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. 17 HOUSTON WICHITA STATE 6/5 HOUSTON (17-2, 11-2 American) at rv/- WICHITA STATE (12-4, 8-2 American) D-I Rank* Total Team Stats Total D-I Rank* Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 • 6:01 p.m. CT • Wichita, Kan. • Charles Koch Arena (COVID Capacity 25% / 2,625) 70 76.5 Offense 72.9 139 2 57.3 Defense 68.3 120 TV: ESPN2 (Streaming via the ESPN App); Kevin Brown & Mark Adams (analyst) have the call. 3 19.2 Scoring Margin 4.6 116 Radio: KEYN (103.7 FM in Wichita; streaming at goshockers.com/Listen); Mike Kennedy & Dave Dahl describe the action. 6 10.1 Rebound Margin -1.0 T-227 Tickets: Unavailable // Live Stats: shockerstats.com // Social: Follow @GoShockersMBB & @GoShockers on facebook, twitter, instagram. 167 13.3 Assists 12.5 231 58 4.2 Blocks 3.3 147 22 8.6 Steals 5.8 239 Record 17-2 12-4 Record 25 3.5 Turnover Margin 1.5 T-94 American 11-2 8-2 American 101 1.12 A:TO Ratio 1.09 119 Home 11-0, Won 21 8-2, Won 7 Home 226 43.0 FG % 40.3 311 Away 5-2, Won 1 4-2, Won 1 Away 1 36.5 FG% Defense 39.9 27 Neutral 1-0 vs 0-0 Neutral 50 8.9 3-Point FG 7.6 130 Streak Won 1 Won 4 Streak 123 34.9 3-Point % 32.2 247 AP / Coaches 6 / 5 rv / - AP / Coaches 103 72.6 FT% 69.6 199 NET* 5 77 NET* 8 89.5 Winning % 75.0 T-40 KenPom* 5 82 KenPom* *as of 2/16/2021 (of 340 D-I teams that have played at least once) The Series: WSU leads 17-15 (12-3 in Wichita) // Last Meeting: Jan. 6, 2021 in Houston (UH, 70-63) // Streak: UH, Won 6 Kelvin Sampson: 7th Season at UH (156-62), 32nd Season Overall (656-332) // Isaac Brown: 12-4 as Interim Head Coach SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent TV Result/Time » The Wichita State Shockers and sixth-ranked Houston Wednesday’s 61-60 nailbiter at UCF. Alterique Gilbert Nov. 25-27 Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Withdrew [1] Dec. 2 ORAL ROBERTS W 85-80 Cougars slug it out for first-place in the American Ath- (team-high 17 points) sank a three-pointer and two Dec. 6 MISSOURI L 62-72 letic Conference, Thursday at Charles Koch Arena. free throws in the last 33 seconds, and UCF missed a Dec. 12 rv/rv OKLAHOMA ST. L 64-67 » The Shockers (8-2) enter the night tied with the Cou- potential game-winning shot ahead of the final buzzer. Dec. 15 at Tulsa* W 69-65 gars (11-2) in the loss column, but a victory would give » As of Tuesday, 28 Division I teams are holding oppo- Dec. 18 EMPORIA ST. [%1] W 73-57 Dec. 22 at South Florida* W 82-77 ot them the league lead based on winning percentage. nents under 40% for the year. Four of them reside in Dec. 30 EAST CAROLINA* ppd. [2] st th » WSU earned one AP vote in Monday’s poll -- its first The American: Houston (1 , .365), Memphis (15 , Dec. 30 NEWMAN [%1/2] W 81-43 since last March. .392), SMU (19th, .395) and WSU (27th, .399). Jan. 2 at Ole Miss W 83-79 Jan. 6 at 11/11 Houston* L 63-70 » No. 6 Houston is the highest-rated opponent to visit the » The Shockers are also holding opponents to 28.3% from Jan. 10 CINCINNATI* W 82-76 Roundhouse since No. 4 Kansas (Jan. 8, 1992). three-point range -- ninth-best nationally. Jan. 13 rv/- TULSA* W 72-53 » The Shockers’ last home win over an opponent ranked » Etienne ranks among the AAC scoring leaders (17.2 Jan. 17 at SMU ppd. [3] Jan. 21 at Memphis* L 52-72 sixth-or-higher came 54 years ago: Feb. 25, 1967 over ppg) and is averaging 2.94 threes on 39.8% accuracy. Jan. 24 SOUTH FLORIDA* ppd. [4] No. 2 Louisville (84-78). He’s topped 20 points on eight occasions. Jan. 27 at Cincinnati * ppd. [5] » This is the second meeting between the schools this » Gilbert (10.2 ppg), a grad transfer from UConn, leads Jan. 30 UCF* W 93-88 ot Feb. 3 TULANE* W 75-67 year. UH won the first (Jan. 6 in Houston) by a score of the team in assists (3.7) and steals (1.5). Feb. 7 TEMPLE* W 70-67 70-63 behind 22 points from Quentin Grimes. Tyson » One of the nation’s best defenders, Dexter Dennis Feb. 10 at UCF* W 61-60 Etienne finished with 25 points for WSU, which led by is coming off a 16-point, 10-rebound effort and has Feb. 14 at SMU* [%3] ppd. [6] as many as 10 points early in the second half. reached double-figure points in three of the last four. Feb. 18 MEMPHIS* ppd. [7] Feb. 18 6/5 HOUSTON* [%7] ESPN2 6 p.m. » WSU leads 17-15 all-time. Houston has won the last six » Junior forward Morris Udeze has scored 10+ points in Feb. 21 EAST CAROLINA* [%2] ppd. [8] meetings but only one of those games was in Wichita. six of his last seven games and is averaging 13.1 points Feb. 25 SMU* [%6] ESPN/2 6 p.m. Feb. 28 at SMU* [%6] ESPNU 7 p.m. » Thursday’s contest was originally scheduled for Feb. 25 on 71.7% shooting over that stretch (38-of-53). Mar. 3 at Tulane* ESPN+ 7 p.m. but moved up a week due to mutual availability cre- » Eight of the Shockers’ 16 games have been decided by Mar. 6 at Temple* ESPN2 TBA ated by COVID-19 postponements. WSU has had seven five-points-or-less. WSU is 7-1 with two overtime wins. Pending: USF, Memphis at Cincinnati, at SMU Canceled: at ECU postponements in conference play -- all due to contact Those seven wins are tied for second-most nationally. tracing at opposing schools. » WSU has won nine-straight conference home games. American Championship (Ft. Worth, Texas/ Dickies Arena) Mar. 11 First Round (top-5 seeds earn byes) » WSU has won four-straight games, including last » WSU is 26-3 in February home games since 2013-14. Mar. 12 Quarterfinals Mar. 13 Semifinals WICHITA STATE LINEUP Mar. 14 Championship * = American Athletic Conference game Opponent prefixes: Associated Press Poll / USA Today Coaches Poll rankings ## STARTERS: POS HT CL-EXP HOMETOWN G-GS PPG RPG APG MIN NOTES [%#] = Schedule change ppd. [#] = Postponed See footnotes for details 3 Alterique Gilbert G 6-0 R-Sr.-TR Atlanta, Ga. 16-14 10.2 3.1 3.7 28.8 T.H. 24 steals 1 Tyson Etienne G 6-2 So.-1L Englewood, N.J. 16-16 17.3 3.6 2.3 33.7 20+ points in six of WSU’s 10 AAC games COVID-19 Cancelations/Postponements: [1] • The Shockers were removed from the Crossover Classic due to multiple COVID-19 0 Dexter Dennis G 6-5 Jr.-2L Baker, La. 16-16 8.6 3.8 0.8 27.0 Defensive Ace, T.H. 13 Blocks.. 16 pts, 10 reb @ UCF positives. WSU replaced two of the three games with home dates against Emporia 5 Trey Wade F 6-6 Sr.-1L Marietta, Ga. 16-15 6.3 5.7 1.7 26.0 27A: 12TO State (Dec. 18) and Newman (Dec. 30) and is still one under the NCAA maximum (27). 24 Morris Udeze F 6-8 Jr.-2L Houston, Texas 16-16 9.8 3.6 0.4 21.0 .626 FG% (AAC #2)... 12 pts @ UCF [2] • Postponed due to COVID-19 cases at ECU 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 SMU. Rescheduled for Feb. 14. KEY RESERVES: [4] • Postponed due to COVID-19 cases at USF. Makeup date is TBA. 2 Craig Porter Jr. G 6-2 Jr.-TR Terre Haute, Ind. 14-2 2.4 2.6 1.6 13.8 23A : 8TO (2.88 ratio)... Made 2nd Start @ UCF [5] • Postponed due to COVID-19 cases at Cincinnati. Makeup date is TBA. 4 Ricky Council IV G 6-6 Fr.-HS Durham, N.C. 15-1 7.5 4.5 1.1 16.8 Per-40: 17.8 pts, 10.7 reb [6] • Postponed (again) due to COVID-19 cases at SMU. Rescheduled for Feb. 25 in 25 Clarence Jackson F 6-7 So.-TR Dublin, Ga. 16-0 5.6 4.4 0.4 13.3 Energy-giver... Per-40: 16.9 pts, 13.5 reb Wichita. Feb. 28 game in Wichita moved to Dallas. [7] • Postponed due to COVID-19 cases at Memphis. Makeup date is TBA. Home game 40 Josaphat Bilau F 6-10 Fr.-RS France 12-0 0.7 1.1 0.3 5.4 Has played in 5-straight games with Houston was moved from 2/25 to 2/18 due to mutual availability. 44 Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler F 6-9 Jr.-2L Omaha, Neb. 15-0 3.6 2.7 0.2 13.4 21/42 FG (.500); 4/10 3pt (.400) [8] • Moved to Wichita after ppd.