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KSU comes to Austin having broken a three game losing streak with a 67-56 win over OSU this past Saturday. Meanwhile, Texas came up short in trying to snap out of the win-lose rut they have been in since their win at A&M Jan. 11. Texas fell to Tech in Lubbock, 75-71, to fall to 3-5 in league play. KSU comes in at 5-3. KSU is seeking to stay in second place in the league standings while Texas wants to inch closer to that spot. Only two games separate seven teams in the standings.
KSU has three players in double figures, led by Brittany Chambers (#2, 5-8 Jr. G) with 16.8 ppg; Jalana Childs (#33, 6-2 Dr. F) at 12.9 ppg and Tasha Dickey (#13, 5-10 Sr. G) at an even 12.0 ppg. Mariah White (#22, 5-7 Jr. G) and Branshea Brown (#34, 6-2 Sr. F) add 7.4 and 5.9 ppg respectively. Those five, all starters, account for 55 for the team’s 61.2 ppg average in conference play. That’s 90% of the scoring coming from the starters. As expected, those five have taken the bulk of the shots with none hitting less than 40% for their attempts. Chambers has taken the most (45-110, 40.9%) while Brown has taken the least (18-39, 46.2%). Brown has the best percentage with Childs (43-93, 45.2%) and Dickey (37-84, 44.0%) not far behind. Chambers, Dickey and White are the main 3pt threats for KSU. Chambers has taken and made the most threes (23-67, 34.3%) while White is the most accurate (9-20, 45.0%). KSU doesn’t get to the FT line often, tied with 3 others for next to last in conference play for number of FTs attempted at 87. Chambers (21-24) and Dickey (14-16) are the best FT shooters for KSU at 87.6%. The other three starters are all bunched around 67-69%. Childs has gotten to the FT line more than any other KSU player (20-30).
KSU depends on their guards crashing the boards to rebound. Chambers is the leading rebounder at 6.9 rpg. Dickey’s 5.0 rpg are second. Brown (4.5 rpg) and White (4.3 rpg) are next. White is the primary distributor with 49 assists while Brown has 21 from her forward position. Chambers with 13 is the only other KSU player with double figure assists. Childs 10 blocks tops the team while Brown has 9 blocks. No one else has more than 3 blocks. White leads with 20 steals while Dickey adds 11 to the team total.
Four of KSU’s five starters, Brown, Chambers, Childs and White, average between 32 and 37 mpg. The fifth starter, Dickey, averages 29 mpg. Two players, Caron and Woods have played in all eight Big 12 games and average 10 and 13 mpg, respectively. This group is usually supplemented by one other player among the remaining five: Heidi Brown (#10, 5-11 Fr. G); JuliAnne Chisholm (#21, 5-11 Sr. G/F); Emma Ostermann (#20, 5-8 Sr. G); Haley Texada (#1,5-7 Fr. G) and Stephanie Wittman (#14, 5-9 Soph. G).
Horns have three players in double figures in Big 12 play: Chassidy (16.6 ppg), Yvonne (11.3 ppg) and Ashleigh (10.0 ppg). Two others are averaging over 7 pts: Chelsea (7.8 ppg) and Ashley (7.5 ppg). Chassidy (46-117, 39.3%), Ashleigh (28-90, 31.1%)and Yvonne (33-74, 44.6%) are the main shooting threats for Texas. Ashley, hitting 45% of her shots (27-60), is the most accurate from the field. Four guards have taken all but five of the 3pters attempted by Texas. Chassidy (16-45, 35.6%) tops the squad in 3s made, attempted and percentage connected on. Chelsea is second in those three categories (9-26, 34.6%). Yvonne (6-21, 28.6%) and Ashleigh (7-25, 28.0%) are the other main 3pt threats for the Horns. Chassidy also leads in FTs made, attempted and FT% (25-30, 83.3%). Yvonne (18-25, 72.0%), Ashleigh (17-25, 68.0%) and Chelsea (17-24, 70.8%)are the other Horns that have taken at least 20 FTs in league play. Our top four posts have made 20-38, 52.6%. Anne Marie has connected on 4-5 (80.%) while Cokie has struggled, hitting 5-14 (35.7%).
Ashley tops the team in rebounding with 6.0 rpg while Nneka adds 5.8 rpg. Cokie and Chassidy each grabs 5.0 rpg. Yvonne (54) has doubled up Ashleigh in assists. Ashleigh is second on the team with 25 assists. Ashley’s 18 blocks leads the Horns in that category. Nneka has 6 while Anne Marie and Chelsea each has five blocks. Four Horns are in double figures in steals, led by Yvonne’s 18. Next are Ashleigh (17), Chassidy (12) and Ashley (10).When everyone is healthy, the starting lineup has usually been Ashley, Cokie, Yvonne, Ashleigh and Chassidy. Chelsea, Anne Marie and Nneka have also started in conference games. Of those eight, all except Cokie have played in all eight games. Cokie has played in six due sitting out two games with a calf injury. Kayla has played in seven games while Ronisha and Tiffany have played in three conference games. Chassidy, Yvonne and Ashleigh all average between 31 and 34 minutes per game. Chelsea, Ashley and Cokie average between 22 and 29 minutes per game. Anne Marie and Nneka average over 12 minutes per game. Those eight make up the core rotation with Kayla, Ronisha and Tiffany available as needed.
Projected starters are based on the last game. KSU has started the same five for all 8 conference games.
[pre]
Texas Kansas State
Ashley (6-4) Childs (6-2)
Cokie (6-4) Brown (6-2)
Yvonne (5-7) Chambers (5-8)
Ashleigh (5-8) White (5-7)
Chassidy (5-10) Dickey (5-10) [/pre]
Chambers has faced many defenses designed to take her out of scoring. OSU tried to face guard with Bias. That worked until Bias had to go out, then Chambers got free. Bias could never reestablish her defensive presence as she had to work hard on offense as well. Horns will be able to rotate several players on Chambers instead of depending exclusively on one. That focus on stopping Chambers has led to other KSU players being able to get open and score. Horns will need to be aware of the other KSU players and also clamp down on them. KSU faces a similar problem in looking to slow or stop Chassidy from scoring. Childs will challenge the Texas posts inside. Neither she nor Brown are threats from BTA. Posts for Texas and KSU will look to do their offensive damage from mid-range to close in. Texas will try to speed up the tempo, KSU to slow it down. KSU can run when the opportunity presents but they are very comfortable in the midcourt game.
TEAM STATISTICS UT KSU
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SCORING................. 528 490
Points per game....... 66.0 61.2
Scoring margin........ -3.5 -0.8
FIELD GOALS-ATT......... 196-506 178-436
Field goal pct........ .387 .408
FG made per game...... 24.5 22.3
FG att per game....... 63.3 54.5
2POINT FG-ATT........... 157-384 131-285
2-point FG pct........ .409 .460
2-pt FG made per game. 19.6 16.4
2-pt FG att per game.. 48.0 35.6
3 POINT FG-ATT.......... 39-122 47-151
3-point FG pct........ .320 .311
3-pt FG made per game. 4.9 5.9
3-pt FG att per game.. 15.3 18.9
FREE THROWS-ATT......... 97-144 87-120
Free throw pct........ .674 .725
F-Throws made per game 12.1 10.9
F-Throws att per game. 18.0 15.0
REBOUNDS................ 313 260
Rebounds per game..... 39.1 32.5
Rebounding margin..... -3.1 -4.0
ASSISTS.................. 105 105
Assists per game...... 13.1 13.1
TURNOVERS................ 118 114
Turnovers per game.... 14.8 14.3
Turnover margin....... +0.5 +1.1
Assist/turnover ratio. 0.9 0.9 STEALS.................. 70 58
Steals per game....... 8.8 7.3
BLOCKS.................. 42 29
Blocks per game....... 5.3 3.6
ATTENDANCE.............. 18372 12391
Home games-Avg/Game... 4-4593 4-3098
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st aver 2nd aver OT aver Total aver
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Texas.................... 238 29.8 290 36.3 - - 528 66.0
Kansas State............. 245 30.6 235 29.3 10 1.3 490 61.2
Texas will look to push the ball and when that’s not there, establish the inside game. KSU plays more deliberate although they can run when the opportunity is there. KSU runs their half court offense effectively, looking for two things: a short and easy shot inside or an open 3pt shooter. They will pass the ball around the perimeter, interspersed with forays into the paint. Neither team is rebounding well, with Texas having a minus 3 rebounding margin while KSU has a -4. KSU is better at taking advantage of getting to the FT line while Texas gets there more frequently, making up for not hitting as well. Both will seek to take away the other’s main offense threat: Chambers for KSU and Chassidy for Texas. Both use a short rotation as KSU has 7 as their core rotation while Texas has eight. Both have others available besides those in the main rotation. Both will shoot the 3. Both have reduced TOs to an acceptable 14.8 for Texas and 14.3 for KSU. It will be interesting to see which team is able to set the tempo. Will this be a run and gun game or a slow down game? Expect KSU to look for the 3 as Texas has not been good in defending it, ranking 8th in 3pt FG defense. Horns will look for steals to get break away baskets.
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KSU has three players in double figures, led by Brittany Chambers (#2, 5-8 Jr. G) with 16.8 ppg; Jalana Childs (#33, 6-2 Dr. F) at 12.9 ppg and Tasha Dickey (#13, 5-10 Sr. G) at an even 12.0 ppg. Mariah White (#22, 5-7 Jr. G) and Branshea Brown (#34, 6-2 Sr. F) add 7.4 and 5.9 ppg respectively. Those five, all starters, account for 55 for the team’s 61.2 ppg average in conference play. That’s 90% of the scoring coming from the starters. As expected, those five have taken the bulk of the shots with none hitting less than 40% for their attempts. Chambers has taken the most (45-110, 40.9%) while Brown has taken the least (18-39, 46.2%). Brown has the best percentage with Childs (43-93, 45.2%) and Dickey (37-84, 44.0%) not far behind. Chambers, Dickey and White are the main 3pt threats for KSU. Chambers has taken and made the most threes (23-67, 34.3%) while White is the most accurate (9-20, 45.0%). KSU doesn’t get to the FT line often, tied with 3 others for next to last in conference play for number of FTs attempted at 87. Chambers (21-24) and Dickey (14-16) are the best FT shooters for KSU at 87.6%. The other three starters are all bunched around 67-69%. Childs has gotten to the FT line more than any other KSU player (20-30).
KSU depends on their guards crashing the boards to rebound. Chambers is the leading rebounder at 6.9 rpg. Dickey’s 5.0 rpg are second. Brown (4.5 rpg) and White (4.3 rpg) are next. White is the primary distributor with 49 assists while Brown has 21 from her forward position. Chambers with 13 is the only other KSU player with double figure assists. Childs 10 blocks tops the team while Brown has 9 blocks. No one else has more than 3 blocks. White leads with 20 steals while Dickey adds 11 to the team total.
Four of KSU’s five starters, Brown, Chambers, Childs and White, average between 32 and 37 mpg. The fifth starter, Dickey, averages 29 mpg. Two players, Caron and Woods have played in all eight Big 12 games and average 10 and 13 mpg, respectively. This group is usually supplemented by one other player among the remaining five: Heidi Brown (#10, 5-11 Fr. G); JuliAnne Chisholm (#21, 5-11 Sr. G/F); Emma Ostermann (#20, 5-8 Sr. G); Haley Texada (#1,5-7 Fr. G) and Stephanie Wittman (#14, 5-9 Soph. G).
Horns have three players in double figures in Big 12 play: Chassidy (16.6 ppg), Yvonne (11.3 ppg) and Ashleigh (10.0 ppg). Two others are averaging over 7 pts: Chelsea (7.8 ppg) and Ashley (7.5 ppg). Chassidy (46-117, 39.3%), Ashleigh (28-90, 31.1%)and Yvonne (33-74, 44.6%) are the main shooting threats for Texas. Ashley, hitting 45% of her shots (27-60), is the most accurate from the field. Four guards have taken all but five of the 3pters attempted by Texas. Chassidy (16-45, 35.6%) tops the squad in 3s made, attempted and percentage connected on. Chelsea is second in those three categories (9-26, 34.6%). Yvonne (6-21, 28.6%) and Ashleigh (7-25, 28.0%) are the other main 3pt threats for the Horns. Chassidy also leads in FTs made, attempted and FT% (25-30, 83.3%). Yvonne (18-25, 72.0%), Ashleigh (17-25, 68.0%) and Chelsea (17-24, 70.8%)are the other Horns that have taken at least 20 FTs in league play. Our top four posts have made 20-38, 52.6%. Anne Marie has connected on 4-5 (80.%) while Cokie has struggled, hitting 5-14 (35.7%).
Ashley tops the team in rebounding with 6.0 rpg while Nneka adds 5.8 rpg. Cokie and Chassidy each grabs 5.0 rpg. Yvonne (54) has doubled up Ashleigh in assists. Ashleigh is second on the team with 25 assists. Ashley’s 18 blocks leads the Horns in that category. Nneka has 6 while Anne Marie and Chelsea each has five blocks. Four Horns are in double figures in steals, led by Yvonne’s 18. Next are Ashleigh (17), Chassidy (12) and Ashley (10).When everyone is healthy, the starting lineup has usually been Ashley, Cokie, Yvonne, Ashleigh and Chassidy. Chelsea, Anne Marie and Nneka have also started in conference games. Of those eight, all except Cokie have played in all eight games. Cokie has played in six due sitting out two games with a calf injury. Kayla has played in seven games while Ronisha and Tiffany have played in three conference games. Chassidy, Yvonne and Ashleigh all average between 31 and 34 minutes per game. Chelsea, Ashley and Cokie average between 22 and 29 minutes per game. Anne Marie and Nneka average over 12 minutes per game. Those eight make up the core rotation with Kayla, Ronisha and Tiffany available as needed.
Projected starters are based on the last game. KSU has started the same five for all 8 conference games.
[pre]
Texas Kansas State
Ashley (6-4) Childs (6-2)
Cokie (6-4) Brown (6-2)
Yvonne (5-7) Chambers (5-8)
Ashleigh (5-8) White (5-7)
Chassidy (5-10) Dickey (5-10) [/pre]
Chambers has faced many defenses designed to take her out of scoring. OSU tried to face guard with Bias. That worked until Bias had to go out, then Chambers got free. Bias could never reestablish her defensive presence as she had to work hard on offense as well. Horns will be able to rotate several players on Chambers instead of depending exclusively on one. That focus on stopping Chambers has led to other KSU players being able to get open and score. Horns will need to be aware of the other KSU players and also clamp down on them. KSU faces a similar problem in looking to slow or stop Chassidy from scoring. Childs will challenge the Texas posts inside. Neither she nor Brown are threats from BTA. Posts for Texas and KSU will look to do their offensive damage from mid-range to close in. Texas will try to speed up the tempo, KSU to slow it down. KSU can run when the opportunity presents but they are very comfortable in the midcourt game.
TEAM STATISTICS UT KSU
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SCORING................. 528 490
Points per game....... 66.0 61.2
Scoring margin........ -3.5 -0.8
FIELD GOALS-ATT......... 196-506 178-436
Field goal pct........ .387 .408
FG made per game...... 24.5 22.3
FG att per game....... 63.3 54.5
2POINT FG-ATT........... 157-384 131-285
2-point FG pct........ .409 .460
2-pt FG made per game. 19.6 16.4
2-pt FG att per game.. 48.0 35.6
3 POINT FG-ATT.......... 39-122 47-151
3-point FG pct........ .320 .311
3-pt FG made per game. 4.9 5.9
3-pt FG att per game.. 15.3 18.9
FREE THROWS-ATT......... 97-144 87-120
Free throw pct........ .674 .725
F-Throws made per game 12.1 10.9
F-Throws att per game. 18.0 15.0
REBOUNDS................ 313 260
Rebounds per game..... 39.1 32.5
Rebounding margin..... -3.1 -4.0
ASSISTS.................. 105 105
Assists per game...... 13.1 13.1
TURNOVERS................ 118 114
Turnovers per game.... 14.8 14.3
Turnover margin....... +0.5 +1.1
Assist/turnover ratio. 0.9 0.9 STEALS.................. 70 58
Steals per game....... 8.8 7.3
BLOCKS.................. 42 29
Blocks per game....... 5.3 3.6
ATTENDANCE.............. 18372 12391
Home games-Avg/Game... 4-4593 4-3098
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st aver 2nd aver OT aver Total aver
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Texas.................... 238 29.8 290 36.3 - - 528 66.0
Kansas State............. 245 30.6 235 29.3 10 1.3 490 61.2
Texas will look to push the ball and when that’s not there, establish the inside game. KSU plays more deliberate although they can run when the opportunity is there. KSU runs their half court offense effectively, looking for two things: a short and easy shot inside or an open 3pt shooter. They will pass the ball around the perimeter, interspersed with forays into the paint. Neither team is rebounding well, with Texas having a minus 3 rebounding margin while KSU has a -4. KSU is better at taking advantage of getting to the FT line while Texas gets there more frequently, making up for not hitting as well. Both will seek to take away the other’s main offense threat: Chambers for KSU and Chassidy for Texas. Both use a short rotation as KSU has 7 as their core rotation while Texas has eight. Both have others available besides those in the main rotation. Both will shoot the 3. Both have reduced TOs to an acceptable 14.8 for Texas and 14.3 for KSU. It will be interesting to see which team is able to set the tempo. Will this be a run and gun game or a slow down game? Expect KSU to look for the 3 as Texas has not been good in defending it, ranking 8th in 3pt FG defense. Horns will look for steals to get break away baskets.
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Game time will be at 7:00 PM Wednesday. TV coverage will be provided by the Longhorn Network. Radio Broadcast will be on KVET 1300 AM in the Austin area. Online listening can be found through CBS Sports.com AllAccess.
kstatesports.com game preview.
