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WICHITA STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WICHITA STATE (9-12, 4-3 AAC) at MEMPHIS (7-13, 2-5 AAC) Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018 • 1:00 p.m. CT 22 Memphis, Tenn. • Elma Roane Fieldhouse (2,565) WICHITA STATE MEMPHIS STARTING FIVE TUNING IN Overall AAC Overall Conf. Fresh off an upset of No. 23 USF, Wichita State will look to TELECAST Memphis Tiger Network 9-12 4-3 Record 7-13 2-5 continue its winning ways on a two-game road swing beginning Talent: N/A 7-3 3-1 Home 5-5 1-2 in Memphis. The Shockers and Tigers will tip at 1 p.m. CT on 1-8 1-2 Away 2-5 1-3 Streaming: GoTigersGo.com 1-1 - Neutral 0-3 - Saturday, Jan. 27. W4 W4 Streak L3 L3 RADIO Shocker Radio // KNSS 1330 AM/98.7 FM -/- - AP / Coaches -/- - 1 ON THE AIR: Saturday's game can be heard locally on the radio Talent: Steve Strain 153 - NCAA RPI* 162 - via KNSS 1330 AM/98.7 FM with the voice of Shocker Women's Streaming: KNSSRadio.com * - RPI Rankings as of Jan. 24 Basketball Steve Strain calling the action. Strain is in his fourth LIVE STATS ShockerStats.com season broadcasting games for the women's program. Keitha Adams Head Coach Melissa McFerrin FACEBOOK @GoShockersWBB 9-12 1st Current School 161-145 10th TWITTER @GoShockersWBB th th 2 293-221 17 Overall 211-215 14 GO GET IT: Following Wichita State's road loss at UCF on Jan. YOUTUBE wsuathletics 6, head coach Keitha Adams noticed a lack of energy and sense INSTAGRAM goshockers / goshockerswbb Individual Leaders of urgency in the team. In practice, she instilled the team's new Rangie Bessard 18.6 Points Brea Elmore 15.4 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Rangie Bessard 7.9 Rebounds Cheyenne Creighton 8.2 motto for the rest of the season, "Go Get It". In the three games Diamond Lockhart 3.2 Assists Taylor Barnes 3.1 since, Wichita State is 4-0 and outscoring its opponents by an Date Opponent Time TV Sabrina Lozada- Nov 10 at Creighton L, 61-66 25 Blocks Cheyenne Creighton 11 average of 11.8 points per game, outrebounding them by 8.3 with Cabbage 9 more steals and 14 more blocked shots than the other teams. Nov 14 at Oklahoma State L, 67-91 FS PLUS Diamond Lockhart 28 Steals Cheyenne Creighton 29 Nov 18 SOUTH DAKOTA L, 48-62 SHOCKER HD Nov 20 at #12/18 Tennessee L, 56-68 SECN+ 3 UPSET CITY: Wichita State's win over No. 23 USF was just the Nov 24 at New Mexico ^ L, 62-76 MWC Network Rank Total Team Stats Total Rank third win over a ranked opponent in school history. The Shockers' Nov 25 vs. Illinois ^ L, 67-68 185 65.1 Offense 59.3 295 Nov 26 vs. UC Irvine ^ W, 76-53 212 66.5 Defense 69.9 275 last victory over a top-25 team came on Dec. 27, 1998 when Nov 29 MISSOURI STATE W, 72-58 ESPN3 219 -1.4 Scoring Margin -10.7 308 Missouri State was No. 25 in the coaches poll. WSU won that game Dec 1 WESTERN ILLINOIS L, 65-78 SHOCKER HD 82 4.3 Rebound Margin -3.9 284 58-56. Wichita State owns two wins over ranked foes in the AP Poll Dec 7 at Missouri State L, 71-94 ESPN3 145 13.9 Assists 12.3 235 and three in the Coaches Poll. Dec 9 UMKC W, 72-63 SHOCKER HD 150 3.5 Blocks 2.3 289 Dec 15 CHICAGO STATE $ W, 66-63 SHOCKER HD 175 7.8 Steals 6.5 274 Dec 16 ALCORN STATE $ W, 87-46 SHOCKER HD 240 -1.24 Turnover Margin -3.5 316 4 CATCHING UP WITH THE TIGERS: Memphis comes into the Dec 20 at South Dakota State L, 64-96 167 0.84 A-TO Ratio 0.64 293 matchup sporting a 7-13, 2-5 record. The Tigers own wins over Dec 30 TULSA * L, 62-67 ESPN3 66 43.2 FG % 41.0 143 Tennessee State (79-75), UAB (64-62), Vanderbilt (71-60), Jackson Jan 2 at Houston * L, 55-73 288 42.3 FG % Defense 42.8 304 State (64-53), Grambling State (57-48), ECU (72-36) and Tulsa Jan 6 at UCF * L, 53-59 ADN 343 3.1 3-Pointers 4.5 292 Jan 10 MEMPHIS * W, 69-61 SHOCKER HD 318 26.4 3-Point % 31.7 175 (69-48). Memphis' losses came to Little Rock (57-86), Louisiana Jan 13 at Tulane * W, 64-56 18 76.6 FT % 69.1 187 Tech (40-65), SIU (56-68), Ohio State (69-100), DePaul (67-81), Kent State (55-70), IUPUI (57-80), UConn (49-97 & 36-93), WSU Jan 16 SMU * W, 66-43 ADN Jan 21 #rv/23 USF * W, 64-56 CBSSN STARTERS & KEY RESERVES (61-69), USF (62-81) and Cincinnati (53-64). Brea Elmore and Jan 27 at Memphis * 1 PM Cheyenne Creighton lead the team in scoring at 15.4 points per Jan 30 at ECU * 6 PM ADN Probable Starters Ht Wt Pts Reb game, while Creighton averages 8.2 rebounds. Taylor Barnes leads Feb 3 HOUSTON * 2 PM ADN F 35 Rangie Bessard 6-1 R-Sr. 18.6 7.9 Memphis in assists with 61. Memphis averages 59.2 points per Feb 7 CINCINNATI * 7 PM COX F 11 Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage 6-2 Jr. 6.9 4.5 game and allows 69.9 a contest. Feb 10 at UConn * 12 PM SNY/ESPN3 G 30 Cesaria Ambrosio 6-0 Jr. 4.2 4.0 Feb 14 TEMPLE * 7 PM COX G 4 Diamond Lockhart 5-5 R-Sr. 10.4 3.9 Feb 17 at SMU * 2 PM 5 WICHITA STATE-USF LEFTOVERS: Wichita State moved to 2-0 G 1 Keke Thompson 5-2 Sr. 5.6 3.3 Feb 24 TULANE * 2 PM COX all-time vs. USF, including a 1-0 mark in Wichita... Wichita State Feb 26 at Tulsa * 7 PM ADN Key Reserves Ht Wt Pts Reb overcame an eight-point fourth quarter deficit and outscored the G 3 Aundra Stovall 5-2 Sr. 2.2 0.8 ^ - UNM Thanksgiving Classic (Albuquerque, N.M. / Dreamstyle Arena) Bulls 20-4 in the fourth quarter... The four points for USF were a $ - Shocker Winter Classic (Wichita, Kan.) G 5 Jeliah Preston 5-7 Sr. 5.6 0.9 season low... The Shocker defense also held USF to season lows in * - American Athletic Conference game F 22 Alyssia Faye 6-2 Fr. 1.5 1.8 three-pointers made (3), three-point field goal percentage (13.6 + - American Athletic Conference Tournament (Uncasville, Conn. / Mohegan Sun Arena) G 25 Jaleesa Chapel 5-8 Sr. 1.6 0.8 F 40 Angiee Tompkins 6-2 Sr. 9.7 5.1 percent) and assists (8)... Wichita State outrebounded USF, 49-39 - MEDIA RELATIONS a season high for rebounds in a game... Senior G Diamond Lockhart scored a team-high tying 16 points to go with a career-high eight WESTON PLETCHER rebounds and a career-high tying seven assists... Senior F Rangie Asst. Director of New Media/WBB Bessard finished in double-figures yet again with 16 points... [email protected] Senior F Angiee Tompkins scored nine of her 13 in the first half. 316-347-1925 316-978-5447 1 2017-18 WICHITA STATE GAME NOTES OFFICIAL ROSTER 2017-18 WICHITA STATE NUMERICAL ROSTER QUICK FACTS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. GENERAL INFORMATION KEKE THOMPSON G 5-5 Sr. Institution ................................Wichita State University Montgomery, Ala. / Carver HS Location ................................................... Wichita, Kan. 1 Enrollment ......................................................... 15,081 AUNDRA STOVALL G 5-2 Sr. Founded ............................1895 (as Fairmount College) Arlington, Texas / Seguin HS Nickname ........................................................ Shockers 3 Mascot ............................................................WuShock DIAMOND LOCKHART G 5-5 R-Sr. Colors ..................................................Black and Yellow Red Oak, Texas / Red Oak HS / Texas Tech Affiliation ..............................................NCAA Division I 4 Conference ........................................American Athletic President ................................................ Dr. John Bardo JELIAH PRESTON G 5-7 Sr. Alma Mater (Year) .................................Cincinnati (‘70) 5 Houston, Texas / Klein Forest HS / Blinn CC Athletic Director ..................................Darron Boatright Alma Mater (Year) .............................Murray State (‘98) TAMARA LEE G 5-8 Sr. Athletic Department Phone ................. (316) 978-3251 Edmond, Okla. / Edmond Santa Fe HS / Butler CC Website ...................................... www.goshockers.com 10 Twitter ...............................................@goshockerswbb SABRINA LOZADA-CABBAGE F 6-2 Jr. Instagram ..........................................@goshockerswbb Santa Fe, N.M. / Santa Fe HS 11 “THE ROUNDHOUSE” FANNY HAKANSON G 5-8 Fr. Arena Name ....................................Charles Koch Arena 12 Stockholm, Sweden Court Name ................................................Devlin Court Capacity ............................................................. 10,506 RAVEN PRINCE F 6-1 Jr. Opened .....Dec. 3, 1955 (renovated/renamed in Fall, 2003) Oklahoma City, Okla. / Butler CC / Millwood HS 13 HISTORY F 6-1 So. KHADY SENE First Year of Basketball .....................................1905-06 15 Mbour, Senegal / Lycee Cald Mbour All-Time Record ........................579-660 (44th Season) Record in Charles Koch Arena ...........................353-220 ALYSSIA FAYE F 6-2 Fr. Conference Titles (Last) ....................................3 (2015) 22 Valence, France / Lycée Jean Mermoz HS Conference Tournament Titles (Last) ............... 3 (2015) JALEESA CHAPEL G 5-9 R-Sr. POSTSEASON Spring, Texas / DeKaney HS 25 NCAA Appearances ......................................................3 Last Appearance ....................................................2015 CESARIA AMBROSIO G 6-0 Jr. NCAA Tournament Record ........................................0-3 Fully, Switzerland / Redlands CC 30 WNIT Appearances (Most Recent) ..................4 (2012) WBI Appearances (Most Recent) ......................1 (2010) RANGIE BESSARD F 6-1 R-Sr. 35 Rosharon, Texas / Minnesota / Manvel HS COACHING STAFF ANGIEE TOMPKINS F 6-2 Sr. Head Coach .................Keitha Adams (Southwestern '89) Orlando, Fla.