MANHATTAN, KS (K-State) – K-State women’s basketball head coach Jeff Mittie has added one of the nation’s top returning scorers, as Temira Poindexter has transferred to the Wildcats for the 2024-25 season. Poindexter will have one season of eligibility.
Prior to coming to Manhattan, Poindexter filled her trophy case at Tulsa for the last three seasons. During her time with the Golden Hurricane, Poindexter garnered 2024 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-America Honorable Mention honors, 2024 WBCA All-Region 3 recipient, 2024 American Athletic Conference (AAC) Player of the Year, Two-time All-AAC First Team honors, 2022 AAC Freshman of the Year and 2022 AAC All-Freshmen Team honors.
Poindexter, a product of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, has registered 1,560 career points and averaged 16.8 points per game in 93 games played with 87 starts at Tulsa. She ranked third in Tulsa history for career points and fifth in school history for career scoring average. She ranked fifth in program history for career field goals made (569).
In the 2023-24 season, Poindexter set the Tulsa records for points in a single-season with 734, field goals made in a season with 265 and 3-point field goals made in a season with 85. She ranked second in school history for points per game at 21.0 and tied for ninth in school history for blocks in a season with 53.
Among the NCAA Division I statistical rankings last season, she ranked seventh in the nation for total points, 16th in the nation in scoring average, 11th in the nation in field goals made, eighth in the nation for field goals attempted (614), 22nd in the nation for 3-point field goals made, 44th in the nation for 3-point field goals made per game (2.4) and 48th in the nation for total blocks. Poindexter was one of three players in the nation last season to record 700 or more points and 50 or more blocked shots (JuJu Watkins, USC; Paige Bueckers, UConn).
Poindexter notched double figures in all 35 games, including 21 games with 20 or more points. She scored a career-high 33 points and pulled in 10 rebounds against Rice on Feb. 10, 2024, which ranked tied for fourth in Tulsa history for points in a single game.
During the 2022-23 season, she played in and started all 30 games and averaged 16.1 points (482) with 27 double-figure scoring games. She carded a free throw percentage of .832 (79-of-95) and ranked 80th in the nation. She also hauled in 5.4 rebounds per game (163), which included three games with 10 or more rebounds. Defensively, Poindexter ranked 76th in the nation for blocks per game (1.43) and 79th in the nation for blocks (43). Among her scoring performances in 2022-23, Poindexter registered a season-high 25 points at 23rd-ranked South Florida on Feb. 22, 2023.
In her debut collegiate season in 2021-22 with Tulsa, Poindexter played in 28 games with 22 starts and averaged 12.3 points (344) which included 18 games with 10 or more points. She shot .441 from the field (131-of-297), including .320 (39-of-122) from 3-point range and .796 (43-of-54) from the foul line. She pulled down 4.6 rebounds per game (130) and notched two games with 10 or more boards. Poindexter sent back 52 shots (1.86 bpg). In her first collegiate game, Poindexter tallied 23 points, five rebounds and two assists against Duquesne on Nov. 11, 2021. She ended her first season with a season-high 29 points at Wyoming in the WNIT Second Round on March, 20, 2022.
Pointdexter was a four-year letterwinner at Sapulpa High School. In her senior season, led the Chieftains to a 19-3 record and to the 2021 Class 5A state championship while averaging 20.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.1 steals, while shooting 50 percent from the field and 43 percent from 3-point range. She was recognized with Frontier Valley Conference Player of the Year and All-Frontier Valley Conference Team honors, Oklahoma Coaches Association (OCA) and Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association all-state honors.
In her junior campaign, Poindexter averaged 17.4 points and 4.2 rebounds in helping lead Sapulpa to a 23-4 record and a state tournament berth. She was named the Frontier Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year as a junior and was the Frontier Valley Freshman of the Year in her rookie season.
K-State (26-8) completed the 56th season in program history, as the Wildcats achieved its 18th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and collected 26 wins for the first time since the 2002-03 season. The Wildcats were ranked among the Associated Press top-25 for 18 consecutive weeks, including a high of number two in the nation on January 29.
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