Kendall Spencer - 2023-24 K-State Women's Basketball

Pre-Season Bonding + Events

The biggest story ramping up to the 2023-24 season was the return of #50 Ayoka Lee - the All-American, NCAA Single-Game scoring record holder who had to miss the 2022-23 season due to a knee injury. At Big 12 Media Day, reporters swarmed around Yokie everywhere she went.

Team Hally Dirty Dash

Season Kickoff @ A&H Farm

NCAA March Madness WBB College Tour w/Autumn Johnson

Mental Toughness Training at Fort Riley

Big 12 Media Days

Non-Conference

Non-Conference showed a lot of doubters what K-State was made of. The second week of the season, the 'Cats traveled up to Carver-Hawkeye to take on Caitlin Clark and #2 Iowa - almost exactly a year after K-State beat them in Manhattan. K-State's airtight defense held Iowa to the least points scored in the Caitlin Clark era.

Other notable wins were vs. #23 North Carolina and Mizzou.

K-State beats #2 Iowa

Win vs UNC at the Gulf Coast Showcase

Win vs Mizzou

Big 12 Conference

At the start of conference, K-State was up to #11 in the country and climbing - at one point in January, K-State and Iowa were both top-5 teams with losses only to each other. The team was battered and bruised - still a one-loss team, Head Coach Jeff Mittie announced that Yokie would have to sit for a month due to a foot fracture suffered during early conference play. With her recovering, the team suffered a few tough losses but secured the double-bye in the Big 12 Tournament.

Shootaround at Texas Tech

Shootaround at Cincinnati

Block in the close win vs. Texas

Eliza Maupin stepping in for Yokie at Baylor

Eliza Maupin after a massive game stepping in for Yokie at Baylor

Senior Night

Shootaround at TCU

Mittie thanking the fans after a Sunflower Showdown victory

Yokie in the locker room the day of her foot surgery

vs Cincinnati

vs UCF

Zy Walker drains a late 3 to tie the game vs Texas

Sundell in a physical game vs KU in Lawrence

Sundell passes to Yokie on Senior Night vs Iowa State

Big 12 Tournament

K-State defeated West Virginia in the quarterfinals then fell to a Top-10 Texas team in the Semifinals at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

Big 12 Shootaround

Big 12 Tournament Quarterfinals vs West Virginia

Big 12 Tournament Semifinals vs Texas

Hosting March Madness

At the end of the Big 12 Tournament, the team fell to #16 and was on the cusp of hosting. Unlike many top Women's Basketball teams, they went into selection day unsure if they would get to stay home. Over 20,000 fans came to Bramlage to support the 'Cats - and despite a tough loss to Colorado in the Round of 32, a gritty K-State team showed that Women's Basketball has major support in Manhattan, Kansas.

Selection Show

WBB Players Thank Students in Ticket Line

March Madness Promotion on Campus

Media Day

Media Day Open Practice

March Madness Branding

Round of 64 vs Portland

Round of 32 vs Colorado