By Zach DeLoach

Ayoka Lee, the 14th-ranked Wildcats’ leading scorer and rebounder, has been sidelined since Jan. 19 when she suffered a fracture in her foot against Arizona State. However, Mittie said he’s still hopeful Lee will play Saturday when K-State hosts rival Kansas.

“There’s been nothing that would indicate anything differently than that,” he said.

Coaches have been optimistic about Lee’s return before the end of the regular season since they first announced the injury. Mittie said Lee has been ramping back up to where she was before getting hurt, including an individual workout before the Wildcats’ game at Cincinnati on Wednesday. Now, she’s running, jumping and doing agility training as well as “basketball stuff,” according to Mittie.

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The battle for Big 12 supremacy between the league’s top two scoring teams was a defensive slugfest before Serena Sundell took over.

The senior guard scored 23 of her game-high 27 points in the second half, and No. 12 Kansas State women’s basketball made seven of its last eight shots to topple No. 9 TCU 59-50 Wednesday and claim sole possession of first place in the conference.

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K-State needed an extra five minutes on Thursday night, but the Wildcats were perfect in the extra frame to hold back the upset bid from Iowa State, 87-79, at Bramlage Coliseum.

With its win on Thursday night, K-State secured the 28th 20-win season in program history. This is the fifth 20-win season under the direction of head coach Jeff Mittie.

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Taryn Sides, Serena Sundell & Zy Walker

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K-State needed an extra five minutes on Thursday night, but the Wildcats were perfect in the extra frame to hold back the upset bid from Iowa State, 87-79, at Bramlage Coliseum.

With its win on Thursday night, K-State secured the 28th 20-win season in program history. This is the fifth 20-win season under the direction of head coach Jeff Mittie.

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Jeff Mittie

Taryn Sides, Serena Sundell & Zy Walker

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K-State needed an extra five minutes on Thursday night, but the Wildcats were perfect in the extra frame to hold back the upset bid from Iowa State, 87-79, at Bramlage Coliseum.

With its win on Thursday night, K-State secured the 28th 20-win season in program history. This is the fifth 20-win season under the direction of head coach Jeff Mittie.

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Jeff Mittie

Taryn Sides, Serena Sundell & Zy Walker

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By Zach Deloach

ST. Joseph, Mo. — After the No. 13 Kansas State women beat Middle Tennessee State 74-48 after a second-half blitz by the Wildcats on Saturday, Middle Tennessee head coach Rick Insell, a women’s basketball hall-of-famer, said he thinks K-State is one of the top squads in the country and that the Wildcats have a chance to go far in the NCAA Tournament.

“I’ve said this all along, and I’ve been doing this for 50 years: It’s not necessarily the best team that wins the national championship,” Insell said. “It’s the team that’s playing the best in that period of time. If Kansas State can put together a six-to-eight-game series there where they’re running their offense, playing their defense, switching it up, they’ve got a chance.”

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