WICHITA, Kan. -- No. 7/8 Wichita State tips off its 112th men's basketball season and first of the American Athletic Conference era Friday night against UMKC at Charles Koch Arena.
 
The game will air statewide on YurView Kansas (available on Cox HD 2022), beginning at 7 p.m. CT. Out-of-town fans are encouraged to check their local listings, as Cox-produced games are often similcast on other regional Cox/YurView affiliates.
 
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GAME 1

Wichita, Kan.

Charles Koch Arena

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MATCHUP

#7/8 Wichita State vs. UMKC

Friday, Nov. 10

7 P.M. CT

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STARTING FIVE:
 
1 --- FINE TUNING: WSU blitzed a pair of Division II exhibition foes by an average of 47.5 points. In the two wins, the Shockers shot a combined 57.3% and outrebounded opponents by an average of +20. WSU finished with 43 assists on 71 baskets and posted a tidy 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio. Ten different Shockers averaged at least 7.0 points, led by Darral Willis Jr. (13.5), Samajae Haynes-Jones (11.5), Rauno Nurger (11.0) and Shaquille Morris (10.0).
 
2 --- SEEKING ROO-VENGE:  The Roos are the last road team to win a November game at Charles Koch Arena. Since dropping a three-point decision to UMKC on Nov. 19, 2008, WSU has won 25-straight November home contests... In the Marshall Era (2007-to present), UMKC is one of just three teams to claim with a regular season, non-conference win at Charles Koch Arena, where WSU is 61-3.
 
3 --- OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT: Injured point guard Landry Shamet played 12 minutes in Monday's exhibition. The All-American candidate has spent the past 13 weeks recovering from a stress fracture in his right foot. He finished with eight points on 3-of-3 shooting. This week Shamet was named to watch lists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, the Naismith Trophy and the Lute Olson Award.
 
4 --- STARTING STRONG: The Shockers open at home for the 14th consecutive year. They've won 15 openers in a row and 23-of-24 since 1992, with the lone blemish coming in November, 2001 against Delaware at the Top of the World Classic in Fairbanks, Alaska... This ties for the second-earliest season opener for a WSU team. The 2012-13 Shockers opened on Nov. 10. The 2013-14 team kicked off its regular season on Nov. 9... The Shockers have won 21-consecutive regular season home openers. Their last setback came Dec. 4, 1995 to Northern Illinois (77-52)… WSU is 95-18 all-time in such games. That includes a 54-7 mark at the Roundhouse, which opened its doors in 1955. The team has won all 14 home openers since the building's 2003 renovation and rededication as Charles Koch Arena.
 
5 --- NO CUPCAKES: For the fourth-consecutive year, WSU will open up against a team coming off of a postseason appearance. The Shockers banked wins over South Carolina State (2016 CIT), Charleston Southern (2015 NIT) and New Mexico State (2014 NCAA) in their three previous openers. All three games were decided by 17+ points.
 
SERIES WITH UMKC:
Overall: WSU leads 6-3
In Wichita: WSU leads 4-1
In Kansas City: Tied 2-2
 
*WSU leads 6-3 (4-1 in Wichita) and has won two straight.
*This is the first meeting since Nov. 29, 2010 (a 71-52 Shocker victory at Charles Koch Arena).
 The teams played annually from 2004-10 with the Shockers winning five of the seven matchups (four were in Wichita, three in KC).
* Marshall is 2-2 vs. UMKC. He avenged losses in his first and second seasons at WSU with victories in 2009 and 2010.
 
SCOUTING UMKC:
*UMKC (18-17 last spring) will look to build on its first postseason appearance in 30 years at the Divison I level. The Roos defeated Green Bay in the first round of the CBI before falling at Wyoming in the quarterfinal round.
*UMKC must replace four of its top-five scorers, including first team All-WAC selection, Lavell Boyd (17.8 points).
*The Roos are picked seventh in the eight-team Western Athletic Conference.
 
WSU-UMKC MATCHUP MASHUP:    
*WSU's Landry Shamet is a Kansas City native.
*UMKC Head coach Kareem Richardson has deep MVC ties. He played his last two season at Evansville (1995-97) and has been an assistant at Indiana State (1999-02), Evansville (2003-07) and Drake (2008-11)... This will be the 28^th time that Richardson has faced the Shockers as either a player or coach (and his 13th trip to Wichita). The most recent encounter came in the 2013 Final Four when he was an assistant at Louisville.
*UMKC's Director of Basketball Operations, Aaron Hanshaw, is a 2012 Wichita State graduate. While in school, he worked a year on the staff at Wichita Height's High School (2009-10) and two more at Friends University (2010-12). Heights' roster included future Shocker Evan Wessel.
*UMKC assistant, Conner Hampton grew up in Wichita and was later a three-sport star at Oxford High School. He's a 2011 graduate of Tabor College.
*UMKC first-year assistant, Josh Sash was a graduate assistant on Drake's 2008 MVC Championship team.
*Both teams set school three-point records last year. UMKC hit 308. WSU knocked down 310.
*Last year's Roos averaged 76.9 points – most by a UMKC team since 1993. WSU's 81.0 points was its highest average in over three decades.
 
ROLLING AT THE ROUNDHOUSE:
*WSU has won 10-straight overall at home, last losing to Oklahoma State on Dec. 17, 2016 at INTRUST Bank Arena. This is the 21st double-digit home streak in school history and the 19th of the Roundhouse Era (1955-Pr.).
*WSU has won 25-straight at Charles Koch Arena. It's the second-longest streak in the building's 62+ year history. From November, 2013 to February, 2016, the Shockers won 40-in-a-row at the Roundhouse.
 
TOUGH START:
*Wichita State's 12-game non-conference slate could feature as many as nine games against schools that qualified for last year's postseason and up to six encounters with 2017 NCAA Tournament teams.
 *Even the buy games are tough. WSU will receive visits from  three teams that are preseason favorites in their respective leagues: South Dakota State (Summit), College of Charleston (Colonial) and FGCU (ASUN).
 
OTHER NON-CON NOTABLES:
*Since 2011-12, the Shockers are 61-13 (.824) in regular season non-conference games.
*WSU has put together a winning non-conference record in 19-straight seasons.
*Shocker teams have put up double-digit non-conference victory totals in four of the last five years. The 2016-17 team was 10-3 heading into MVC play after outscoring its 13 non-con foes by 19.2 points.
*WSU is 70-6 in home non-conference games in 10 seasons under Gregg Marshall, outscoring opponents by an average of over 18 points per game.
*The Shockers have won 39-straight non-conference games at Koch Arena, last losing in February, 2011 to Final Four bound VCU in a Bracket Busters matchup.
*In the Marshall Era, the Shockers are 61-3 in regular season non-conference games at Charles Koch Arena, with one-point losses to UT-Arlington (Dec. 7, 2007) and VCU (Feb. 18, 2011). The most lopsided defeat was a 66-63 setback against UMKC (Nov. 19, 2008).
 
UP NEXT:
*WSU welcomes College of Charleston for Monday evening matchup on CBS Sports Network. The game tips at 8 p.m. CT.
*The Cougars returns all five starters 25-10 NIT team and are a near unanimous pick to win the Colonial Athletic Conference in 2017-18. Charleston is led by former Marshall assistant Earl Grant. Matt Braeuer – starting point guard on WSU's 2006 Sweet 16 team – is CofC's Director of Basketball Operations.