WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita State hosts the Memphis Tigers in its American Athletic Conference home opener on Saturday, Jan. 12 with tipoff at 2 p.m. CT on the American Digital Network.

On The Air
Saturday's game can be heard online at GoShockers.com/Listen with the voice of Shocker Women's Basketball Steve Strain calling the action. Strain begins his fifth season broadcasting games for the women's program. The game will also be streamed via the American Digital Network by going to Facebook.com/AmericanDigitalNetworkPlus.
 

---

Win No. 300
Wichita State head coach Keitha Adams collected her 300th career win at the Division I level in the Shockers' overtime win vs. Missouri State on Nov. 10. She compiled 284 wins in her 16 seasons at UTEP and has accumulated 21 in her first two seasons at Wichita State. She has a career record of 305-234.

ECU Review
Wichita State dropped to 0-2 all-time vs. ECU... WSU was outrebounded by 20, the largest margin this season... WSU gave up 21 offensive rebounds, marking the second straight game allowing 19 or more... WSU forced 25 ECU turnovers... ECU's 48 total rebounds were a season high for a Shocker opponent... Carla Bremaud scored a season-high 18 points on 7-of-14 shooting and a season-best 4-of-8 from three-point range... Ashley Reid made her first career start and finished with eight points... Asia Henderson swiped a season-high three steals.

Youngsters
Wichita State's roster consists of eight true freshmen, one redshirt freshman, one sophomore, two juniors, one redshirt junior and two seniors. All told, the average age of the 2018-19 Shockers is just 19.2 years, making them the fifth youngest team in the country.

1. SMU - 19.0
    UMBC - 19.0
3. Oklahoma - 19.1
    Georgia Tech - 19.1
5. Wichita State - 19.2
6. Northern Kentucky - 19.3
7. Georgia Southern - 19.33
    Old Dominion - 19.33
9. Florida State - 19.4
10. Duke - 19.43
11. Alabama - 19.46
12. FAU - 19.5
 

---

The Series vs. Memphis
Wichita State and Memphis have met just four times prior to Saturday's matchup, with the series all tied up at 2-2. The first meeting took place in November 2008 with the Tigers taking that contest in Memphis, 61-54. Wichita State is 1-0 vs. the Tigers in Wichita after securing the win last season on Jan. 10, 69-61. That victory marked the program's first-ever win in the American Athletic Conference and spearheaded a season-best five-game winning streak.

Last Meeting
Wichita State completed the season sweep of Memphis with a 77-64 road win on Jan. 27, 2018. The game marked the fifth win of the team's season-best five-game win streak. Rangie Bessard stuffed the stat sheet, finishing with a game-high 22 points to go with six rebounds, five blocks, three assists and two steals on 11-of-16 shooting. Cesaria Ambrosio tallied a season-high 19 points to go with six assists, while making seven of her 10 field goal attempts. Diamond Lockhart added 17 points, seven rebounds and six assists. WSU shot 54 percent from the field and forced 20 Memphis turnovers.

Scouting the Tigers
Memphis is 5-10 with wins against Jackson State, Mercer, Samford, Southeast Missouri and North Carolina Central. The Tigers dropped their first two AAC games against UCF, 68-55 and Tulsa, 46-39. Jamirah Shutes posts a team-best 13.8 points per game, while Alana Davis pulls down 8.8 rebounds to go with 11.7 points. Davis ranks 13th nationally and second in The American in offensive rebounds per game (4.0). Her six double-doubles are third in the conference and 35th in the country. As a team, Memphis averages 16.0 offensive rebounds per game to rank 26th nationally.

---

Hot Hand Hampton
Freshman guard Jaida Hampton found her groove on the offensive end over a six-game (Dec. 2-Jan. 4) stretch. The Lansing, Mich., native tallied 10 or more points in five of those six games, and set a new season high in the final three games, highlighted by an 18-point performance in the conference opener at Tulsa. Against Tulsa, Hampton was 7-for-11 from the field and was responsible for 10 of the team's 11 points in the first quarter. She averaged 12.7 points per game during the six-games on 49.1 percent shooting.

Hampton Named to All-Tournament Team
Freshman guard Jaida Hampton was named to the Desert Division All-Tournament Team at the Duel in the Desert (Dec. 19-20). The Lansing, Mich., native scored a team-high and season-high tying 14 points in the Shockers' loss to Washington State on Dec. 20. Hampton finished 4-of-9 from the field and 5-of-6 from the free throw line (season highs), while dishing four assists and pulling down three rebounds. She has led Wichita State in scoring four times and has five games of 10 or more points near the midway point of the season.

Offensive Rebounds > Defensive Rebounds
Redshirt junior forward Raven Prince is on pace to finish the season with more offensive rebounds than defensive rebounds. Through 15 games this season, Prince has pulled down 67 total rebounds and 38 of them coming on the offensive end. That means 57 percent of her rebounds are giving the Shockers another opportunity to score. Wichita State has 183 total offensive rebounds and Prince makes up 21 percent of that number. Only two other Shockers have more than 20 boards on offense this year - Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage (21) and Alyssia Faye (20).

ADN to Carry 15 Women's Basketball Contests
The American Digital Network (ADN) will produce 15 live women's basketball contests during the 2019 conference schedule, featuring 11 of the league's teams. All games will be available on Facebook on the conference's live event page, The American Digital Network Plus (facebook.com/AmericanDigitalNetworkPlus). Lincoln Rose and Angela Beck will return for their second season as the on-air talent for all 15 contests. The ADN will be in Tulsa for the first day of conference play, as the Golden Hurricane hosts Wichita State at the Reynolds Center. Every following week will then feature two ADN broadcasts until the end of February.

Home Sweet Home
Wichita State will play 18 games in front of its home crowd in 2018-19, marking the most home games in a single season. The Shockers have never played more than 17 games in a season on their own floor. Wichita State played 17 home contests in both 2008-09 and 2006-07 seasons.

Up Next
After a brief stop at home, the Shockers are back on the road. Wichita State heads south to Dallas to face SMU on Tuesday, Jan. 15 for a 7 p.m. tip on the American Digital Network.