WICHITA ST. (12-11, 5-6) at rv/rv CINCINNATI (20-4, 9-2)
SUNDAY, FEB. 17, 2019 | 12:01 P.M. CT (1:01 ET)
CINCINNATI, OHIO | FIFTHTHIRD ARENA
TV: ESPN
RADIO: KEYN 103.7 FM / GOSHOCKERS.com
SERIES: CINCINNATI LEADS 20-12 (11-4 AT HOME)
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***Wichita State takes a season-best four-game winning streak into Sunday afternoon's American Athletic Conference road matchup against the Cincinnati Bearcats at FifthThird Arena. Tip time is 12:01 p.m. CT.
***Watch the game on ESPNU with Mike Corey (pbp) and Seth Greenberg.
***Listen on KEYN 103.7 FM and online at GoShockers.com/Listen. Mike Kennedy, now in his 39th season as "Voice of the Shockers," and Bob Hull tip things off at 11 a.m. with the INTRUST Bank Pregame Show.
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OPENING TIPS:
***Cincinnati leads the all-time series 20-12 (11-4 in home games). Sunday marks the first time WSU has played on the UC campus since 1970 (at Armory Fieldhouse in UC's last year in the Missouri Valley Conference). The teams played a non-conference tilt at Riverfront Coliseum (now U.S. Bank Arena) in 1977. Last year's game took place across the river at No. Kentucky's BBT Arena.
***FifthThird Arena is back in use this year, following an $87 million renovation. The Bearcats dropped their opener to Ohio State but have since won 13-straight. UC is 30-1 in conference home games since Jan. 1, 2016. The only loss in that span came against the Shockers.
***On Feb. 18, 2018, then-No. 19 WSU ended No. 5 Cincinnati's nation-best 39-game home winning streak (76-72).
***Cincinnati won in Wichita back on Jan. 19, 66-55, behind 18 points from Jarron Cumberland.
Markis McDuffie supplied 21 points for the Shockers, who led 46-45 with 7:06 to go. UC outscored WSU 35-7 at the free throw line, including a 15-1 edge over the final seven minutes.
***Neither side has seen action since last weekend. Sunday's loss at co-leader Houston snapped UC's eight-game winning streak and knocked the Bearcats out of first place and out of the top-25.
***Last Saturday, the Shockers downed Tulane, 77-62, to improve to 5-6 after a 1-6 start to league play. McDuffie led the way with 25 points on 4-of-7 three-point shooting.
Erik Stevenson (13) and
Samajae Haynes-Jones (12) also reached double-digits. WSU was plus-eight in turnovers, commiting just nine.
***WSU's McDuffie (18.9) and UC's Cumberland (19.0) are the AAC's top-two scorers, separated by less than five-hundredths of a point.
***McDuffie has topped 20-points on 10 occasions this year -- tied with 2014 All-American Cleanthony Early for the Marshall Era record. He's scored at least eight points in every game this year. McDuffie needs just four more rebounds to become the eighth player in Shocker history with 100 steals and 500 career boards.
***The Shockers are 5-1 in conference games when banking more assists than turnovers but 0-5 when turnovers outnumber assists. Over the last four games, they've posted a 58:35 ratio (1.66).
***Already WSU's all-time wins leader, 12th year head coach
Gregg Marshall needs just two more to reach 300. He's nine wins shy of the 500-mark for his career.
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Jamarius Burton (team-high 2.8 assists) is in line to be WSU's first true freshman assist leader in 32 years.
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Jaime Echenique has blocked a shot in eight-straight games and ranks fourth on the league leaderboard (34). He's averaging a team-high 5.7 rebounds.
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HELP WANTED, NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
***Nine American Athletic Conference true freshmen have played more than half of their team's minutes this year. Three of them are Shockers (
Erik Stevenson,
Jamarius Burton,
Dexter Dennis).
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AAC True Freshmen Playing 50% or More of Minutes (KenPom.com)
73.8% -- Jayden Gardner (ECU)
67.1% -- Tyler Harris (Memphis)
58.8% -- Kevin Zhang (Tulane)
58.5% -- Jamarius Burton (WSU)
57.5% -- Erik Stevenson (WSU)
57.4% -- Feron Hunt (SMU)
52.5% -- Dexter Dennis (WSU)
51.9% -- Alex Lomax (Memphis)
50.1% -- Michael Durr (USF)
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KENPOM SAYS:
***Through Wednesday, home teams had won 48 of the 68 American Athletic Conference games this season (.706) -- the highest home winning percentage among any of the 32 Division I conferences.
***KenPom rates
Markis McDuffie as The American's third-most efficient offensive player among those utilitized on more than 24% of possessions, trailing only SMU's Jahmal McMurray and UCF's B.J. Taylor.
***In conference games,
Jaime Echenique leads the league in defensive rebound percentage (27.3) and block percentage (12.46).
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Jamarius Burton has the highest assist rate among AAC freshmen (22.0), ahead of Memphis' Alex Lomax (21.8) and Tulane's Shakwon Barrett (21.3).
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BACK TO LIFE:
***Wichita State is showing signs of life after a 1-6 start to conference play. A win on Sunday would lift them back to the .500-mark.
***In the American Athletic Conference's first five seasons, no team has finished .500-or-better following a 1-6 start and none have earned higher than a No. 8 seed in the conference tournament.
***14 teams opened 1-6 or worse. Three of them rallied to reach the six-win mark, with 2017 Temple's 7-11 finish representing the high water mark.
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Gregg Marshall has pulled this magic trick before with a young and inexperienced team. In 2008-09 (his second season at WSU), the Shockers endured an 0-6 start to MVC play but rallied to win eight of the next 11 on their way to a CBI bid -- the first of 10 straight postseason appearances. That team had a chance at .500 on the final day of the regular season but lost at Southern Illinois for a still-impressive 8-10 finish.
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Best American Finishes After a 1-6 Start (9 total since 2013-14):
Temple (2017) – 7-11
ECU (2015) – 6-12
ECU (2017) – 6-12
UCF (2014) – 4-14
ECU (2016) – 4-14
4 Others – 3-15
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CRUSHING FEBRUARY:
***No one loves February more than Wichita State fans. Over the last six Februarys (2014-19), the Shockers lead the college basketball world in both wins (40-3) and winning percentage (.930).
***WSU has won nine-straight February games, last losing in overtime at Temple on Feb. 1, 2018.
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 Most February Wins // Last Six Seasons (Feb. 2014-19; as of 2/11/19)
1. Wichita State (40-3) .930
2. Villanova (37-7) .841Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
3. Vermont (36-5) .878Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
4. Gonzaga (36-7) .837Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
5. Kansas (36-9) .800Â
6. Duke (34-9) .791Â Â Â Â
7. SFA (33-7) .825Â Â Â Â Â Â
8. Kentucky (33-10) .767
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MARSHALL MILESTONE:
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Gregg Marshall's .719 career winning percentage ranks 12th among active Division I coaches. He's eight wins shy of the 500-mark.
***There are 28 active D-I head coaches in the 500-win club, and 24 of them have logged at least 500 of their victories at the D-I level.
***Marshall is one of just 10 active coaches with 400+ D-I wins and a winning percentage of .700-or-higher.
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NOW THAT'S MORE LIKE IT:
***Poor shooting, silly fouls, costly turnovers and inconsistent rebounding -- weaknesses that plagued the Shockers during a 1-6 conference start have morphed into areas of strength during the team's four-game winning streak.
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Wichita State In Conference Play:
Category:Â Last 4 // First 7
Record:Â 4-0 // 1-6
Points For: Â 76.5 // 65.1
Points/Possession:Â 1.14 // 0.95
Scoring Margin: +11.0 // -8.6
Field Goal %:Â .444 // .410
3-Point %:Â .354 // .289
Rebound Margin: +7.0 // -1.7
Turnovers: 8.8 // 14.6
A:TO Ratio:Â 1.66 // 0.84
TO Margin:Â +3.5 // -2.6
Fouls:Â 16.8 // 22.0
Opp. FT Attempts:Â 19.8 // 26.3
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FRONT-LOADED:
***Beginning with Sunday's trip to Cincinnati, four of the Shockers' next five games would be classified as Quadrant I or II by the NCAA's NET ratings.
***As of Wednesday afternoon, the rebuilding Shockers had played 13 QI or II contests this year -- tied with Houston for second-most among American schools. Only Tulsa (14) has played more.
***The Shockers have played the nation's 30th toughest schedule, per NET.
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TRENDING:
***The Shockers are learning to defend without fouling. In last Saturday's win over Tulsa they committed a season-low 14 fouls. They had just 15 at ECU on Wednesday.
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Erik Stevenson had just two steals in a 12-game stretch from Dec. 12 to Jan. 30 but seems to have rediscovered his defensive mojo. He's banked eight steals in the last three games, beginning with a career-high four-steal performance against Tulsa (most by a Shocker this year).
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Jamarius Burton has 19 assists over the past four games with just six turnovers (3.33 ratio). Fouls have limited him to an average of just 19.0 minutes over the last two contests.
***Burton now owns the team's assist lead outright. Notably, in the 46+ years since freshmen gained NCAA eligibility (1972-73), just two freshmen have led the team in assists over a full season: Joe Griffin (1987) and
Landry Shamet (2017). The latter was a redshirt rookie.
***WSU has faced eight of the nation's top-50 scoring defenses this year: Houston (6), Cincinnati (12), VCU (15), Baylor (26), UCF (29), Davidson (t-34), Southern Miss (t-34) and USF (42).
***In those eight games, the Shockers have averaged 60.3 points (compared to 74.7 in all other games).
***WSU shot 65.6% from the free throw line in non-conference play (289th out of 353 D-I teams) but has hit a league-best .757 in American play. Unfortunately, they're averaging league-low 15.7 attempts.
***The Feb. 6 game at ECU was
Markis McDuffie's 22nd of the year, matching his total from last year's injury plagued junior campaign. The senior version has been far more productive, totaling 410 points in his first 22 contests, compared to 186 last year.
***McDuffie's three-point shooting numbers have improved across the board, and partial credit goes to former teammate
Landry Shamet. McDuffie studied Shamet's picturesque shooting form and has worked on staying upright and in rhythm with his jumpers. Though he's been far more of a focal point for opposing defense, McDuffie is shooting .385 from distance this year (compared to .339 last year).
***The Shockers ranked second nationally in rebound margin last year. While this year's group hasn't been quite as strong in that department, a +19 performance on Feb. 6 at ECU was WSU's best in an American Athletic Conference game since joining the league (topping a +18 effort at SMU last February).
***The Shockers have outscored their opponent in seven-straight halves, dating back to the midway point of the Jan. 30 SMU game.
***McDuffie has scored at least 20 points in five of the last six home games (15 vs. SMU on Jan. 30). He's averaged 22.5 points in WSU's six conference home contests with five games of 20-or-more.
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TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
***WSU finished with more turnovers than the opposition in each of its first six conference games, averaging 15.7 giveaways per game. The last was a 20-turnover fiasco at USF on Jan. 22.
***The Shockers have come out ahead on turnovers in four of the five games since and haven't committed more than 11 in any game in that span (average: 8.8).
***Seven fewer turnovers-per-game has netted WSU an average of seven extra shots and, ultimately, seven extra points-per-game (73.2, compared to 66.0).
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GRINDING OUT WINS:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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Gregg Marshall is pleased to be seeing more "Shocker box scores" lately. WSU earned a runner-up finish last year with an offensive-minded roster, but Marshall teams are traditionally built around defense, rebounding and ball control. His young 2019 group is beginning to display some of those characteristics:
***Feb. 2 -- Tulsa's 53.7% shooting night was a season-best for a Shocker opponent, but WSU took 18 more shots (helped by +7 margins in both rebounds and turnovers) to win by 11.
***Feb. 6 -- The Shockers hit just 39.3% from the field but held ECU to 34.6% in a 16-point road win. WSU had almost as many offensive boards (15) as ECU did defensively (20) and finished +19 overall on the glass.
***Feb. 9 -- Tulane outscored the Shockers 28-14 at the foul line, but WSU still won by 15. Aided by a +8 turnover margin and two extra rebounds, the Shockers hoisted an extra 15 shots and held Tulane to just 36.7% from the field.
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ACCESS DENIED:
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Jaime Echenique ranks 26th nationally in block percentage, per KenPom (9.8%). Among conference peers, Only Tacko Fall (13th, 12.01%) has been better.
***Going into the week, Echenique had blocked a league-high 21 shots in 11 conference games.
***18 of Echeninique's team-high 34 blocks have come in the last eight games. He had four in the Jan. 16 win over UCF and five in the Jan. 30 victory against SMU.
***Echenique has blocked at least one shot in 20 of the 23 games this year, including an active run of eight-straight. He began the year with a 10-game streak -- one just seven double-digit streaks by Shockers in the last 40 seasons.
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MARKIS ON THE MARQUEE:
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Markis McDuffie (18.9 ppg) began the week mere percentage points behind Cincinnati's Jarron Cumberland for the American Athletic Conference scoring lead.
***It's been 19 years since WSU's last scoring champ. Jason Perez averaged an MVC-best 20.2 ppg in 2000.
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American Athletic Conference Scoring Leaders (as of Feb. 11):
18.96 -- Jarron Cumberland (Cincinnati)
18.91 --
Markis McDuffie (Wichita St.)
18.1 -- Shizz Alston Jr. (Temple)
17.7 -- Jayden Gardner (ECU)
17.5 -- Jahmal McMurray (SMU)
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GOOD AND TWENTY:
***In January, McDuffie enjoyed a run of four-straight 20-point games. Three of them came against Houston, Cincinnati and UCF -- the AAC's top-3 scoring defenses.
***McDuffie's ten 20-point games ties 2014 All-American Cleanthony Early's Marshall Era record.
***In the last 20 seasons, only Jason Perez (17 in 1999-00) has posted more 20-point games.
***McDuffie is just the 12th Shocker in the last four decades to post 10-or-more games of 20+. Each of the other 11 went on to earn all-conference honors. Eight were first-teamers and five were All-Americans.
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1,000 FOR McDUFFIE (AND COUNTING):
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Markis McDuffie is the 47th member of WSU's 1,000-point club. He reached the mark in his 100th game (Dec. 8, 2018 at Okla.) and is on pace to finish the regular season with 1,420 points -- 16th all-time.
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McDuffie on WSU's All-Time Scoring List:
15. Fred VanVleet (2012-16) -- 1,439 (+151)
16. Jamie Thompson (1964-67) -- 1,359 (+71)
17. J.T. Durley (2007-11) -- 1,327 (+39)
18. Ron Harris (1969-72) -- 1,322 (+34)
19. Paul Miller (2001-06) -- 1,317 (+29)
20. P.J. Couisnard (2004-08) -- 1,303 (+15)
21. Warren Armstrong (1965-68) -- 1,301 (+13)
22. Joe Stevens (1955-58) -- 1,295 (+7)
23. Markis McDuffie (2015-Pr.) -- 1,288
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MORE McDUFFIE MILESTONES:
***In the first half of Wednesday night's game at ECU,
Markis McDuffie became the 16th player in Shocker history to record 100 career steals.
***McDuffie needs four rebounds to hit the 500-mark.
***Only seven players in program history have recorded the combo of 500 rebounds AND 100 career steals: Cheese Johnson (1975-79), Xavier McDaniel (1981-85), Jason Perez (1996-00), Jamar Howard, (2001-05), P.J. Couisnard (2004-08), Toure' Murry (2008-12) and Ron Baker (2012-16).
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McDUFFIE A TRIPLE THREAT:
***McDuffie (133 career three-pointers) hit four triples last Saturday to move into 13th on WSU's career list (133) -- most every by a non-guard. He needs just eight more to break into the top-10.
***McDuffie has hit at least one three-pointer in 14-straight games (a career-best). All-time, it's the 12th WSU streak of 14-or-more. If he extends it Sunday, he'd be just the ninth Shocker all-time with a streak of 15-or-better.
***McDuffie has hit multiple threes in 13 of the 14 games since his streak began. In that span, he's shooting 39.2% (38-of-97) from deep.
***McDuffie is sinking 2.48 threes-per-game. Just two Shockers have averaged more over a full season:
Landry Shamet (2.63 in 2018) and Sean Ogirri (2.60 in 2006).
***McDuffie is on pace to end the regular season with 74 total triples, which would be the fifth-highest single-season total in school history.
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McDuffie on WSU's All-Time Three-Point Field Goal Chart:
10. Fred VanVleet (G; 2012-16) – 141 (+8)
11. Ryan Herrs (G/F; 1992-96) – 140 (+7)
12. Toure' Murry (G; 2008-12) – 135 (+2)
13. Markis McDuffie (F; 2015-Pr.) -- 133
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THE WSU-CINCINNATI SERIES:
***This is series game No. 33. Cincinnati leads 20-12.
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Gregg Marshall is 1-2 against both Cincinnati and its head coach, Mick Cronin.
***Neither school appeared in this week's AP Top-25. One or both teams have been nationally-ranked for 21 of the 32 meetings all-time.
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IN CINCINNATI (4-11) // WSU has won just four times in 15 tries against the Bearcats' on their home floor. On Sunday, the Shockers have a shot at back-to-back road wins for just the second time in series history. They also did it in 1964 and 1965 on their way to MVC titles.
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IN WICHITA (8-9) // Cincinnati leads 9-8 in Wichita with back-to-back wins... WSU is 80-6 at Charles Koch Arena over the last six seasons. Cincinnati is the only visitor that's won twice in that span.
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2017-18 (1-1) // The teams split two epic games last year. On Feb. 18, 2018, then-No. 19 WSU ended No. 5 Cincinnati's nation-best 39-game home winning streak (76-72). Two weeks later, in the regular season finale, the tenth-ranked Bearcats returned the favor with a 62-61 win at Charles Koch Arena that denied the 11th-ranked Shockers a share of the conference crown.
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LAST MEETING:
Jan. 19, 2019 | Wichita (Charles Koch Arena)
Cincinnati 66, WSU 55
***UC broke open a close game in the final minutes.
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Markis McDuffie scored a game-high 21 points on 4-of-7 three-point shooting and shared the team lead with five rebounds. It was his fourth-consecutive 20+ point performance.
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Samajae Haynes-Jones netted 11 points. His three-pointer gave WSU a 46-45 lead with 7:00 to go.
***Back-to-back three-pointers from the Bearcats' Jarron Cumberland and Justin Jenifer gave Cincinnati the lead, 51-46, with 5:50 remaining, and WSU would get no closer than six the rest of the way.
***The Bearcats created additional separation over the next minute by sinking six-straight free throws, helped by a pair of technical fouls.
***Cumberland (18 points) and Jenifer (17 points) paced the Cincinnati offense in the contest, while Tre Scott and Nysier Brooks each snagged 10 boards.
***Cincinnati finished +12 on the glass (36-24). It was just the 18th time a
Gregg Marshall team has been out-rebounded at Charles Koch Arena.
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OTHER MEMORABLE SERIES MOMENTS:
***WSU and Cincinnati played 26 times from 1958-70 while Cincinnati was a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. The Bearcats won six-straight conference titles from 1958-63 and played in five-consecutive Final Fours, winning national titles in 1961 and 1962. The Shockers supplanted Cincinnati with back-to-back MVC titles in 1964 and 1965. The latter group reached the Final Four for the first time in school history.
***61 years ago, Bearcat legend Oscar Robertson set the Roundhouse's single-game scoring record (50 points). That mark – set March 1, 1958 in Cincinnati's first-ever visit to Wichita – still stands. It came in the arena's third year of existence.
***WSU's first series win came in 1961 (52-51). Lanny Van Eman hit the game-winning jumper with three seconds to play to stop the defending national champion Bearcats' 27-game winning streak.
***The Shockers lost six-straight times in Cincinnati before finally breaking through in 1963-64 with a 59-58 overtime victory. The sixth-ranked Shockers thought they had won the game, 56-54, in regulation on a corner jumper by Dave Stallworth, but the timekeeper ruled otherwise and officials forced the Shockers to return to the court at UC Armory Fieldhouse. After the
Shockers rallied to win (again), 59-58, some 2,000 fans were on hand to greet them at the Wichita airport. They presented the team with a trophy that included an inscription "One Game-Won Twice."
***In 1963, Stallworth produced what is regarded as the greatest game ever by a Shocker in a 65-64 win over No. 1 Cincinnati. He scored 46 points, including the game's final seven to rally from a six-point deficit. That win ended a 37-game Bearcat streak.
***In 1969, the Shockers trailed 10th-ranked UC 54-42 with 11:30 to play but won 67-66 with reserve guard Greg Rataj scoring eight points in the final minutes.
***Prior to 2018, the teams had last played on Dec. 5, 1981 at Levitt Arena (now Koch Arena). ***The future NBA trio of Xavier McDaniel, Antoine Carr and Cliff Levingston combined for 35 points and 24 rebounds, and the Shockers pulled away for an 87-67 victory. Michael Williams (24 pts, 13 reb) and Dwight Jones (13 pts, 16 reb) starred for the Bearcats.
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SCOUTING CINCINNATI:
***Cincinnati (31-5, 16-2 American in 2017-18) swept last year's American regular season and tournament titles and earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Bearcats defeated Georgia State but were upset by Nevada in the second round.
***Cincinnati is 20-5 (9-2) out of the gate in 2018-19 and its outscoring opponents by an average of 12.3 points. Just 11 teams have allowed fewer points-per-game than UC (61.8).
***The Bearcats are the nation's eighth-slowest paced team, per KenPom's tempo rankings. ***They're excellent at minimizing the total number of possessions in a game and maximizing their value. They rank among the nation's top-25 in both turnover margin (14th, +3.9) and rebound margin (23rd, +6.2).
***Cincinnati also ranks 10th nationally in offensive rebound percentage (37.0).
***Just two teams (Michigan and Nevada) have harder to steal the ball from than UC. Per KenPom, Bearcat opponents average just 6.3 steals per 100 possessions (No. 3 nationally).
***Justin Jenifer ranks third nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (4.63).
***Jarron Cumberland leads the team in scoring (19.0). He's averaging 2.5 three-pointers per game on 42.4% distance shooting.
***Tre Scott has six double-doubles and is the team's top rebounder (6.3).
***Nysier Brooks has a team-high 36 blocks and averages 2.3 offensive rebounds per game.
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MATCHUP MASHUP:
***Last Wednesday's win at ECU was Wichita State's first true road win of the year. The Shockers are 1-6 in enemy territory. From 2013-18, WSU was the nation's best road team at 49-8 (.860).
***One of the biggest adjustments for young Division I players is absorbing complex scouting reports and then drawing from them during the heat of battle.
Gregg Marshall hopes the second time around the conference loop comes with less of a learning curve. Cincinnati is WSU's first repeat opponent of the year and kicks off a stretch of a seven-straight rematches.
***WSU is becoming more accustomed to life in The American, but year-two road trips have still been mostly new adventures. Five of the nine conference road venues (including FifthThird Arena) are first-time visits. WSU did not play at USF or Tulane last year. Games at Houston and Cincinnati took place off campus due to renovations. The Shockers played UConn in Storrs, Conn. this year after playing last season's matchup in Hartford.
***Cincinnati's Mick Cronin was named 2018 Sporting News National Coach of the Year. WSU's Marshall won the award in 2014. Seven men, including Marshall and Cronin, have coached in each of the last seven NCAA Tournaments.
***UC's Jarron Cumberland (12) and WSU's
Markis McDuffie (10) rank first and third in the conference in 20-point games.
***Per KenPom, Cumberland takes a league-high 31.8% of the shots when he's on the floor (No. 42 nationally). McDuffie ranks third on the AAC leaderboard at 29.8%.
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A SHOCKER WIN WOULD…
… make them 13-11.
… extend their winning streak to five games.
… make them .500 in AAC play (6-6) after a 1-6 start.
… give them back-to-back wins at Cincinnati.
… salvage a split in the season series.
… make WSU 13-20 all-time against UC.
… make Marshall 2-2 vs. UC (and Mick Cronin).
… move Marshall to within seven wins of 500 for his career (493-192) and within one of 300 at WSU.
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A SHOCKER LOSS WOULD…
… drop their record to 12-13 (5-7 American).
… snap a four-game winning streak.
… be the first time since 2012-13 (Evansville) that a conference opponent has swept the Shockers.
… be less good than a win.
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UP NEXT:
***WSU travels to Tulsa (14-10, 4-7) Wednesday night for an 8 p.m. CT tip on ESPNU.
***WSU won Feb. 2 in Wichita, 79-68, and will try for a series sweep for the second year in a row. The Shockers have won four-straight and 11 of the last 12 series meetings with Tulsa.
***Next home action comes Saturday, Feb. 23 vs. Memphis at 7 p.m. CT. Single-game seats are available, online at GoShockers.com/Tickets or through the Shocker Ticket Office at 316-978-FANS
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