Follow The Game
The Omaha women's basketball team hits the road for a non-conference game at Kansas State on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan.
Saturday's game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Brian Smoller providing play-by-play and Miss Heidrick adding color commentary. Jon Schriner is in his second season as the voice of Omaha women's basketball and will have the radio call on 1180 Zone 2. Links to live stats, audio and video are available on OMavs.com.
Quick Hits
- Omaha is 1-2 on the season after falling 53-50 at Illinois last weekend.
- Claire Killian leads the Mavericks with 11.7 points per game this season.
- Josie Filer is scoring 11.0 points per game while pulling in a team-high 6.0 boards per game.
- The Mavericks are scoring 53.0 points per game while shooting 30.5 percent from the field.
- Omaha ranks 21st nationally among teams that have played three games this season with 12.7 turnovers per game.
- Head coach Carrie Banks is in her first season at the helm of the Maverick program.
Scouting the Kansas State Wildcats
Kansas State is 3-2 (0-0 Big 12) this season after knocking off No. 22 South Dakota State at home on Thursday night, 62-53. Christianna Carr paces the K-State scoring attack while scoring 14.8 points per game behind 39.1 percent shooting from the floor, including 40 percent from three-point range. Ayoka Lee is adding 12.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game while Taylor Lauterbach is pulling down a team-high 8.0 boards per game.
As a team, the Wildcats are scoring 54.8 points per game while shooting 38.3 percent fom the field and 25 percent from beyond the arc. K-State is outrebounding opponents with a +4.4 rebounding margin and limiting to opponents to 33.8 percent shooting from the field and 52.4 points per game.
Head coach Jeff Mittie is in his seventh season at Kansas State with a record of 119-81. Mittie is in his 29
th overall season and holds a career record of 573-316.
All-Time Against Kansas State
Saturday's matchup marks the seventh all-time meeting between Omaha and Kansas State. The Wildcats lead the all-time series over the Mavericks, 6-0.
In their last meeting, K-State ran away with a 73-48 win over Omaha in Manhattan last season. The two teams have met six times in the regular season and once in the postseason.
