SHOCKER BASKETBALL W I CH I TA STATE Bryan Holmgren, Director of Communications | e: [email protected] | w: 316-978-5535 | c: 316-841-6206 Game No. 20 • American Athletic Conference Quarterfinals SOUTH FLORIDA WICHITA STATE [1] rv/rv WICHITA STATE (15-4, 11-2 American) vs. [8] SOUTH FLORIDA (9-10, 4-8) Total Team Stats Total D-I Rank* Friday, Mar. 12, 2021 • 11:00 a.m. CT • Fort Worth, Texas • Dickies Arena 65.8 Offense 73.3 121 71.6 Defense 67.8 102 TV: ESPN2 (Streaming via the ESPN App); Kevin Brown & Dan Dakich have the call. -5.8 Scoring Margin 5.5 97 Radio: KEYN (103.7 FM in Wichita; streaming at goshockers.com/Listen); Mike Kennedy & Bob Hull describe the action. +3.8 Rebound Margin -0.7 213 Tickets: theamerican.org/mbb // Live Stats: shockerstats.com // Social: Follow @GoShockersMBB & @GoShockers on facebook, twitter, instagram. 11.4 Assists 13.1 175 2.8 Blocks 3.5 T-125 USF Record 9-10 15-4 Record 5.4 Steals 5.9 231 American 4-8 11-2 American -1.7 Turnover Margin 1.3 103 Home 4-6 10-2, Won 9 Home 0.81 A:TO Ratio 1.13 102 Away 3-4 5-2, Won 2 Away 40.2 FG % 41.0 302 vs 45.0 FG% Defense 40.1 25 Neutral 2-2 0-0 Neutral 6.1 3-Point FG 8.2 84 Streak Won 1 Won 7 Streak 32.2 3-Point % 34.0 161 AP / Coaches - / - rv / rv AP / Coaches 63.9 FT% 69.1 227 NET* 211 64 NET* 42.9 Winning % 78.9 T-18 KenPom* 181 69 KenPom* *as of 3/11/2021 (of 340 D-I teams that have played at least once) The Series: WSU leads USF 5-1 (2-0 in 2020-21) // Last: Mar. 6 in Wichita (WSU, 80-63) Brian Gregory: 4th Season at USF (56-65), 17th Overall (304-245) // Isaac Brown: 1st Season at WSU (15-4), Same Overall SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent TV Result/Time » Picked seventh in the preseason, Wichita State is regu- a major scoring weapon off the bench, averaging 18.4 Nov. 25-27 Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Withdrew [1] lar season champion for the first time since joining the points-per-40-minutes. Dec. 2 ORAL ROBERTS W 85-80 American Athletic Conference. » Junior guard Dexter Dennis (Mar. 8 AAC Player of the Dec. 6 MISSOURI L 62-72 Dec. 12 rv/rv OKLAHOMA ST. L 64-67 » The top-seeded Shockers will meet No. 8 seed USF (a Week) is one of the nation’s elite defenders and has Dec. 15 at Tulsa* W 69-65 73-71 Thursday winner over Temple) in Friday’s quar- been an offensive surge of late with five-straight dou- Dec. 18 EMPORIA ST. [%1] W 73-57 terfinal round. The winner advances to Saturday’s 2 ble-figure scoring games. Dec. 22 at South Florida* W 82-77 ot p.m. semifinal against SMU or Cincinnati (ESPN2). » Junior forward Morris Udeze shot a league-best .662 Dec. 30 EAST CAROLINA* ppd. [2] Dec. 30 NEWMAN [%1/2] W 81-43 » WSU and USF meet for the second time in less than a from the field during conference play. Jan. 2 at Ole Miss W 83-79 week. The Shockers won the regular season finale in » WSU ranks among the top-25 in field goal percentage Jan. 6 at 11/11 Houston* L 63-70 Wichita, 80-63 and in overtime in Tampa on Dec. 22. defense (25th, .401) and three-point defense (13th, Jan. 10 CINCINNATI* W 82-76 th Jan. 13 rv/- TULSA* W 72-53 » WSU leads the all-time series with USF, 5-1. .287) and free throw attempts (18 , 22.8) Jan. 17 at SMU ppd. [3] » In a span of just three months, Isaac Brown went from » WSU is 8-1 in games decided by five points or less. Jan. 21 at Memphis* L 52-72 “coach for a year” to “coach of the year” in The Ameri- » WSU has won seven-straight and 14-of-16, last losing Jan. 24 SOUTH FLORIDA* ppd. [4] can. Brown was named interim coach on Nov. 17. WSU more than seven weeks ago (Jan. 21 at Memphis). Jan. 27 at Cincinnati * ppd. [5] removed his interim tag on Feb. 26. » WSU appeared in seven-straight NCAA tournaments Jan. 30 UCF* W 93-88 ot Feb. 3 TULANE* W 75-67 » Sophomore guard Tyson Etienne -- the AAC’s co-Play- from 2012-18 and reached the 2019 NIT semifinals. The Feb. 7 TEMPLE* W 70-67 er of the Year -- is averaging 17.1 points and 3.1 threes- Shockers were a consensus NCAA at-large pick in 2020 Feb. 10 at UCF* W 61-60 per-game on 40% accuracy. before the season’s cancelation. Feb. 14 at SMU* [%3] ppd. [6] Feb. 18 MEMPHIS* ppd. [7] » Point guard Alterique Gilbert transferred to WSU in » WSU had 10 AAC postponements due to COVID-19 pro- Feb. 18 6/5 HOUSTON* [%7] W 68-63 search of a fresh start after four injury-plagued seasons tocol -- all of them initiated by opposing teams. Feb. 21 EAST CAROLINA* [%2] ppd. [8] at UConn. The former McDonald’s All-American has » Three teams separate WSU from the Coaches Poll top- Feb. 25 SMU* [%6] ppd. [9] been a catalyst for the Shockers, earning third team 25. The Shockers are the equivalent of No. 32 in the AP. Feb. 28 at SMU* [%6] ppd. [10] all-conference honors. He’s set to make his AAC tourna- » WSU has reached the semifinals in each of its last 10 Mar. 3 at Tulane* W 78-70 Mar. 6 at Temple* ppd. [11] ment debut on Friday after missing the 2017-19 tour- conference tournaments (2010-17 MVC, 2018-19 AAC). Mar. 6 SOUTH FLORIDA* [%11] W 80-63 naments due to injury and 2020 to COVID-19. » WSU doesn’t have a “bad loss” on its resume, going 9-0 American Championship (Ft. Worth, Texas/ Dickies Arena) » Ricky Council IV (AAC All-Freshman Team) has been in Q3 and Q4 games and 4-4 in Q1/Q2. Mar. 12 vs [8] South Florida ESPN2 11:00 a.m. Mar. 13 vs [4] SMU or [5] Cincinnati ESPN2 2:00 pm WICHITA STATE LINEUP Mar. 14 Championship ESPN 2:15 p.m. Opponent prefixes: Associated Press Poll / USA Today Coaches Poll rankings ## STARTERS: POS HT CL-EXP HOMETOWN G-GS PPG RPG APG MIN NOTES * = AAC game [%#] = Schedule change ppd. [#] = Postponed 3 Alterique Gilbert G 6-0 R-Sr.-TR Atlanta, Ga. 19-17 10.1 3.0 4.2 29.2 3rd Team All-AAC COVID-19 Cancelations/Postponements: 1 Tyson Etienne G 6-2 So.-1L Englewood, N.J. 19-19 17.1 3.4 2.6 33.8 AAC Co-Player of the Year Canceled (6 Games): ECU, USF, SMU, at CIN, at ECU, at SMU [1] • The Shockers were removed from the Crossover Classic due to multiple COVID-19 0 Dexter Dennis G 6-5 Jr.-2L Baker, La. 19-19 9.7 4.4 0.7 28.0 Defensive Ace; AAC Player of the Week (Mar 8) positives. WSU replaced two of the three games with home dates against Emporia 5 Trey Wade F 6-6 Sr.-1L Marietta, Ga. 19-18 7.2 5.8 1.6 25.8 30A: 14TO... C.H. 23 pts (4/5 3pt) @ TLN State (Dec. 18) and Newman (Dec. 30). [2] • Postponed due to COVID-19 cases at ECU 24 Morris Udeze F 6-8 Jr.-2L Houston, Texas 19-19 9.7 4.3 0.4 22.2 .632 FG% (AAC #2), 0.8 blocks (AAC #9) and later canceled entirely. WSU added Newman as last-minute opponent for Dec. 30. Feb. 21 game at ECU moved to Wichita. [3] • Postponed due to COVID-19 cases at KEY RESERVES: SMU. Rescheduled for Feb. 14. [4] • Postponed due to COVID-19 cases at USF. Made up Mar. 7. [5] • Postponed due to COVID-19 cases at Cincinnati. No makeup. [6] • 2 Craig Porter Jr. G 6-2 Jr.-TR Terre Haute, Ind. 16-2 2.1 2.4 1.5 13.2 24A : 8TO (3.00 ratio) Postponed (again) due to COVID-19 cases at SMU. Rescheduled for Feb. 25 in Wichita. 4 Ricky Council IV G 6-6 Fr.-HS Durham, N.C. 18-1 7.5 3.9 0.9 16.4 AAC All-Freshman Team Feb. 28 game in Wichita moved to Dallas. [7] • Postponed due to COVID-19 cases at 25 Clarence Jackson F 6-7 So.-TR Dublin, Ga. 19-0 5.3 4.3 0.6 13.8 Energy-giver... Per-40: 15.4 pts, T.H. 12.4 reb Memphis. Home game with Houston was moved from 2/25 to 2/18 due to mutual availability. [8] • Moved to Wichita after ppd. 2 but later postponed due to COVID-19 44 Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler F 6-9 Jr.-2L Omaha, Neb. 17-0 3.2 2.4 0.2 12.4 4/11 3pt (.364) cases at ECU. [9, 10] • Postponed due to ongoing pause at SMU. No makeup. [11] • Canceled due to Temple shutdown. Replaced by home game with USF. 2020-21 SHOCKER BASKETBALL -1- 2021 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION QUICK FACTS WICHITA STATE NUMERICAL ROSTER Name Wichita State University # Name Po. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown / Previous School Location Wichita, Kan.