2015-16 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES WICHITA STATE SHOCKERS WICHITA STATE (6-5) vs. DRAKE (5-7) Monday, Dec. 28, 2015 • 7:05 pm CT • Wichita, Kan. • Charles Koch Arena (10,506) 12 WSU leads 100-47 (61-12 in Wichita) • Last Meeting: Jan. 25, 2015 in Wichita (74-40, WSU) WICHITA STATE DRAKE OPENING TIPS TELECAST ........ ESPNU Wichita State (6-5) opens Missouri Valley Conference play Thurs- Rich Hollenberg (PBP) & Mark Adams (Analyst) Overall MVC Overall Conf. day with a special 1 p.m. New Year’s Eve tip against Drake (5-7). STREAMING .... espn3.com RADIO ............. FM 103.7 KEYN / goshockers.com 6-5 0-0 Record 5-7 0-0 The teams have been New Year’s Eve dates in consecutive years 5-0 0-0 Home 3-2 0-0 Mike Kennedy (PBP) & Dave Dahl (Analyst) 1-2 0-0 Away 0-3 0-0 now. WSU opened its 2014-15 MVC championship run on Dec. 31, LIVE STATS ......goshockers.com 2014 with a 66-58 decision in Des Moines. FACEBOOK.......facebook.com/WichitaStateUniversityAthletics 0-3 - Neutral 2-2 - TWITTER .........twitter.com/GoShockers or GoShockersLive -/- - Ranking -/- - WSU is looking for its eighth-straight win over Drake. The Bull- INSTAGRAM ....instagram.com/goshockers 54 - RPI* 283 - dogs have also dropped seven-in-a-row in Wichita, last leaving YOUTUBE ........youtube.com/wsuathletics 56 - ESPN BPI* 197 - Charles Koch Arena with a victory on Dec. 29, 2007. 36 - KenPom* 144 - The Shockers haven’t seen action since Dec. 22 with the postponement of Monday evening’s scheduled game against New Mexico * - As of Tuesday, Dec. 29 State. The Aggies were unable to secure a flight out of Las Cruces, N.M. due to fallout from Winter Storm Goliath. A makeup date has Statistical Leaders not been announced. Ron Baker 15.9 Points R. Timmer 18.8 A win Thursday would also run WSU’s home court winning streak (currently the third-longest in the nation) to 38 games and tie Anton Grady 6.1 Rebounds J. Enevold 6.2 Tulsa (1980-82) for the fourth-longest in MVC history. Fred VanVleet 4.3 Assists G. Woodward 3.3 WSU has captured its last five MVC openers with starts of 4-0 or better in each of the last three seasons. Gregg Marshall Head Coach Ray Giacoletti The Shockers are 55-8 at home against the MVC since the start of the 2008-09 season and have won 18 straight conference games 9th 210-81 (.722) Current School 29-45 3rd at Koch Arena - 8 shy of the school record, set between 1982-85. 18th 404-164 (.711) Overall 199-168 13th The Shockers are 4-1 during the month of December, with wins over two RPI top-100 foes (Utah, 30; UNLV 70). WSU’s five non-conference losses this year equals its combined total from the previous four seasons. From 2011-15 the Shockers 2015-16 SCHEDULE / RESULTS were 45-5 in non-conference play (.900). Date Opponent Central Time/Result TV WSU has played the nation’s 7th-toughest schedule, according to the NCAA’s RPI report, and their opponents’ average rank of 102 Nov 07 HAWAII PACIFIC [Exh.] W 91-57 Cox HD 2022 ranks second. Nov 13 CHARLESTON SO. W 88-63 Cox HD 2022 Evan Wessel will participate in his 100th game as a Shocker. His .899 career winning percentage is tops among 2016 seniors. Nov 17 at Tulsa L 67-77 Cox HD 2022 Nov 21 EMPORIA STATE W 76-54 Cox HD 2022 Fred VanVleet begins the night five assists shy of the 500-mark. His next assist ties Indiana State’s Nate Green (1996-2000) for 14th Nov 26 vs So. California ^ L, 69-72 ESPN2 on the Missouri Valley Conference’s all-time list. Only 13 players in MVC history have reached 500. Nov 27 vs Alabama ^ L, 60-64 ESPN3 Nov 29 vs Iowa ^ L, 61-84 ESPN3 In the five games since his return from injury, VanVleet is averaging a team-high 14.0 points, 5.2 assists and 1.8 steals while shoot- Dec 05 at Saint Louis W, 68-53 ESPNU ing 50 percent from three-point range (9-of-18). WSU is 4-1 during that stretch after going 1-3 without him. Dec 09 UNLV % W, 56-50 ESPN2 WSU ranks eighth nationally in turnover margin (+5.5 per game). Dec 12 #25 UTAH ! W, 67-50 ESPN2 Dec 19 at Seton Hall L, 76-80 (OT) FOX Dec 22 NEVADA W, 98-69 Cox HD 2022 WICHITA STATE LINEUP Dec 28 NEW MEXICO STATE Postponed Cox HD 2022 Probable Starters Ht Wt Yr-Exp Hometown GP GS Min FG% 3Pt% FT% Reb. Asst. Stl Blk PPG Dec 31 DRAKE * 1:00 pm ESPNU Jan 03 at Bradley * 1:00 pm Cox HD 2022 1 ZACH BROWN 6-6 205 So.-1L Houston, Texas 11 7 17.9 .457 .238 .688 2.7 1.1 10 5 7.3 Jan 06 EVANSVILLE * 7:00 pm Cox HD 2022 Has upped his production in the month of December (10.4 ppg) after averaging 4.5 pts in 6 November contests... Hit a career-high 11 FT’s in 12 attempts vs. Nevada last week, the most by a Shocker since Dec. 29, 2013 when Ron Baker made 12-of-14 against Davidson... 5 straight GS... Double-figure points in 4 of the last 6 games. Jan 09 at So. Illinois * 3:00 pm CBSSN Jan 13 at Missouri State * 8:00 pm Cox HD 2022 3 EVAN WESSEL 6-4 212 RSr.-3L Wichita, Kan. 11 11 25.9 .340 .275 .333 2.5 1.0 6 0 4.2 Jan 17 INDIANA STATE * 3:00 pm ESPNU/3 Will participate in his 100th career game and is in line for his 51st start.. .899 winning percentage (89-10) is tops among active seniors... Season-high 8 points vs. Nevada... Jan 20 at Northern Iowa * 7:00 pm Cox HD 2022 Took a seat with 10:40 to go in the second half with the game in hand... After making just four treys in the first 8 games, has hit 5 in the last 3 contests... Jan 23 BRADLEY * 2:00 pm Cox HD 2022 23 FRED VANVLEET 6-4 212 RSr.-3L Wichita, Kan. 11 11 25.9 .340 .275 .333 2.5 1.0 6 0 4.2 Jan 27 LOYOLA * 8:00 pm CBSSN Earned his 100th career victory last Tuesday vs. Nevada... Needs 5 more assists to reach 500 for his career... 13-point effort vs. Nevada jumped him four spots on WSU’s all-time Jan 31 at Evansville * 3:00 pm ESPNU/3 scoring list, into the top-30 (1,141)... MVC Player of the Week (Dec. 12)... Preseason Sporting News All-American... Preseason MVC Player of the Year... 2x All-MVC Selection Feb 03 SO. ILLINOIS * 8:00 pm Cox HD 2022 Feb 06 at Illinois State * 9:00 pm ESPN2 24 SHAQ MORRIS 6-4 212 RSr.-3L Wichita, Kan. 11 11 25.9 .340 .275 .333 2.5 1.0 6 0 4.2 Feb 09 at Drake * 7:00 pm Cox HD 2022 Has started the last 5 games... Recorded his third double-figure scoring game of the year with 12 points vs. Nevada, matching his total from all of last season... Averaging 6.8 pts, 3.0 reb on 16-of-25 shooting (.640) since moving into the starting lineup... 2014-15 MVC All-Freshman Team. Feb 13 NORTHERN IOWA * 11:00 am ESPN/2 Feb 18 MISSOURI STATE * 6:00 pm CBSSN 31 RON BAKER 6-4 212 RSr.-3L Wichita, Kan. 11 11 25.9 .340 .275 .333 2.5 1.0 6 0 4.2 Feb 21 at Indiana State * 3:00 pm ESPNU/3 Active string of 13-straight FT makes... Moved into sole possession of 2nd place on WSU all-time 3-pointers list (202); needs 46 more to match school record... 17th on WSU Feb 24 at Loyola * 8:00 pm Cox HD 2022 scoring list (1,320); needs 8 points to move into the top-15... On pace to finish career in top-10 WSU in scoring and steals... Sporting News First Team Preseason All-American... Feb 27 ILLINOIS STATE * tba tba Mar 3-6 State Farm MVC Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.) Bench Ht Wt Yr-Exp Hometown GP - GS Min FG% 3Pt% FT% Reb. Asst. Stl Blk PPG % - MVC-MWC Challenge Series ! - Wichita, Kan. / INTRUST Bank Arena 15 Anton Grady 6-8 230 RSr.-TR Cleveland, Ohio 7 - 5 21.6 .422 .167 .680 6.1 0.6 3 4 8.0 ^ - AdvoCare Invitational (Orlando, Fla./HP Field House) 32 Markis McDuffie 6-8 198 Fr.-HS Paterson, N.J. 10 - 1 18.1 .383 .429 .667 2.6 1.0 11 3 7.2 * - Missouri Valley Conference game + - MVC Tournament (St. Louis/Scottrade Center) 33 Conner Frankamp 6-1 175 RSo-TR Wichita, Kan. 4 - 0 16.3 .348 .294 .571 0.5 1.2 3 0 6.3 0 Rashard Kelly 6-7 225 So.-1L Fredericksburg, Va. 11 - 6 16.1 .356 .200 .857 3.4 0.8 4 3 3.6 21 Bush Wamukota 6-11 235 Jr.-TR Bungoma, Kenya 10 - 1 12.3 .563 .000 .833 3.6 0.2 1 0 2.3 #WATCHUS 20 Rauno Nurger 6-10 244 So.-1L Keila, Estonia 6 - 0 8.7 .400 .000 .500 1.7 0.0 0 1 2.2 MVC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS: 1964, 65, 76, 81, 83, 2006, 12, 14, 15 NCAA TOURNAMENTS: 1964, 65, 76, 81, 85, 87, 88, 2006, 12, 13, 14, 15 FINAL FOURS: 1965, 2013 WICHITA STATE MEDIA RELATIONS LAST SEASON Bryan Holmgren, Assistant Director/Men’s Basketball Contact 1845 Fairmount St.