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Quickly...Wichita State (3-8, 0-0) makes the first Missouri Valley Conference road swing of the season and opens defense of its three-straight Valley titles Fri., Jan. 1 at Indiana State (4-7, 0-0), and Sun., Jan. 3 at Illinois State (2-9, 0-0). 
-WSU last played on the road prior to Christmas, Dec. 22, at Tennessee Tech and lost, 54-48, but had a mid-season exhibition tuneup against Division II Oklahoma Christian Dec. 29. WSU won that contest, 63-45. Most notable, WSU played 10 players in the game for the first time this season after battling injury through the fall semester.
-The Shockers last played in at home in a game that counted Dec. 18-19, in the Papa John's Winter Classic, and defeated Priarie View A&M (64-36) and North Carolina A&T State (55-53). 
-After playing just one home game in November, WSU played just one game on the road in December, Tuesday, at Tennessee Tech. Six of the Shockers' seven games in December were at home, while four of five November games were away from Wichita.
-WSU is led in scoring and rebounding by Rangie Bessard, who averages 15.8 points and 8.6 rebounds a game in the five games she has played in 2015-16 since becoming eligible after sitting out after transferring from Minnesota. 
-WSU was led in scoring through the first six games by freshman Jyar Francis, who currently averages 12.4 points a game off the bench, but missed four games with a concussion before returning for the Tennessee Tech game. The next-leading scorer is TaQuandra Mike, who averages 11.2 points a game.
-The Shockers returned five players from last year's NCAA Tournament team, including three who came off the bench for WSU. Junior guard Jaleesa Chapel returned with the most experience, having played in 63 games with two starts the previous two years, while Aundra Stovall and Brittany Martin both also played a year ago off the bench. 
-Ten Shockers will suit up against the Sycamores. Freshman Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage was released against Oklahoma Christian to play after knee surgery prior to her arrival at WSU. Marija Pacar recently returned after a concussion, while the Shockers added a non-scholarship player, Hannah Mortimer, a 5-4 transfer guard from Brown Mackie College in Salina, Kan. Junior Brittany Martin has been out with injury since the Richmond game.
 
-In the Shockers' last regular-season game,  Rangie Bessard collected her second double-double of the season with 14 points and 13 rebounds at Tennessee Tech. She shot 36 percent (5-14) from the field and 44 percent (4-9) from the line. She also had three steals and two blocks. Francis had 11 points in her return.

Finally Together... Wichita State's two leading scorers this season finally got the chance to play together at Tennessee Tech. Rangie Bessard (15.8) and Jyar Francis (12.4) had 14 and 11 points, respectively, in the game. Bessard became eligible after her transfer Dec. 11 against Tennessee, which was Francis' first of four games out with a concussion.

Getting Healthy... With the return of Marija Pacar (concussion) and Jyar Francis (concussion), and the addition of non-scholarship Hannah Mortimer, the Shockers are slowly adding depth to the bench. Pacar missed three games, Francis missed four games and Bessard (transfer) missed the first six games. Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage (knee) was released for the exhibitoin Dec. 29, missed eight games, respectively. Brittany Martin is still out and has missed 11 games.

Shockers Open Defense...After the exhibition game Tuesday night, the Shockers head on the road to defend their three-straight Missouri Valley Conference titles. WSU was picked in the Missouri Valley Conference Preseason poll to finish fifth, its lowest position in the preseason poll since 2010-11 when the Shockers were also picked fifth. WSU finished fifth that season, then finished third in 2011-12 after being picked third, before going onto three-straight titles.

Picking Up Speed... Rangie Bessard has now played her first five games as a Shocker and collected her second double-double of the season with 14 points and 13 boards at Tennessee Tech. She also had 24 points and 10 rebounds against Prairie View A&M. She averages a team-leading 15.8 points and 8.6 rebounds a game, earned All-Tournament honors at the Winter Classic and earned MVC Newcomer of the Week honors in her short WSU career.

The DL on the Sycamores... The Sycamores picked up their final non-conference win of the season with a thrilling 70-63 overtime victory against Butler at home on December 21. ISU will have gone 11 days in between contests when it opens up conference play on Friday evening.  Thanks to the home-court advantage of Hulman Center, the Sycamores have been dominant in Terre Haute over the past 13 seasons. Since the 2002-03 season, Indiana State is 133-45 (.747) and are 2-3 at home in 2015-16. Redshirt senior Cierra Ceazer continues to lead Indiana State in the early portion of the schedule as she's scored in double figures in nine of 11 contests, including a new career-high 26 points against Butler on Dec. 21. On the season, the Topeka, Kan. native averages 13.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.

Series History

All Time Series: Indiana State leads 32-28
Last Meeting: March 7, 2015 (Terre Haute, Ind.)
Result: W, 54-62

Last Five Meetings
3/7/15         W, 54-62          Terre Haute, Ind.
1/2/15         W, 52-63          Wichita, Kan.
2/23/14       L, 63-51         Wichita, Kan.
1/27/14       W, 63-83          Terre Haute, Ind.
3/3/13         W, 53-63         Terre Haute, Ind.

ISU Head Coach Joey Wells... Joey Wells is in his second season at Indiana State with a 21-20 record at ISU and a 21-20 career record.
 

Bessard Named MVC Newcomer of the Week... Sophomore forward Rangie Bessard averaged 18.7 points and 9.0 rebounds in Wichita State's three games the week of Dec. 13-20 to be named the Shockers' fourth MVC Newcomer of the Week this season, while shooting 46 percent (23-of-50) from the field. Her effort included All-Tournament Team honors after she averaged 20.0 points and 9.0 boards in the Shockers' two-game Winter Classic. She shot 58.6 percent (17-of-29) in the tournament and also had five assists, two steals and one block. 

On Jody Adams... Adams (Tennessee, '94) is in her eighth season at Wichita State as the only Shocker women's basketball coach to make an NCAA appearance and win an MVC regular-season and MVC Tournament championship at WSU. Her 2012-13 team accomplished all of that, then the 2013-14 and 2014-15 teams repeated the exact same feat. WSU has won three-straight MVC regular-season and MVC Tournament titles and competing in three-straight NCAA Tournaments. 
At 29-5 overall, the 2014-15 team broke the school's season win record by three games.
She is 150-91 in her eighth season at WSU and 179-99 overall in her ninth season as a head coach, which includes a 24-8 record as head coach at Murray State in 2007-08.
In addition, WSU is 90-27 (.785) overall at home under Adams, including 16-0 in 2014-15.
Adams is first on the WSU all-time wins list. She passed Linda Hargrove, who won 113 games at WSU from 1989-98, on Fri., Feb. 21, 2014 in a win against Illinois State.