
Courtesy of Kansas State Athletics
MANHATTAN, Kansas – As part of its 2023-24 non-conference schedule, K-State women's basketball will play in the 2023 Clean Simple Eats Gulf Coast Showcase on November 24-26 at Hertz Arena in Estero, Florida. All games in the Thanksgiving weekend event will be streamed on FloHoops.
The Wildcats will face Western Kentucky on Friday, November 24, at 10 a.m. (CT) in the first round. In this bracketed event, the Wildcats will play either North Carolina or Vermont in the semifinals (4 p.m.) or the consolation semifinals (10 a.m.) on November 25. The final games will be played on Sunday, November 26.
This will be the fourth meeting between the Wildcats and Lady Toppers, with K-State holding a 2-1 edge in the series. K-State won the last meeting, 76-44, on November 14, 2021, in Manhattan during the 2021 Preseason WNIT.
Western Kentucky finished the 2022-23 season with a 19-14 overall record and dropped its 2023 WNIT first round game at Kansas, 86-72.
The other half of the bracket for the Clean Simple Eats Gulf Coast Showcase includes Delaware, Florida Gulf Coast, Iowa and Purdue Fort Wayne.
Fan travel information, including preferred hotel rates at the official tournament resort, and ticket information can be found at the official event website – www.gulfcoastshowcase.com. Tickets for the Gulf Coast Showcase go on sale beginning Thursday, Aug. 10.
The Wildcats enter the 2023-24 season with the return of 10 letter winners including four starters from last season's 2023 WNIT squad. The Wildcats will be led by 2022 All-American center Ayoka Lee, who returns for her senior season, senior guard and 2023 All-Big 12 First Team selection Gabby Gregory, and the junior trio of Brylee Glenn, Jaelyn Glenn and Serena Sundell.
The 10¬ returning letter winners were responsible for 84 percent of K-State's scoring, 82 percent of the team's assists and 67 percent of the team's rebounding in the 2022-23 season. The Wildcats will also welcome in transfers Imani Lester and Zyanna Walker, redshirt sophomore Gisela Sanchez and freshmen Alexis Hess and Taryn Sides.
K-State women's basketball season tickets for the 2023-24 season are available now for purchase. For more information on season ticket packages for the Wildcats' home schedule, contact the K-State Athletics Ticket Office by calling 1-800-221-CATS or visit www.kstatesports.com/tickets.