---

 Radio -- Online: GoShockers.com -- Steve Strain (15 Minute Pregame Show)
ESPN3: Watch  
 Live Stats --  StatBroadcast

---

 Social Media ---
Twitter: @GoShockers, @GoShockersLive
Facebook: facebook.com/WichitaStateUniversityAthletics
Instagram: instagram.com/goshockers
Exposure: goshockers.exposure.co

---

Quickly...Wichita State (4-15, 1-6) plays host to Evansville (2-15, 1-5) Sunday afternoon inside Charles Koch Arena in Wichita in the second game of a three-game homestand. WSU is coming off a 57-48 win against SIU Friday night, while the Aces lost at Missouri State Friday night, 77-70. MSU visits Wichita on Jan. 30.
-Lockhart scored a game-high 19 points and was backed by Mike's 14 points. Bessard contributed with a game-high 11 boards and  also scored nine points. WSU out-shot SIU, 38.6 (22-57) to 30.9 percent (21-68), and won three quarters on the scoreboard.
-Last weekend, the Shockers lost 50-44 at Bradley Sunday in Peoria, Ill., after dropping the first game of the road swing with a 60-55 loss at Loyola Friday night. 
-Bessard leads WSU in overall scoring with 14.4 points a game and also on the boards with 8.8 a game in the 12 games she has played in 2015-16 since becoming eligible after sitting out after transferring from Minnesota. 
-TaQuandra Mike averages a team-second 12.0 points a game. Bessard also leads the Shockers in MVC-Only scoring at 13.4 points a game while Mike is second in loop games with 13.3 a game. Lockhard is third in MVC-only games with 7.7 a game.
-WSU was led in scoring through the first six games by freshman Jyar Francis, who currently averages a team-fourth 7.9 points a game off the bench, before she missed four games with a concussion. She was cleared for the Tennessee Tech game Dec. 22.
-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. 
-Eleven Shockers will suit up against the Aces. Freshman Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage was released against exhibition opponent Oklahoma Christian Dec. 29, to play after knee surgery prior to her arrival at WSU, and she got her first career start against Indiana State. Marija Pacar returned Dec. 11 after missing three games with a concussion, while the Shockers added Hannah Mortimer, a 5-4 transfer guard from Brown Mackie College in Salina, Kan. Mortimer was awarded a scholarship before the UNI game after showing an outstanding contribution to the team. Junior Brittany Martin was also released after a knee injury to play at Indiana State. WSU at times suited six players in the non-conference season due to injury this season.
-After playing just one home game in November, WSU played just one game on the road in December at Tennessee Tech. Six of the Shockers' seven games in December were at home, while four of five November games were away from Wichita.

Last TIme Out...A strong first half and a stingy defense was enough to give Wichita State a win in the Missouri Valley Conference Friday night as the Shockers downed Southern Illinois, 57-48. The Shockers out-shot the Salukis, 38.6 percent to 30.9 percent for the game, and also had 24 bench points to Southern Illinois' 15. Wichita State was led by Diamond Lockhart who scored a game-high 19 points and also collected seven rebounds. TaQuandra Mike also added 14 points, along with two assists and four rebounds. Rangie Bessard chipped in with nine points and a team-high 11 rebounds. The Salukis were led by Dyana Pierre who had a team-high 17 points and 10 rebounds, with Kim Nebo also adding 12 points.

Fifth Shocker N-O-W... Rangie Bessard, last week's MVC Newcomer-of-the-Week, averaged 21.5 points and 12.0 rebounds in the Shockers' two games and picked up her third double-double of the season at Bradley.  The sophomore transfer from Rosharon, Texas, had a career-high 27 points and career-high 18 boards at Bradley to be a double threat. She has at least 20 points in two of the last three games, as well, and has led the Shockers in rebounding in 10 of the 11 games she has played since joining the team at the break.

The honor is the fifth for the Shockers in 2015-16 and Bessard's second of the season, while TaQuandra Mike, Jyar Francis and Diamond Lockhart have also been named Newcomer of the Week this season.

Swat That...Despite missing eight games, Brittany Martin has 16 blocked shots in the nine games she's played for an average of 1.8 blocks per game. The 16 blocks have come in just 173 minutes played.

Stepping Up to The Valley... TaQuandra Mike has scored double-figure in five-of-seven Valley games and 12-of-18 overall. Mike has also scored in double-figures in 12 of her last 15 games, including a stretch of seven-straight. In comparison, she had a total of nine points in the Shockers' first three regular-season games.

Getting Minutes... Five Shockers average more than 30 minutes a game led by Aundra Stovall's 35.3 a game. In addition, 10 of the 11 Shockers average more than 10 minutes a game with Brittany Martin getting the most off the bench with 19.2 a game. 

---

On Evansville...

Evansville Basketball... (2-15, 1-5 MVC)
Head Coach Otis Epps is in his fifth season at Evansville and carries a UE and career record of 44-98. UE lost at Missouri State, 77-70, Friday night prior to coming to WSU Sunday.

Moving On Up... Sara Dickey scored 25 points in Sunday's loss at Missouri State, and she now has 1,429 for her career. The junior is ranked fifth on Evansville's all-time scoring list, and is now one point shy of fourth place.

Rebound the Basketball... Sasha Robinson is 31 rebounds away of moving into Evansville's career top-10. She joined the 500-rebound club earlier this month.

---

Shockers in Early League Play...
-Last weekend, the Shockers lost 50-44 at Bradley Sunday in Peoria, Ill., after dropping the first game of the road swing with a 60-55 loss at Loyola Friday night. At Bradley Bessard had her third double-double of the season with 27 points and 18 rebounds, both career highs. At Loyola, WSU was led in scoring by TaQuandra Mike's 17 points and Rangie Bessard's 16 points. WSU won the first quarter, but dropped the final three quarters by 2, 5 and 5 points, respectively.
-In the last home weekend, WSU was led in scoring against Drake by Rangie Bessard's 20 points and her seven boards were also a team high. WSU led 35-32 at the half, but Drake's offense took over to out-score the Shockers, 26-9 in the third quarter and 29-12 in the fourth quarter. Against UNI, TaQuandra Mike had nine points as the Shockers' leading scorer against UNI, while Rangie Bessard had nine rebounds to top WSU rebounders. After trailing 34-13 at the half, WSU won the second half, 31-21, but its wasn't enough to overcome the first half deficit.
-WSU opened league play on the road with a 0-2 start in the league with losses at Indiana State, 59-33, and at Illinois State, 70-49. TaQuandra Mike had 18 points at Indiana State and 12 at Illinois State as the Shockers' top scorer. 
-WSU's offensive night at Indiana State (20.8 percent) contributed to the loss. TaQuandra Mike had a team-leading 18 points in 6-of-18 shooting while Rangie Bessard's seven boards led WSU on the glass.
-At Illinois State, WSU shot better (38.9 percent (21-54), but gave up 56.1 percent (23-41) to Illinois State defensively. ISU won the second quarter, 24-13, and the fourth quarter, 19-10. Mike had 12 points for WSU and Rangie Bessard had 11.

Sticky Fingers... TaQuandra Mike leads WSU with 42 steals in 18 games played. Her 2.53 steals a game ranked 56th in the country to open the week. Alex Harden holds the WSU season steals record with 108 a year ago. The Shockers' 9.9 steal a game also ranked 55th as a team.

On the Glass... Rangie Bessard has led the Shockers in rebounding in 10 of the 12 games she has played since joining the team at the break. She leads WSU in rebounding with 8.8 a game overall and 9.0 a game in MVC-Only games. She has also been the team's leading scorer in four of those games.

Finally Together... Wichita State's two leading scorers 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), Jyar Francis (concussion), Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage (knee) and Brittany Martin (knee), and the addition of non-scholarship Hannah Mortimer, the Shockers have 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) missed the first 11 games and was released to play the exhibition game Dec. 29. Brittany Martin missed eight games. WSU has 11 players eligible for the first time this season in the shockers' two Valley game to open the regular season. In all, Wichita State's five players who missed games due to injury or transfer rules, were not available for a total of 32 games.

Defending Champions Picked Fifth...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 12 games as a Shocker. She collected her third double-double of the season at Bradley (27 pts/18 rebounds), her second double-double of the season with 14 points and 13 boards at Tennessee Tech, and also had 24 points and 10 rebounds against Prairie View A&M. She has already earned All-Tournament honors at the Winter Classic and earned MVC Newcomer of the Week honors two times in her short WSU career.

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 151-98 in her eighth season at WSU and 180-106 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 91-29 (.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.

Next Up... Wichita State completes the three-game homestand Jan. 30 against Missouri State, the Shockers' travel partner in league play. It will be Girl Scout Day.