ESTERO, FLORIDA – The #5 Iowa Hawkeyes will play in the finals of the Gulf Coast Showcase taking on No. 16/22 Kansas State on Sunday night. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. (CT) inside Hertz Arena in Estero, Florida. The contest will air on FloHoops (subscription required) and the Hawkeye Radio Network.
Iowa’s lone loss this season was to Kansas State, at home, earlier this season. Kansas State beat Iowa, 65-58, in a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Kansas State leads the all-time series, 6-1. The Wildcats have won the last three matchups.
SCOUTING KANSAS STATE
• K-State improved to 6-0 on the season. This is the second straight season the Wild- cats have started a season with a five-game or better winning streak and the fourth time under head coach Jeff Mittie.
• Ayoka Lee tied the school record against North Carolina on Saturday for career double-doubles with her 52nd, joining Kendra Wecker (2001-05) atop the list.
• K-State’s path to the championship: Western Kentucky and No. 18/17 North Caro- lina.
• For the first time this season, K-State appears in the Associated Press top-25 as they are ranked 16th. This was the highest K-State was ranked in the poll since the 2008- 09 season and highest debut since the preseason poll of 2003-04, when K-State was ranked fifth.
• For her efforts last week, senior center Ayoka Lee earned her fifth career Big 12 Player of the Week honor, her third career USBWA Drysdale National Player of the Week and her first AP National Player of the Week honor.
• The Wildcats are 89-238 (.271) against teams ranked in the Associated Press (AP) poll.
