GAME INFORMATION
CENTRAL ARKANSAS (5-4) at Kansas State (7-3)
December 20, 2018 • 7:00pm • Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, Kan.

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Television: ESPN3 / ESPN Apps
Radio: The Bear 91.3 (pregame begins 6:40)
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SERIES HISTORY
Kansas State leads 1-0
Previous meeting:
1/3/09 – Kansas State 81, Central Arkansas 38 (Manhattan, Kan.)

STATISTICAL LEADERS
Central Arkansas
Points Per Game: Kamry Orr (13.0)
Rebounds Per Game: Mekaylan Hicks (5.7)
Assists Per Game: Taylor Sells (3.1)
Blocks: Mekaylan Hicks (16)
Steals: Kamry Orr (15)

Kansas State
Points Per Game: Peyton Williams (14.8)
Rebounds Per Game: Peyton Williams (7.3)
Assists Per Game: Kayla Goth (5.9)
Blocks: Kali Jones (22)
Steals: Kayla Goth (16)


NOTES
• The Sugar Bears are facing their second Big XII opponent of the season, having lost 62-52 at Oklahoma on Dec. 5 – a game in which Central Arkansas trailed by just three with under four minutes to play. The Sugar Bears are 0-9 all-time against the Big XII, going 0-2 against Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech and 0-1 against K-State, Baylor and Texas.
• K-State has faced one Southland Conference opponent already this season, beating Southland preseason favorite Lamar 73-55 on Dec. 5.
• K-State head coach Jeff Mittie is 86-57 in his 5th season in Manhattan, following 15 years at TCU. Prior to TCU, Mittie spent four seasons at Arkansas State, where he was 75-42.
• Mittie (540) and Sugar Bears head coach Sandra Rushing (537) have combined for 1,077 wins during their careers.
• K-State's roster features 10 players standing 6-feet or taller; by contrast, the Sugar Bears will counter with only three.
• The Sugar Bears rank 7th nationally in scoring defense, giving up 51.1 points per game and are 10th in offensive rebounding, getting 18 per game.
• Through nine games this season, the Sugar Bears have used nine different starting lineups – with only sophomore forward Mekaylan Hicks starting every game.


UP NEXT
The Sugar Bears open up Southland Conference play at home against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 1:00pm on December 31, then hit the road for their next three before returning home on Jan. 16 against Incarnate Word.