WICHITA STATE BASKETBALL Contact: Bryan Holmgren, Director of Communications • [email protected] • o: 316-978-5535 • c: 316-841-6206 ORAL ROBERTS (4-9) at WICHITA STATE (6-4) Wed., Dec. 19, 2018 • 7:05 p.m. CT • Wichita, Kan. / Charles Koch Arena (15,004) 11 Series: WSU leads 6-5 (3-3 in Wichita) • Last: 12/7/2013 in Wichita (WSU, 71-58) SHOCKERS GOLDEN EAGLES OPENING TIPS TUNING IN Overall American Overall Wichita State (6-4) plays host to Oral Roberts (4-9) at 7 p.m. TELECAST YurView Kansas 6-4 - Record 4-9 - Wednesday evening inside Charles Koch Arena. In Wichita: Cox HD 2022 4-1 - Home 2-2 - A win guarantees the Shockers a winning non-conference re- Streaming: YurView.com/Kansas & ESPN3 0-1 - Away 1-6 - st Talent: Shane Dennis (pbp) & Bob Hull (analyst) 2-2 - Neutral 1-1 - cord for the 21 consecutive season. Won 2 - Streak Won 1 - th RADIO KEYN 103.7 FM This is the 12 meeting all-time between WSU and ORU. The Talent: Mike Kennedy (pbp) & Dave Dahl (analyst) - / - AP / Coaches - / - Shockers lead the series 6-5. The teams have split six previous 131 NCAA NET* 309 Streaming: goshockers.com/Listen 116 KenPom* 292 games in Wichita. The schools were preseason closed-door scrim- TICKETS goshockers.com/MBBTickets mage opponents in 2016 and 2017 (the latter was ORU coach Paul * = As of Monday, Dec. 17; Out of 353 Division I teams LIVE STATS shockerstats.com Mills' first year) but this will be their first public game in five sea- FACEBOOK Go Shockers Gregg Marshall Head Coaches Paul Mills sons. WSU won 71-58 on Dec. 7, 2013 for win No. 9 in a 35-0 start. TWITTER @GoShockers / @GoShockersMBB th nd INSTAGRAM @GoShockers / @GoShockers MBB 292-102 12 Current School 15-30 2 ORU posted its first road win of the year on Saturday at Rich- st nd YOUTUBE wsuathletics 486-185 21 Overall 15-30 2 mond. The Eagles (0-6 previously on the road) shot 52.1% and Individual Leaders held the Spiders to 29.9% (4-of-30 from three). Markis McDuffie 18.4 Points Emmanuel Nzekwesi 14.5 The Shockers have won four of their last five after downing Jack- Jaime Echenique 6.6 Rebounds Emmanuel Nzekwesi 7.5 sonville State (69-65) and Southern Miss (63-60) last week. A win 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Samajae Haynes-Jones 3.4 Assists Kaelen Malone 5.0 over ORU would give them three-straight wins for the first time Date Opponent Time (CT) TV Jaime Echenique 13 Blocks DeShang Weaver 10 Oct. 30 CATAWBA [Exh.] W 75-64 Yurview KS McDuffie/ Stevenson 13 Steals Aidan Saunders 12 this year. Nov. 6 LOUISIANA TECH L 58-71 Yurview KS Against USM, WSU trailed 60-59 with less than a minute to play Nov. 9 vs. rv/rv Providence # W 83-80 CBSSN D-I Rank Team Stats D-I Rank but scored the last four points. Jaime Echenique's alley-oop from Nov. 15 vs. rv/- Davidson % L 53-57 ESPN3 279 70.3 Offense 70.8 269 Ricky Torres provided the go-ahead basket with 42 seconds left. Nov. 16 vs. Appalachian St. W 82-76 ESPNU T-155 70.3 Defense 77.1 283 Down three, USM had an opportunity to tie the game on its last Nov. 18 vs. rv/rv Alabama % L 86-90 ESPNU 235 0.0 Scoring Margin -6.3 304 Nov. 25 RICE W 90-61 Yurview KS T-159 2.0 Rebound Margin 1.3 178 possession but missed three-straight free throws with 0.7 seconds to play... 17 was the magic number. WSU finished +17 on the Dec. 1 BAYLOR W 71-63 CBSSN 231 13.1 Assists 13.7 194 Dec. 8 at rv/- Oklahoma & L 48-80 ESPNU T-198 3.2 Blocks 3.6 143 glass, and Echenique and McDuffie shared the scoring lead with Dec. 12 JACKSONVILLE ST. W 69-65 Yurview KS T-210 6.1 Steals 4.8 323 17 points-each. The Shockers led by 17 with 14:00 to play before Dec. 15 SOUTHERN MISS W 63-60 CBSSN 130 1.4 Turnover Margin -3.9 333 a furious USM comeback... Echenique recorded his second double- Dec. 19 ORAL ROBERTS 7:00 p.m. Yurview KS T-178 1.00 A-TO Ratio 0.90 257 double of the year, finishing with 11 rebounds and a pair of blocks. Dec. 22 at VCU 3:00 p.m. ESPN2 308 40.7 FG % 44.9 185 th Jan. 3 at Memphis * 8:30 p.m. CBSSN 121 41.8 FG % Defense 44.8 245 On Monday (the 17 ), the junior center was named to the Ameri- can Athletic Conference Honor Roll. Jan. 6 TEMPLE * 3:00 p.m. ESPNEWS T-207 7.4 3-Pointers 7.3 221 Jan. 12 at Houston * 7:00 p.m. CBSSN 10-PLUS IN 10-STRAIGHT 287 31.0 3-Point % 32.5 248 After putting up eight points in the Jan. 16 UCF * 9:00 p.m. CBSSN 288 65.1 FT % 63.4 316 Consecutive Games with 10+ Points season opener, Markis McDuffie has Marshall Era (2007-Pr.) Jan. 19 CINCINNATI * 1:00 p.m. CBS T-141 60.0 Winning % 30.8 295 scored in double-figures in nine-straight 19 Cleanthony Early 2013-14* Jan. 22 at USF * 7:00 p.m. CBSSN 14 Ron Baker 2015-16 Jan. 26 at UConn * 5:00 p.m. CBSSN games. He's looking to become just the 13 Cleanthony Early 2012-13 STARTERS & KEY RESERVES 12 Ron Baker 2014-15* Jan. 30 SMU * 8:00 p.m. ESPN2/U tenth Marshall Era Shocker to post a 12 Ron Baker 2014-15 Feb. 2 TULSA * 1:00 p.m. ESPN2/U double-digit streak of double-digit scor- 12 Fred VanVleet 2014-15 Feb. 6 at ECU * 6:00 p.m. ESPNEWS Last Game Starters Ht Cl Pts Reb Notes: 11 Landry Shamet 2017-18 G 10 Erik Stevenson 6-3 Fr. 9.8 5.1 13 steals ing games. Ron Baker did it three times 10 J.T. Durley 2009-10* Feb. 9 TULANE * 7:00 p.m. ESPN2/U over the course of his career and Clean- 10 Shaquille Morris 2017-18 Feb. 17 at Cincinnati * Noon ESPN F 1 Markis McDuffie 6-8 Sr. 18.4 5.4 1,036 career pts 9 5x, Last: McDuffie 2018-19 C 21 Jaime Echenique 6-11 Jr. 9.4 6.6 AAC Honor Roll thony Early twice. Feb. 20 at Tulsa * 8:00 p.m. ESPN2/U * = streak began previous season Feb. 23 MEMPHIS * 7:00 p.m. ESPN2/U G 3 Ricky Torres 6-2 Jr. 2.5 1.8 26 A : 11 TO McDuffie entered the week ranked G 4 Samajae Haynes-Jones 6-0 Sr. 12.2 2.6 3.4 apg Feb. 28 UCONN * 6:00 p.m. ESPN/2 fourth on the AAC scoring chart (18.4 BLOCK PARTY: Mar. 3 at SMU * 1:00 p.m. CBSSN Key Reserves Ht Cl Pts Reb Notes: points per game). Consecutive Games with a Block Mar. 5 ECU * 8:00 p.m. CBSSN G 0 Dexter Dennis 6-5 Fr. 6.4 4.4 22.8 mpg Since 1980 Mar. 9 at Tulane * 7:30 p.m. CBSSN Echenique (team-high 6.6 rebounds) 25 Antoine Carr 1980-82 Mar. 14 American Tournament^ -- First Round ESPNU G 2 Jamarius Burton 6-4 Fr. 4.2 3.1 20.1 mpg has blocked a shot in each of his first 24 Antoine Carr 1981-83 F 5 Rod Brown 6-6 R-Fr. 1.3 1.4 7.4 mpg 12 Shaquille Morris 2017-18 Mar. 15 American Tournament^ -- Quarterfinals ESPN2/U C 12 Morris Udeze 6-8 Fr. 4.3 3.2 .625 FG% 10 games. It's tied for the third-longest 11 Claudius Johnson 1990-91 Mar. 16 American Tournament^ -- Semifinals ESPN2 10 Jaime Echenique 2018-19 Mar. 17 American Tournament ^-- Championship ESPN C 33 Asbjørn Midtgaard 7-0 So. 1.1 0.8 4.4 mpg Shocker streak since 1986 (when the 10 Cliff Levingston 1980-81 F/C 44 Isaiah PB-Chandler 6-9 Fr. 0.7 0.7 DNP vs. USM block became an official NCAA statistic). 10 Ehimen Orukpe 2012-13 # = Veterans Classic (Annapolis, Md.) It's also WSU's longest block streak to % = Charleston Classic (Charleston, S.C.) & = at Chesapeake Energy Arena (Oklahoma City, Okla.) begin a season since 1980 when Cliff Levingston swatted shots ! = at INTRUST Bank Arena (Wichita) in each of the first 10. * = American Athletic Conference game ^ = American Tournament at FedExForum (Memphis, Tenn.) 1 2018-19 WICHITA STATE GAME NOTES 11 | ORAL ROBERTS 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.