoma City, Okla. (Cox Convention Center) 23 Shalin Spani 6-0 G So. 5.2 2.2 K-State had three players reach double figures as all 32 Alina Voronenko 6-2 G/F Fr. 1.1 0.4 12 player saw action for the second straight game. Junior KSTATE SPORTS INFORMATION 33 Jalana Childs 6-2 F Fr. 3.8 1.3 forward Ashley Sweat registered 18 points on 8-of-15 1800 College Ave., 34 Branshea Brown 6-2 F Fr. 1.6 3.3 shooting and also pulled in four rebounds. Bramlage Coliseum, Suite 37 45 Jenny Gilbertson 6-2 F Fr. 0.0 0.7 Senior guard and Wooden Award candidate Shalee Manhattan, KS 66502 Lehning tallied a double-double with 14 points and 10 Office: (785) 532-6735 | Fax: (785) 532-6093 OKLAHOMA PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP assists. Lehning also added a team-high six rebounds to No. Player Ht. Pos. Yr. PPG RPG her ledger. Lehning has eight games this season and 20 WBB Sports Information Director 3 Courtney Paris 6-4 C Sr. 15.5 13.3 for her career with 10 or more assists in a game. Randy Peterson 5 Ashley Paris 6-3 F/C Sr. 14.2 10.1 Also in double figures was senior forward Marlies Gip- Office: (785) 532-7975 | Cell: (785) 587-7769 13 Danielle Robinson 5-9 G So. 12.1 2.0 son with 10 points, five rebounds and a game-high five [email protected] 21 Amanda Thompson 6-0 F Jr. 8.1 4.9 blocks. This is the 13th time and the seventh time this sea- 25 Whitney Hand 6-1 G/F Fr. 9.2 2.2 son that the Big 12 leader in blocks (3.9 bpg) has tallied Bramlage Press Row Phone . .(785) 539-3423 five or more blocks in a game. KANSAS STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2 ROSTER BREAKDOWNS 2008-09 KANSAS STATE ROSTER WILDCATS BY STATE NO. NAME POSITION HEIGHT YEAR-EXP. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Florida (1) 2 Kelsey Nelson G 5-9 Sr.-1L Riley, Kan. (Cloud County CC/Riley County HS) Jalana Childs (Orlando) 4 Ashley Sweat F 6-2 Jr.-2L McPherson, Kan. (McPherson HS) 5 Shalee Lehning G 5-9 Sr.-3L Sublette, Kan. (Sublette HS) Kansas (6) 10 Kelsey Hill G 5-7 So.-1L Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas) Marlies Gipson (McPherson) 23 Shalin Spani G 6-0 So.-1L Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Metro Academy) Kelsey Hill (Lenexa) 25 Danielle Zanotti G/F 6-2 Sr.-3L Yukon, Okla. (Mustang HS) Kari Kincaid (Andover) 32 Alina Voronenko G/F 6-2 Fr.-HS Otterville, Mo. (Smithton HS) Shalee Lehning (Sublette) 33 Jalana Childs F 6-2 Fr.-HS Orlando, Fla. (Timber Creek HS) Kelsey Nelson (Riley) 34 Branshea Brown F 6-2 Fr.-HS Walterboro, S.C. (Colleton County HS) Ashley Sweat (McPherson) 41 Kari Kincaid G 5-10 Jr.-2L Andover, Kan. (Andover Central HS) 45 Jenny Gilbertson F 6-2 Fr.-HS Wabasha, Minn. (Winona Cotter HS) Minnesota (1) 51 Marlies Gipson F 6-0 Sr.-3L McPherson, Kan. (McPherson HS) Jenny Gilbertson (Wabasha) HEAD COACH Deb Patterson (Rockford (Ill.) College ‘79 - 13th Season) Missouri (2) ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Kamie Ethridge (Texas ‘87 - 13th Season) Shalin Spani (Lee’s Summit) ASSISTANT COACH Kelly Moylan (Kansas State ‘94 - Fourth Season) Alina Voronenko (Otterville) ASSISTANT COACH Andria Jones (Kansas State ‘97 - Fourth Season) DIR. of BASKETBALL OPERATIONS Erin Sunde (Iowa ‘05 - Fourth Season) Oklahoma (1) Danielle Zanotti (Yukon) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE BRANSHEA Brown bran-SHEE-uh MARLIES GIPSON MAR-lease GIBB-son South Carolina (1) KARI KINCAID Carrie KIN-kay-d SHALEE LEHNING SHAY-lee LEN-ing Branshea Brown SHALIN SPANI SHAY-lin SPAIN-e Ashley SWEAT Sweat (like the word) ALINA VORONENKO uh-LEEN-nah vor-uh-NAY-co Danielle ZANOTTI ZUH-knot-EE WILDCATS BY POSITION Guards (5) Kelsey Hill, Kari Kincaid STREAKS, TRENDS, MILESTONES, ETC. TEAM COMPARISONS Shalee Lehning, Kelsey Nelson, Shalin Spani K-State is currently one of just four undefeated teams in the nation and the last unbeaten team in the Big 12... The Wildcats K-State Category OU own a 14-game season-opening win streak, which is the 68.9 Scoring 84.1 Guard/Forwards (2) 48.7 Opp. Scoring 62.2 Alina Voronenko, Danielle Zanotti longest streak to open a season in school history and the +20.1 Scoring Margin +21.9 longest overall winning streak since the 2001-02 season (Nov. .473 FG % .488 Forwards (5) 26-Jan. 16)... K-State has made at least one 3-point field goal in .339 Opp. FG % .380 Branshea Brown, Jalana Childs, Jenny Gilbertson, 56 consecutive games, dating back to Feb. 7, 2007... Senior .336 3-Pt. % .346 .302 Opp. 3 Pt. % .346 Marlies Gipson, Ashley Sweat guard and preseason Wooden Award candidate Shalee Lehn- ing is the first player in Big 12 and school history to register .696 FT % .699 17.4 Assists/game 17.7 WILDCATS BY CLASS two triple-doubles in the same season and holds the Big 12 36.8 Rebounds/game 44.4 Seniors (4) and school records with four career triple-doubles during K- 32.7 Opp.