WICHITA STATE BASKETBALL TUNING in STARTING FIVE No. 11/11 Wichita State (23-5, 13-3) Looks to Keep Its Conference Title Hopes A
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WICHITA STATE BASKETBALL 11/11 WICHITA STATE (23-5, 13-3 American) at UCF (17-11, 8-8 American) Thursday, March 1, 2018 • 6 p.m. CT (7 p.m. ET) • Orlando, Fla. • CFE Arena (9,465) 29 Series: WSU leads 1-0 (First Meeting in Orlando) • Last: 1/25/18 in Wichita (WSU, 81-62) 11/11 WICHITA STATE UCF STARTING FIVE TUNING IN Overall Conf Overall Conf No. 11/11 Wichita State (23-5, 13-3) looks to keep its conference TELECAST ESPN 23-5 13-3 Record 17-11 8-8 title hopes alive Thursday night when its pays its first-ever visit to Talent: Adam Amin (pbp) 13-2 7-1 Home 11-3 5-2 UCF (17-11, 8-8). The 6 p.m. CT tip airs nationally on ESPN. John Thompson III (analyst) 8-2 6-2 Away 5-6 3-6 Streaming WatchESPN 2-1 Neutral 1-2 The Shockers won the first meeting between the programs in Wichita back on Jan. 25, 81-62, behind 19 points and six boards RADIO Shocker Radio // KEYN 103.7 FM (Wichita) Won 6 Streak Lost 2 Talent: Mike Kennedy (pbp) 11 / 11 AP / Coaches - / - from Shaquille Morris. The Shockers were uncharacteristically cold Bob Hull (analyst) 13 NCAA RPI* 69 from three (5-of-18 marked their second lowest output this year), Streaming: goshockers.com/listen 17 KenPom* 102 but they committed a season-low six turnovers, outrebounded the 11 BPI* 96 LIVE STATS sidearmstats.com/ucf/mbball visiting Knights by 10 and held them to just 36% from the field. FACEBOOK Go Shockers As of Monday, Feb. 27; Out of 351 Division I schools The Shockers rank in the top-10 nationally in rebound margin TWITTER @GoShockers / @GoShockersMBB (3rd, +10.2), assists (3rd, 18.9) and A:TO Ratio (6th, 1.60). YOUTUBE wsuathletics Gregg Marshall Head Coach Johnny Dawkins INSTAGRAM goshockers 284-95 11th Current School 41-23 2nd 1 th th AMAZING RACE: WSU (13-3) begins the week a game back of 478-178 20 Overall 197-138 10 Cincinnati (14-2) with two to play. The teams go head-to-head on Active Stat Leaders Sunday in Wichita (11 a.m., CBS) to close out the regular season. Landry Shamet 14.6 Points B.J. Taylor 14.6 The Bearcats can clinch a share of the title with a Thursday night 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Rashard Kelly 7.3 Rebounds A.J. Davis 7.8 win at Tulane, but WSU still controls its own destiny. Sweeping UCF Date Opponent Time TV Landry Shamet 5.1 Assists Terrell Allen 3.1 Nov 10 UMKC W 109-57 Cox 2022 Shaquille Morris 45 Blocks Chad Brown 30 and Cincinnati this week would guarantee the Shockers their own Nov 13 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON W 81-63 CBSSN Landry Shamet 21 Steals Terrell Allen 35 share, along with the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. Nov 20 vs. California ^ W 92-82 ESPN2 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STANDINGS Nov 21 vs. Marquette ^ W 80-66 ESPN Rank Total Team Stats Total Rank W-L GB Remaining Schedule: Nov 22 vs. 13/12 Notre Dame ^ L 66-67 ESPN2 17 84.2 Offense 62.6 345 10/10 CINCINNATI 14-2 -- 0-1 vs. WSU; 1-1 vs. UH @Tulane (Thur.), @WSU (Sun.) Nov 28 SAVANNAH ST. W 112-66 Cox 2022 146 71.1 Defense 61.2 3 11/11 WICHITA ST. 13-3 1 1-0 vs. CIN, 1-1 vs. UH @UCF (Thur.), CINCY (Sun.) Dec 02 at 16/16 Baylor W 69-62 ESPNU 12 13.0 Scoring Margin 1.5 176 25/rv HOUSTON 12-4 2 1-1 vs. CIN, 1-1 vs. WSU @SMU (Wed.), UCONN (Sun.) Dec 05 SOUTH DAKOTA ST. W 95-85 Cox 2022 3 10.2 Rebound Margin 1.9 121 Dec 09 rv/- Oklahoma St. W 78-66 ESPN2 3 18.9 Assists 10.8 338 2 ROAD WARRIORS: WSU is 8-2 this year in true road games Dec 16 rv/24 OKLAHOMA % L 83-91 ESPN2 72 4.1 Blocks 3.6 137 with wins over two nationally-ranked foes (No. 16 Baylor and No. Dec 19 ARKANSAS ST. W 89-80 Cox 2022 325 4.8 Steals 5.2 287 5 Cincinnati). Since the start of the 2013-14 season, the Shockers Dec 22 FLORIDA GULF COAST W 75-65 CBSSN T-169 0.3 Turnover Margin -1.7 293 own the most road wins (48-8) and highest percentage (.857) in Dec 30 at UConn * W 72-62 CBS 6 1.60 A-TO Ratio 0.77 330 Jan 4 HOUSTON * W 81-63 ESPN 29 48.3 FG % 42.9 272 Division I. Three of the eight losses have come in overtime. Jan 7 USF * W 95-57 CBSSN 58 41.8 FG % Defense 39.4 7 3 SIX-PACK: The Shockers have won six-straight, last losing Feb. Jan 11 at ECU * W 95-60 ESPN2 40 9.5 3-Pointers 5.3 339 Jan 13 at Tulsa * W 72-69 ESPNU 29 39.4 3-Point % 32.0 321 1 in overtime at Temple. During the streak, six different Shockers Jan 17 SMU * L 78-83 ESPNU 86 73.8 FT % 64.3 341 have scored in double-figures: Shaquille Morris (16.5), Landry Jan 20 at Houston * L 59-73 ESPNU T-17 82.1 Winning % 60.7 123 Shamet (15.0) and Austin Reaves (12.5), Markis McDuffie (10.8), Jan 25 UCF * W 81-62 ESPN2 Darral Willis Jr. (10.0) and Conner Frankamp (10.0). As a team, Jan 28 TULSA * W 90-71 CBSSN STARTERS & KEY RESERVES WSU is shooting 50% from the field and 43% from deep. Feb 1 at Temple * L ot 79-81 ESPN2 Feb 6 at Memphis * W 85-65 CBSSN Starters (Probable) Ht Cl Pts Reb Other 4 ROLLING DOUBLE-SIXES: WSU began the week ranked sixth Feb 10 UCONN * W 95-74 ESPN2 PF 0 Rashard Kelly 6-7 Sr. 5.1 7.3 3.1 off reb. (AAC #1) out of 351 teams in KenPom's adjusted offensive efficiency mea- Feb 15 TEMPLE * W 93-86 ESPN2 SF 1 Zach Brown 6-6 Sr. 4.9 3.3 84.4% FT (27/32) Feb 18 at 5/5 Cincinnati * W 76-72 ESPN surements. UCF is sixth in defensive efficiency... WSU is on pace Feb 21 TULANE * W 93-86 CBSSN C 24 Shaquille Morris 6-8 R-Sr. 14.0 5.3 45 blocks (AAC #1) th PG 11 Landry Shamet 6-4 R-So 14.6 3.0 AAC #1 in Ast & A:TO to set a league scoring record (84.2 points per game ranks 17 Feb 24 at SMU * W 84-78 ESPN SG 12 Austin Reaves 6-5 So. 8.6 3.3 46.9% 3pt (AAC #2) nationally) but will face two of the nation's top three scoring de- Mar 1 at UCF * 6 pm ESPN fenses this week in UCF (3rd, 61.2) and Cincinnati (2nd, 57.5). The Mar 4 CINCINNATI * 11 am CBS Others Ht Cl Pts Reb Other Shockers have scored 76-or-more in nine straight games. Mar 9 American Quarterfinals + TBA ESPN2/U SG 3 C.J. Keyser 6-3 So. 2.1 0.9 11 pts, 19 min vs. TLN % - Wichita Kan./INSTRUST Bank Arena PG 4 Samajae Haynes-Jones 6-0 Sr. 5.3 1.0 14/32 3pt (.438) 5 ONE-TWO PUNCH: The Shockers have finished first or second ^ - Maui Jim Maui Invitational (Lahaina, Hawaii / Lahaina Civic Center) * - American Athletic Conference game F/C 20 Rauno Nurger 6-8 Sr. 5.1 3.0 14.6 minutes in each of their last eight conference seasons. A win on Thursday + The American Tournament (Orlando, Fla./AmWay Center) F/C 21 Darral Willis Jr. 6-9 Sr. 10.8 6.0 5 double-doubles guarantees them no worse than a tie for second place and extends C 22 Asbjørn Midtgaard 7-0 Fr. 1.2 1.9 9 GP the streak to nine... Only three active streaks are longer: Gonzaga F 32 Markis McDuffie 6-8 Jr. 9.1 3.8 25 points at SMU SG 33 Conner Frankamp 6-1 R-Sr. 10.2 1.8 62 A : 9 TO (6.89) (21) and Kansas (18) won the WCC and Big 12 titles outright this year, and Belmont (13) was OVC runner-up. WSU won MVC titles in 2012, 14, 15, 16 and 17 and finished second in 2010, 11 & 13. 1 2017-18 WICHITA STATE GAME NOTES 29 | at UCF NUMERICAL ROSTER # Name Po. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown/Previous School(s) 0 Rashard Kelly F 6-7 227 Sr. 3L Fredericksburg, Va. / Hargrave Military Academy 1 Zach Brown F 6-6 213 Sr. 3L Houston, Texas /Sunrise Christian Academy 3 C.J. Keyser G 6-3 185 So. 1L Baltimore, Md. /Brewster Academy 4 Samajae Haynes-Jones G 6-0 177 Jr. TR Wichita, Kan. / East HS 5 Rod Brown F 6-7 190 Fr. HS Cordova, Tenn. / Cordova HS 10 Kaelen Malone G 6-0 168 Jr. 1L McKinney, Texas / McLennan CC 11 Landry Shamet G 6-4 180 R-So. 1L Kansas City, Mo. / Park Hill HS 12 Austin Reaves G 6-5 174 So. 1L Newark, Ark. / Cedar Ridge HS 14 Jacob Herrs G 6-3 164 Fr. HS Wichita, Kan. / Andover HS 20 Rauno Nurger C 6-10 232 Sr. 3L Keila, Estonia / Sunrise Christian Academy 21 Darral Willis Jr.