(rv/25) Okay-State Prepared for Street Check at SMU

GAME #2
(rv/25) Okay-State (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) at SMU (1-0, 0-0 ACC)
Saturday, November 8, 2025  |  4 p.m. |  Moody Coliseum (7,000)  |  Dallas, Texas

TELEVISION

ACCNx

Play-by-Play: John Liddle

Analyst: Jim Haller

Sideline: Breanna Sorensen

RADIO

Okay-State Sports Network

Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller

Analyst: Randy Peterson

 

LIVE STATS

www.kstatesports.com

 

SERIES HISTORY vs. SMU

1-1

• Series between the colleges tied, 1-1.

• The final assembly between the groups got here on Nov. 28, 2013, in Freeport, Bahamas, a 68-57 SMU win.

• This would be the first matchup within the sequence on SMU’s campus.

• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 9-8 in his profession in opposition to SMU.

• Okay-State is 10-15 in opposition to present members of the ACC.

MANHATTAN, Kansas –  (rv/25) Okay-State makes  first highway journey of the 2025-26 season of motion, because the Wildcats go to SMU on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m.

• This is the second time within the final three seasons that Okay-State will play a highway recreation in its second recreation of the season (at Little Rock – 2023-24).

• Saturday’s recreation can streamed dwell on ACCNX, as John Liddle (play-by-play), Jim Haller (analyst) and Breanna Sorensen (sideline) can have the decision.

Starting 5

Five names, numbers or storylines about Okay-State ladies’s basketball

1. Cats Dance the Texas 8-Step

• Okay-State’s recreation at SMU would be the first of eight video games in opposition to colleges from the state of Texas. The Wildcats will face Lamar (Nov. 10) and Texas A&M (Nov. 16) in its upcoming four-game homestand. Okay-State will make 5 journeys to the state with 4 in Big 12 motion (at TCU, at Houston, at Texas Tech, at Baylor).

2. Taryn Up the Stat Sheet

• Junior guard Taryn Sides was the fourth participant in NCAA Division I ladies’s basketball historical past since 1981-82 to register a stat line of 15 or extra factors, 12 or extra assists, zero turnovers and shoot 70.0 % or higher from the sector.

3. Arenas Debut

• Sophomore guard Izela Arenas registered 18 factors on 8-of-12 taking pictures in her Okay-State debut. Her 18 factors have been probably the most in a Wildcat debut since Gabby Gregory tallied 19 factors in opposition to Central Arkansas on Nov. 7, 2022.

4. Garcia on the Dish

• Freshman guard Gina Garcia handed out 5 assists in her collegiate debut. Her 5 assists have been probably the most by a Okay-State freshman of their debut since Serena Sundell handed out 9 on Nov. 9, 2021, in opposition to Central Arkansas.

5. Nice to Meet You

• Okay-State’s roster of 12 for the 2025-26 season options 9 new faces together with 4 true freshmen (Aniya Foy, Gina Garcia, Brandie Harrod and Jordan Speiser) and 5 transfers (Izela Arenas, Nastja Claessens, Jenessa Cotton, Tess Heal and Ramiya White).

Number to Know

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• Okay-State registered a 2-point discipline purpose proportion of 73.2 (30-of-41) within the season-opening win.

• Since 1981-82, Okay-State has registered a discipline purpose proportion of .725 or higher 4 instances. 

• Monday’s effort was the best 2-point discipline purpose proportion when scoring 100 or extra factors.

• Of Okay-State’s 60 factors contained in the arc, 48 have been scored within the paint. The 48 factors within the paint have been probably the most since scoring 54 in opposition to New Mexico State on Dec. 18, 2024. 

• The recreation in opposition to New Mexico State was the final time Okay-State shot over 72.5 % on two-point discipline purpose makes an attempt (.737).

At a Glance: SMU

• SMU enters Saturday’s matchup following a 96-70 dwelling win over Grambling State in its season-opener on Tuesday evening. 

• The Mustangs enter the 2025-26 season picked for a 14th-place end within the ACC preseason coaches and Blue Ribbon Panel.

• SMU is guided on the sideline by first-year head coach JAdia Barnes. The 1998 graduate of Arizona coached her alma mater for 9 seasons, which included a visit to the 2021 nationwide championship recreation, earlier than departing for Dallas after final season. Barnes owns a profession document of 170-113 (.601).

• In its opening win over Grambling State, the Mustangs noticed 5 gamers attain double figures and have been led by Sahnya Jah with 19 factors, whereas Kyla Deck added 18 factors, six steals, 4 assists and 4 rebounds.

Last Time Out

(rv/25) Okay-State 100, Omaha 35 (Nov. 3, 2025; Manhattan, Kan.)

• The Wildcats received its fifteenth straight season opener by downing the Mavericks by 65 factors. This was the second-largest margin of victory in a Okay-State season-opener since Nov. 23, 1981, when the Wildcats tallied a 67 level win over Pacific Christian.

• Okay-State had 4 of its 5 starters make their first profession begin. 

• The Wildcats had 5 gamers attain double figures: Izela Arenas (18), Taryn Sides (15), Aniya Foy (13), Nastja Claessens (12), Jenessa Cotton (11). Sides dished out 12 assists with zero turnovers and hauled in seven rebounds.

Magic Number is 70 Points

• Since head coach Jeff Mittie‘s first season in 2014-15, Okay-State is 132-21 (.863) when scoring 70 or extra factors in a recreation.

• The Wildcats opened the 2025-26 season with 100 factors, the second time in 5 seasons Okay-State has reached 100 or extra factors within the season opener.

• In its historical past, Okay-State has scored 100 or extra factors in a recreation 31 instances (31-0) together with eight instances underneath Mittie.

• Under Mittie, Okay-State has scored 90 or extra factors 27 instances, together with 20 instances within the final 5 seasons. 

• In the 2024-25 season, Okay-State scored a single season college document 2,842 factors this season. This was the sixth season in program historical past with 2,500 or extra factors scored. The Wildcats scored 70 or extra factors in 25 video games final season.

• Okay-State averaged 78.9 factors per recreation final season and led the Big 12 and ranked sixteenth within the nation in scoring offense. Okay-State’s discipline purpose proportion of .486 led the league and was fifth within the nation.

• The Wildcats’ scoring common of 78.9 ranked second in class historical past behind the varsity document of 81.3 within the 1982-83 season.

• The Wildcats scored 90 or extra factors in a recreation 10 instances final season, which was a college document for video games with 90 or extra factors in a season.

• Okay-State tallied a season-high 111 factors in opposition to Milwaukee on Nov. 20. This was the best single-game level whole within the Mittie period. It was the second-highest single-game level whole in program historical past, trailing the varsity document of 115 on Dec. 2, 2002, in opposition to Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

• The Wildcats recorded 110 factors in opposition to USC Upstate in a 110-24 win on Dec. 5. This is the primary time in program historical past Okay-State scored 110 or extra factors in two or extra video games in the identical season.

Okay-State Attacking the Paint

• Okay-State has continued to assault the lane to start the 2025-26 season.

• The Wildcats opened the season with 48 factors within the paint in opposition to Omaha, which have been 80.0 % of its factors from contained in the arc. Okay-State shot 73.2 % (30-of-41) on two-point discipline purpose makes an attempt.

• In the 2024-25 season, the Wildcats registered 30 or extra factors within the lane in 28 video games together with a season-high 56 factors within the paint in opposition to Milwaukee on Nov. 20 and DePaul on Nov. 27. The 56 factors have been probably the most since scoring 58 in opposition to McNeese State on Dec. 6, 2023.

• Okay-State averaged 37.6 factors per recreation (1,352 factors) within the paint with 47.6 % of its level whole from contained in the lane and outscored its foes within the lane in 26 video games. The 1,352 factors within the paint have been probably the most scored within the lane underneath head coach Jeff Mittie. This was the fourth consecutive season Okay-State scored 1,000 or extra factors within the paint. Okay-State has scored 1,000 or extra factors within the paint in 5 of Mittie’s 11 seasons.

Okay-State Holds Foes to Single-Digits

• In the eleventh season of the quarter system in ladies’s faculty basketball, Okay-State’s protection has restricted its opponents level manufacturing for 10 minute durations.

• To open the 2025-26 season, Okay-State held Omaha to 9 factors within the first half (5 pts – 1st qtr; 4 pts – 2nd qtr). The 9 factors within the first half have been the fewest Okay-State allowed since holding Clemson to 9 factors within the second half on Nov. 24, 2022.

• The Wildcats held Omaha with no made discipline purpose within the first quarter (0-of-12) and two made discipline objectives within the first half (2-of-22; .091).

• Kansas State is 115-29 (.799) when holding an opponent to single digits in any quarter in a recreation.

• Last season, Okay-State held foes to 27 quarters with single-digits. The Wildcats have been 20-0 when holding an opponent to single digits in any quarter in a recreation. 

• Against USC Upstate on Dec. 5, Okay-State held the Spartans to 2 factors in two totally different quarters (first and fourth quarters). The 2 factors in 1 / 4 tied the varsity document for fewest factors allowed in any quarter.

Big Debut for Sides

• Guard Taryn Sides made her first profession begin a memorable one in opposition to Omaha within the 2025-26 season opener.

• Sides registered her second profession double-double and her first with assists, as she stuffed her stat line with 15 factors on 5-of-7 taking pictures together with 3-of-4 from lengthy vary, 12 assists with zero turnovers, seven rebounds and 4 steals.

• She was the fourth participant in NCAA Division I ladies’s basketball historical past since 1981-82 and the primary participant in Big 12 historical past to register a stat line of 15 or extra factors, 12 or extra assists, zero turnovers and shoot 70.0 % or higher from the sector.