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WICHITA STATE BASKETBALL Contact: Bryan Holmgren, Director of Communications • [email protected] • o: 316-978-5535 • c: 316-841-6206 WICHITA STATE (8-9, 1-4) at USF (12-6, 2-4) Tues. Jan. 22, 2019 • 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET) • Tampa, Fla. / Yuengling Center 18 Series: WSU leads 1-0 (1st in Tampa) • Last: 1/7/18 in Wichita (WSU, 95-57) SHOCKERS BULLS OPENING TIPS TUNING IN Overall AAC Overall AAC Wichita State makes its first-ever trip to Tampa, Fla. where it will TELECAST CBSSN 8-9 1-4 Record 12-6 2-4 take on the USF Bulls, Tuesday evening at the Yuengling Center. In Wichita: Uverse (643), Cox (260) 6-3 1-2 Home 10-2 2-1 The 7 p.m. CT tip airs nationally on CBS Sports Network. DIRECTV (221), DISH (158) 0-4 0-2 Away 1-3 0-3 Streaming: cbssports.com/cbs-sports-network 2-2 - Neutral 1-1 - Due to the league's unbalanced schedule, this will be the only Talent: Dave Ryan (pbp) & Steve Wolf (analyst) Lost 1 - Streak Lost 3 - regular season meeting between the teams. They also played just RADIO KEYN 103.7 FM - / - AP / Coaches - / - once last year -- Jan. 7, 2018 in Wichita. On that day, ninth-ranked Talent: Mike Kennedy (pbp) & Bob Hull (analyst) 115 NCAA NET* 107 WSU hit 12-of-20 from three and a season-best 62.7% overall from Streaming: goshockers.com/Listen 88 RPI* 155 128 KenPom* 136 the field in a 95-57 win. The Shockers made 75% of their first-half TICKETS goshockers.com/mbbtickets 145 KenPom -- Offense* 245 shots (21-of-28) and led 51-20 at the intermission. LIVE STATS shockerstats.com 114 KenPom -- Defense* 52 USF is one of four American foes that WSU faced last year for the FACEBOOK Go Shockers 169 KenPom -- Tempo* 157 TWITTER @GoShockers / @GoShockersMBB first time (UCF, Tulane and ECU were the other three). INSTAGRAM @GoShockers / @GoShockers MBB * = As of Monday, Jan. 21; Out of 353 Division I teams WSU junior point guard Ricky Torres hails from just across the YOUTUBE wsuathletics Gregg Marshall Head Coaches Brian Gregory bay in Pinellas Park, Fla. He signed with the Shockers last spring 294-107 12th Current School 22-28 2nd after an All-American season at Missouri State-West Plains JC. 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS st th 488-190 21 Overall 270-208 15 There are five one-loss teams grouped atop The American stand- Date Opponent Time (CT) TV Oct. 30 CATAWBA [Exh.] W 75-64 Yurview KS Individual Leaders ings: Houston (5-1), Cincinnati (5-1), UCF (4-1), Temple (4-1) and Nov. 6 LOUISIANA TECH L 58-71 Yurview KS Markis McDuffie 19.6 Points David Collins 14.8 Memphis (4-1). WSU (1-4) played the entire quintet in a five- Nov. 9 vs. rv/rv Providence # W 83-80 CBSSN Jaime Echenique 5.4 Rebounds Alexis Yetna 10.2 game stretch to begin conference play. Nov. 15 vs. rv/- Davidson % L 53-57 ESPN3 Samajae Haynes-Jones 3.0 Assists Laquincy Rideau 5.6 The Shockers have been to seven-straight NCAA Tournaments Nov. 16 vs. Appalachian St. W 82-76 ESPNU Jaime Echenique 21 Blocks Michael Durr 19 Nov. 18 vs. rv/rv Alabama % L 86-90 ESPNU Markis McDuffie 19 Steals Laquincy Rideau 58 and posted nine-straight 25-win seasons under head coach Gregg Marshall but are rebuilding this year with 10 first-year players. Nov. 25 RICE W 90-61 Yurview KS Dec. 1 BAYLOR W 71-63 CBSSN D-I Rank Team Stats D-I Rank Whether you favor RPI (11th), NET (11th) or KenPom (28th), the 259 70.4 Offense 73.9 T-176 Dec. 8 at rv/- Oklahoma & L 48-80 ESPNU T-187 71.6 Defense 66.6 59 youthful Shockers have played one of D-I's strongest overall sched- Dec. 12 JACKSONVILLE ST. W 69-65 Yurview KS 251 -1.3 Scoring Margin 7.3 82 ules. Using NET, 11 of their 17 games would be classified by the Dec. 15 SOUTHERN MISS W 63-60 CBSSN 136 2.2 Rebound Margin 7.4 13 Selection Committee as Quadrant I or II contests. That's tied for the Dec. 19 ORAL ROBERTS W 84-63 Yurview KS T-193 13.5 Assists 13.8 172 seventh-highest total in all college basketball. Two more Q2 games Dec. 22 at VCU L 54-70 ESPN2 T-228 2.9 Blocks 3.2 186 are on the way this week. Jan. 3 at Memphis * L 74-85 CBSSN 308 5.1 Steals 9.3 11 Jan. 6 TEMPLE * L 81-85 ot ESPNEWS 220 -0.5 Turnover Margin 0.6 154 WSU split a pair of home games last week against teams that Jan. 12 at 17/15 Houston * L 70-79 CBSSN 197 0.98 A-TO Ratio 0.82 305 are receiving AP votes. The Shockers handed UCF its lone confer- Jan. 16 rv/rv UCF * W 75-67 CBSSN 296 41.8 FG % 43.8 214 ence loss last Wednesday, 75-67. Markis McDuffie scored 18 of Jan. 19 rv/- CINCINNATI * L 55-66 CBS 202 43.9 FG % Defense 41.4 79 Jan. 22 at USF * 7 p.m. CBSSN his game-high 23 points after halftime, and WSU outrebounded Jan. 26 at UConn * 5 p.m. CBSSN T-214 7.4 3-Point FG 6.5 T-285 the Knights 20-5 in the second half... On Saturday, the Shockers led 302 31.3 3-Point % 32.6 254 Jan. 30 SMU * 8 p.m. ESPN2/U 171 70.2 FT % 62.4 339 Cincinnati midway through the second half before bowing, 66-55. Feb. 2 TULSA * 1 p.m. ESPN2/U T-214 47.1 Winning % 66.7 T-83 McDuffie is the American Athletic Conference's second-leading Feb. 6 at ECU * 6 p.m. ESPNEWS Feb. 9 TULANE * 7 p.m. ESPN2/U scorer at 19.6 points per game. He's scored at least 20 points in Feb. 17 at Cincinnati * Noon ESPN SHOCKER STARTERS & KEY RESERVES four-straight games (tied for the longest Marshall Era streak) and Feb. 20 at Tulsa * 8 p.m. ESPN2/U has reached double-figures in each of the last 16 (second-longest). Feb. 23 MEMPHIS * 7 p.m. ESPN2/U Last Game Starters Ht Cl Pts Reb Notes: Feb. 28 UCONN * 6 p.m. ESPN/2 G 0 Dexter Dennis 6-5 Fr. 7.1 4.7 23.9 mpg McDuffie (1,187 career points) needs just 24 more to move into the Mar. 3 at SMU * 1 p.m. CBSSN F 1 Markis McDuffie 6-8 Sr. 19.6 5.2 1,187 career pts top-25 on WSU's all-time list. Mar. 5 ECU * 8 p.m. CBSSN C 21 Jaime Echenique 6-11 Jr. 8.5 5.4 Team-High 21 blocks 6-11 center Jaime Echenique is the team's leading rebounder Mar. 9 at Tulane * 7:30 p.m. CBSSN G 2 Jamarius Burton 6-4 Fr. 5.0 3.5 AAC Play: 9/15 FG (5.4) and shot-blocker (21 total). Mar. 14 American Tournament^ -- First Round ESPNU G 4 Samajae Haynes-Jones 6-0 Sr. 13.0 2.7 3.0 apg Senior guard Samajae Haynes-Jones leads the team in assists Mar. 15 American Tournament^ -- Quarterfinals ESPN2/U Key Reserves Ht Cl Pts Reb Notes: Mar. 16 American Tournament^ -- Semifinals ESPN2 (3.0) and ranks second in scoring (13.0). He has an active streak of Mar. 17 American Tournament ^-- Championship ESPN G 3 Ricky Torres 6-2 Jr. 2.8 2.0 2.8 apg, 2.09 ratio nine-straight double-figure scoring games. F 5 Rod Brown 6-6 R-Fr. 1.5 1.3 7.7 mpg # = Veterans Classic (Annapolis, Md.) G 10 Erik Stevenson 6-3 Fr. 6.8 4.1 15 steals Over an eight-year span from 2010-11 to 2017-18, WSU was the % = Charleston Classic (Charleston, S.C.) C 12 Morris Udeze 6-8 Fr. 3.6 3.1 DNP vs. Last 2 nation's best road team at 75-20 (.789). This year, the Shockers are & = at Chesapeake Energy Arena (Oklahoma City, Okla.) ! = at INTRUST Bank Arena (Wichita) C 33 Asbjørn Midtgaard 7-0 So. 1.8 1.1 Last Week: 6.0 pts, 3.5 reb 0-4 in true road games with losses at Oklahoma, VCU, Memphis * = American Athletic Conference game F/C 44 Isaiah PB-Chandler 6-9 Fr. 2.7 1.7 AAC Play: 5.8 pts, 3.0 reb and Houston. ^ = American Athletic Conference Championship (Memphis, Tenn.) 1 2018-19 WICHITA STATE GAME NOTES 18 | at USF 2018-19 WICHITA STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER # Name Po. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown/Previous School(s) 0 Dexter Dennis G 6-5 208 Fr. PS Baker, La. / Baker HS / Believe Academy (S.C.) 1 Markis McDuffie F 6-8 218 Sr. 3L Paterson, N.J. / St. Anthony HS 2 Jamarius Burton G 6-4 208 Fr. PS Charlotte, N.C. / Independence HS 3 Ricky Torres G 6-2 189 Jr. TR Pinellas Park, Fla. / Missouri St.-West Plains JC 4 Samajae Haynes-Jones G 6-0 180 Sr. 1L Wichita, Kan. / East HS / Hutchinson (Kan.) CC 5 Rod Brown F 6-6 215 R-Fr. RS Cordova, Tenn. / Cordova HS 10 Erik Stevenson G 6-3 210 Fr. HS Lacey, Wash. / Timberline HS 11 Eli Farrakhan G 5-11 165 Jr.