Kansas State-Texas Tech Postgame Notes

March 13, 2003

TOURNAMENT

This was the third meeting between Kansas State and Texas Tech in the Big 12 Tournament. The teams split the previous two meetings. Kansas State took a 76-68 decision in 1997, while Texas Tech prevailed 74-55 in 1999.
The No. 3 seed is now 4-1 vs. the No. 2 seed.
The No. 3 seed is now 4-1 in the semifinals.
The No. 2 seed is now 2-5 in the semifinals.
The Big 12 Tournament championship will pit the No. 1 and No. 3 seeds against each other for the third time in tournament history, with each seed earning one title. No other seeds have won the Big 12 Tournament in its six-year history (No. 1 four times, No. 3 twice).

TOURNAMENT - TEAM

Kansas State is now 1-2 in semifinal play.
Texas Tech is now 3-2 in semifinal play.
Texas Tech is 2-0 in championship games, winning back-to-back titles in 1998 and 1999.
This is the ninth time in tournament history and the second time this year that a team has had two players with 20 or more points in the same game. Megan Mahoney scored 24 and Kendra Wecker added 20 for Kansas State.
KSU's one three-pointer ties for a semifinal round low.
KSU's 12.5 percent from beyond the arc is the third-lowest in a semifinal game.
Tech's 84.2 percent (16-19) from the line is the fourth-best in a semifinal game.
KSU's 30 defensive rebounds are the second-most in a semifinal game.
Tech's 26 total rebounds are the fifth-lowest in a semifinal game.
KSU's five offensive rebounds are the third-lowest in a semifinal game.
Tech's seven turnovers are tied for the second-lowest in a semifinal game.

TOURNAMENT - INDIVIDUAL

Jia Perkins (TTU) has 21 career steals, ranking fourth all-time.
Megan Mahoney (KSU) is tied for fourth with 24 points in a semifinal game.
Kendra Wecker (KSU) is tied for the best free-throw performance in a semifinal game, making all six attempts.
Plenette Pierson (TTU) is tied for second with 11 rebounds in a semifinal game.
Pierson and Wecker are tied for fourth with eight defensive rebounds in a semifinal game.
Perkins' five steals tie her for fourth in a semifinal game.

KANSAS STATE

Nicole Ohlde has scored in double figures in every game this season (32).
Kendra Wecker recorded her 32nd double-figure game and her 14th 20-point performance.
Megan Mahoney notched her 22nd double-figure game, her seventh 20-point performance, her 12th double-digit rebounding effort and her 12th double-double.

TEXAS TECH

TTU's 26 rebounds are the lowest of the season. The previous low was 30.
Plenette Pierson scored her 1,500th career point on a 10-foot turnaround jumper in the lane with 16:09 remaining.
Natalie Ritchie now has 415 career three-point attempts, placing her fifth on Tech's all-time chart.
Pierson now has 1,512 points (seventh place), 567 field goals (eighth place), 1,134 field goal attempts (eighth place) and 608 free-throw attempts (third place) in her career. She notched her 25th double-figure scoring game, her 13th 20-point performance, her seventh double-figure rebounding effort and her sixth double-double.
Jia Perkins tallied her 29th double-figure scoring effort of the season.
Ritchie garnered her 12th double-digit scoring game.

ATTENDANCE

Tonight's session: 6,656
Tonight's attendance is a new Session 5 (semifinals) record. The previous high was 6,230 in 1999.
Tonight's attendance is the sixth-highest for any session of the Big 12 Tournament, and the second-highest for a non-championship game.
The three-day total of 24,902 is the second-best in tournament history (26,756 in 2002).

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