WICHITA STATESHOCKERS Women’s Basketball 1845 Fairmount • Wichita, Kansas 67260-0018 • Work Ph: 316/978-3265 • Contact: Larry Rankin, [email protected] (316/258-4354) No. 16/15 TENNESSEE Lady Vols (6-2) 2015-16 SCHEDULE & RECORD Overall . 1-5 at MVC. 0-0 WICHITA STATE SHOCKERS (1-5) Non-Conference. 1-5 Fri., Dec. 11, 2015 | 7 p.m. Central | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) |Wichita, Kan. Home . 0-2 Wichita State Radio: goshockers.com - Steve Strain Away. .1-2 TV: Cox Kansas 22/ESPN3 - Mark Ewing/Bob Hull Neutral. .0-1 Last Game Starters SCHEDULE & RESULT 3 4 23 25 34 Sun. Nov. 8 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA (EXH.) W, 68-61 Fri. Nov. 13 at Creighton L, 79-54 Wed. Nov. 18 Missouri L, 57-37 Sat. Nov. 21 at Arkansas State L, 67-40 Florida International Tournament Aundra Stovall Diamond Lockhart Taquandra Mike Jaleesa Chapel Ellie Lehne Fri. Nov. 27 vs. Richmond L,63-50 5-2, So., G 5-5, So (Tr.), G 5-9, Jr., G 5-10, Jr., G 6-2, Fr, F Arlington, Texas Red Oak, Texas Savannah, Ga. Spring, Texas Bryon, Ill. Sun. Nov. 29 at Florida International W, 76-62 Pts. - 5.8 Pts. - 9.2 Pts. - 10.3 Pts. - 5.5 Pts. - 4.2 School House Rocks With The Shocks Reb. - 2.2 Reb. - 3.3 Reb. - 3.2 Reb. - 3.5 Reb. - 3.0 Asts - 2.8 Asts - 3.2 Steals - 1.8 Asts - 1.1 Blks - 0.3 Fri. Dec. 4 SE MISSOURI STATE L, 66-62 OT Fri. Dec. 11 TENNESSEE (Cox Kansas TV) 7:05 p.m. Quickly...Wichita State (1-5) plays host to No. 16 Game Extras Tues. Dec. 15 EASTERN WASHINGTON 7:05 p.m. Tennessee in the return trip of the two-year home- and-home series. Halftime Act - Chicago Sky Dunk Squad -The Shockers haven’t played for seven days as Finals SHOCKER WINTER CLASSIC Week wraps up Friday at WSU. On Air: Cox Channel Kansas (statewide via Fri. Dec. 18 North Dakota State vs North Carolina A&T 4 p.m. -WSU is coming off a 66-62 overtime loss to Southeast Cox Communications) with similcasts in select WICHITA STATE vs PRAIRIEVIEW A& M 7:05 p.m. Missouri State a week ago in the Annual Schoolhouse markets, including Kansas City. Sat. Dec. 19 North Dakota State vs Prairie View 12:05 p.m. Rocks with the Shocks game. Online: ESPN3 (subject to blackout in Cox WICHITA STATE vs NORTH CAROLINA A&T 3 p.m. -WSU and the Lady Volunteers played in Tennessee Kansas and KC viewing areas) Tues. Dec. 22 at Tennesse Tech University 6 p.m. a year ago with WSU losing, 54-51, on Dec. 16, 2014. Announcers: Mark Ewing (PBP) and Bob Hull -After playing just one home game in November, (Analyst) Tues. Dec. 29 OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN (EXH.) 7:05 p.m. WSU is in a five-game home stretch and plays just Fri. Jan. 1 at Indiana State* 6:05 p.m. one game on the road in December, a Dec. 22 date Channel Listings, by location --- Sun. Jan. 3 at Illinois State* 2 p.m. at Tennessee Tech. *Wichita (& statewide) – Cox Communica- FRI. JAN. 8 UNI* 7 p.m. tions – Cox Channel Kansas – 22 (HD 2022) -WSU is led in scoring by freshman Jyar Francis, who SUN. JAN. 10 DRAKE* 2 p.m. averages 12.7 points a game off the bench. *Kansas City – Time Warner Cable – TWC Fri. Jan. 15 at Loyola* 7 p.m. -The Shockers returned five players from last year’s SportsChannel 2 NCAA Tournament team, including three who came *The Cox Channel Tulsa, OKC Channel’s 303 Sun. Jan. 17 at Bradley* 2 p.m. off the bench for WSU. Junior guard Jaleesa Chapel & 1333, Arkansas 78. FRI. JAN. 22 SIU* 7 p.m. returned with the most experience, having played *Cox Sports Television (CST) and Time Warner SUN. JAN. 24 EVANSVILLE* 2 p.m. in 63 games with two starts the previous two years. CSC 2 SAT. JAN. 30 MISSOURI STATE* 2 p.m. -Six Shockers will suit up against the Lady Volunteers. *Outside Cox Kansas and Kansas City – Fri. Feb. 5 at Drake* 7 p.m. Freshman Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage has not been ESPN3.com Sun. Feb. 7 at UNI* 2 p.m. released to play after knee surgery prior to her arrival FRI. FEB. 12 BRADLEY* 7 p.m. at WSU, and Rangie Bessard, who transferred from Radio --- SUN. FEB. 14 LOYOLA* 2 p.m. Minnesota prior to the Spring semester has to sit out Online:GoShockers.com (15 minute pregame) Fri. Feb. 19 at Evansville* 7 p.m. this semester per NCAA rules. Junior transfer Marija Announcers: Steve Strain Sun. Feb. 21 at SIU* 2 p.m. Pacar and junior Brittany Martin are also out with injury. Sat. Feb. 27 at Missouri State* 2:05 p.m. -WSU won its first of two exhibitions, 68-61, on Nov. Social Media --- THURS. MARCH 3 ILLINOIS STATE* 7 p.m. 8 led by Jyar Francis’ 21 points. WSU also plays a Twitter: @GoShockers, @GoShockersLive SAT. MARCH 5 INDIANA STATE* 2 p.m. second exhibition Dec. 29. Facebook: facebook.com/WichitaStateUni- versityAthletics Tennessee Connection... WSU head coach Jody Instagram: instagram.com/goshockers Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Adams (1989-93) and assistant Bridgette Gordon Exposure: goshockers.exposure.co March 10-13 Moline, Ill./iWireless Arena (1985-89) played on three NCAA title teams at UT (1987, 1989, 1991), with Holly Warlick as assistant Series History... WSU and Tennessee meet for the * - Missouri Valley Conference game | coach. Warlick (1976-80) also played at UT. second time in women’s basketball. Tennessee All times listed in Central and are subject to change Adams, who is from Cleveland, Tenn., and Bradley won the first meeting, 54-51, on Dec. 16, 2014, Central High School, played point guard at Tennessee and held off a late WSU rally. from 1989-93, starting two seasons and helping the Head Coach Jody Adams and Assistant Lady Vols win their third NCAA title during the 1990-91 Coach Bridgette Gordon greeted their coach season. Adams has joined Warlick on some of the UT and mentor Pat Summitt prior to the game and coach’s “Champions For A Cause” motorcycle rides presented her with a Shocker T-Shirt. Quick Preview to raise money and awareness for the fight against Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week, breast cancer. Gordon, whose number hangs in the it was announced Monday. She is the third Shocker Wichita State is coming off yet another rafters at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, was a this season to be honored with the weekly award. Lockhart, a 5-foot-5 guard from Red Oak, Texas, led successful season after the Shockers won four-year starter, two-time NCAA champion (1987, 1989), two-time All-American (1988 & 1989), Olympic the Shockers in their lone game last week, tallying a their third-straight MVC regular-season and Gold Medalist (1988), four- time All-SEC First Team career-high 21 points on 8-of-14 (57-percent) shoot- tournament titles, while also collecting a selection and 1989 SEC Player of the Year. She is ing against Southeast Missouri. Lockhart also had school-record 29 wins, a program-best 17 UT’s number two all-time leading scorer with 2,462 two assists and four rebounds while she also made MVC victories and earning a berth into the points (18.0 avg.) and stands ninth in rebounds at 50 percent (3-of-6) of her three-point attempts. NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive 915 (6.7 avg.). Top-10 Attendance season. On Tennessee... The Lady Vols, who began the Wichita State’s annual “Schoolhouse Rocks with season at No. 4 in both polls, have fallen to #16/15 the Shocks” game last Friday afternoon brought in The Shockers bring back three players with this week after dropping their second home game 8,474 local elementary kids and was the ninth-largest experience from last year’s roster, including of 2015-16. crowd in Wichita State women’s basketball history. junior guard Jaleesa Chapel (2.8 points, UT, which went 18-0 at home a year ago, saw its The school record for attendance is 10,612, set on 1.8 rebounds), junior center Brittany Martin 44-game home winning streak vs. unranked foes Feb. 25, 2001, in a game against Missouri State. come to an end vs. Virginia Tech (1.8 points, 2.3 rebounds) and sophomore Six Strong guard Audra Stovall. This week’s AP ranking is UT’s lowest since be- ing 16th in the fourth poll of the 2012-13 season. Wichita State has suited up just six players the last three games, meaning a lot of minutes played for Two Division I transfers, sophomore guard Four times in its last six games, Tennessee has shot 40% or lower on field goals. several Shockers. Junior guard Jaleesa Chapel leads Diamond Lockhart (4.3 points and 1.4 re- the nation in minutes played per game, averaging bounds at Texas Tech in 2013-14) and Only Meeting in Tennessee...Wichita State’s late 39.7 minutes, and has played 238-of-245 possible freshman forward Rangie Bessard (2.0 rally fell short as the Shockers, led by Alex Harden’s minutes played. Sophomores Aundra Stovall (37.0 points and 1.4 rebounds at Minnesota in 19 points, couldn’t overcome a 10-point second- minutes/game) and Diamond Lockhart (36.8 min- 2014-15) will also be added to the mix for half deficit at No.