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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Photos by Lewis Marien – Mercury Staff Photographer

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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By Zach DeLoach

No matter how it looks, Jeff Mittie is not just mainlining Jolly Ranchers on the sideline.

The 11th-year Kansas State women’s basketball coach said he’s seen some fans speculating on social media about what it is he pops into his mouth every few minutes during games, perhaps suggesting he’s a compulsive snacker.

According to him, that’s not the case.

What he stashes on the scorers’ table behind him are cough drops. He doesn’t suck on them because he loves that sweet, sweet menthol flavor or because they help him manage stress during games.

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By Zach DeLoach

No. 11 Kansas State women’s basketball star center Ayoka Lee left Sunday’s game against Arizona State with an apparent lower leg injury, and it doesn’t sound like she’ll be back soon.

Lee, the all-time leading scorer in program history, went off the court midway through the second quarter and appeared to limp on her way to the locker room, where she remained for the rest of the first half.

She didn’t return for the second.

“It’s not good, guys,” head coach Jeff Mittie said. “It’s not good. I don’t have a definitive update, but it’s not going to be a week or two.”

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By Zach DeLoach

No. 11 Kansas State women’s basketball star center Ayoka Lee left Sunday’s game against Arizona State with an apparent lower leg injury, and it doesn’t sound like she’ll be back soon.

Lee, the all-time leading scorer in program history, went off the court midway through the second quarter and appeared to limp on her way to the locker room, where she remained for the rest of the first half.

She didn’t return for the second.

“It’s not good, guys,” head coach Jeff Mittie said. “It’s not good. I don’t have a definitive update, but it’s not going to be a week or two.”

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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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