![]() ![]() ![]() Her eight assists tied for the seventh-most in a single-game in a K-State Big 12 Championship game. Junior guard and All-American candidate Serena Sundell carded 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting and eight assists. Lee also set the school record for blocks in a Big 12 Championship career, collecting her 16th and passing Lewis (15). She tied the school record with Breanna Lewis (2013-17) and Nicky Ramage (1996-00) for double-doubles in a Big 12 Championship career. With her double-double, Lee collected her 58th career double-double and her third career double-double in a Big 12 Championship game. With her 11 rebounds, Lee broke the school record for career rebounds with 1,088 and passing Kendra Wecker (1,087 2001-05). The Wildcats featured three players in double figures on Saturday and were led by senior center and All-America candidate Ayoka Lee with 22 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks. This is the 10th 25-win or better season in program history. K-State (25-6) has secured 25 wins this season, the most in the Jeff Mittie era and most by the Wildcats since the 2008-09 season (25). The Wildcats have reached the semifinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship for the first time since 2019 and the 10th time in the history of the Big 12. With Saturday's win, K-State has now advanced at least one round of the Big 12 Championship for the 20th time. Among all players, Gaston ranked 10 th in league games with 0.9 blocks per Conference game.KANSAS CITY, Missouri – (16/16) K-State locked down West Virginia for the final three minutes of the fourth quarter to collect a 65-62 win in the quarterfinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship at T-Mobile Center. Her 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio ranked second as she became the third Oklahoma player to receive the award, and first since 2015.Īmong reserves who played 15-or-more games, Gaston led the Big 12 with 8.8 points off the bench as she became the first Longhorn to earn the Sixth Player Award. Verhulst helped the Sooners to the regular season title by averaging 13.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 4.4 assists against Big 12 opponents, marks which rated among the league’s top-10. Her 2.8 steals per Big 12 game ranked second, while she maintained an offensive output of 19.4 points per game. Quinerly is the first West Virginia player to earn Defensive Player of the Year, leading the Mountaineer defense to lead the league in fewest points allowed (60.3), steals (13.2) and turnover margin (+8.1) during Conference play. The award goes to a Sooner head coach for the first time since 2009, and fifth time overall, while it is the third conference coach of the year honor for Baranczyk, earning the award twice in the Missouri Valley Conference. OU, who was voted fifth in the Big 12 Preseason Poll, replaced four starters from last season’s team to go 15-3 and win the regular season title outright. She joins Brooke McCarty (2017) as the only Texas players to win Player of the Year, while she is the second Longhorn to take home Freshman of the Year in the past three seasons.īaranczyk was named Coach of the Year after leading the Sooners to a second consecutive regular season title. Vann had previously won the Sixth Player Award the last two seasons, and joins Lauren Cox (Baylor, 2020) as the only former Sixth Player Award winner to go on to win Player of the Year.īooker is the first freshman to win a share of Big 12 Player of the Year, averaging 20.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.5 assists during the 18-game league schedule. She added six 20+ point games as the award went to a Sooner for the first time since Courtney Paris in 2009, and for the seventh time overall. ![]() Vann averaged 15.6 points and 7.1 rebounds during Conference play, while shooting an even 50.0% from the field, all of which rank among the top eight in the league. Crooks, Lee, Vann and Booker were all unanimous selections. West Virginia’s JJ Quinerly was named Defensive Player of the Year.īooker, Quinerly, Vann and Verhulst were all named to the All-Big 12 First Team, joined by Lauren Gustin (BYU), Audi Crooks (Iowa State), Taiyanna Jackson (Kansas), S’Mya Nichols (Kansas), Ayoka Lee (Kansas State) and Serena Sundell (Kansas State). DeYona Gaston (Sixth Player Award) joins Booker, who also won Freshman of the Year, as Longhorn superlative winners. Oklahoma’s Jennie Baranczyk (Coach of the Year) and Payton Verhulst (Newcomer of the Year) joined Vann in winning superlative awards. The awards were voted on by the head coaches, who could not vote for their own players. Oklahoma’s Skylar Vann and Texas’ Madison Booker were selected as Big 12 Co-Players of the Year, as the 2023-24 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 women’s basketball awards were unveiled.
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