WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita State welcomes No. 3/2 UConn to Wichita for its first-ever visit Tuesday night for a 6:30 p.m. tip.

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On The Air
Tuesday's game can be heard online at GoShockers.com/Listen with the voice of Shocker Women's Basketball Steve Strain calling the action. Strain is in his fifth season broadcasting games for the women's program. The game will also be televised on SNY/ESPN3 and streamed through the WatchESPN App and ESPN.com/Watch.
 

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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 25 in her first two seasons at Wichita State. She has a career record of 309-241.

Last Time Out
Wichita State fell 2-1 all-time vs. USF... USF's 51 total rebounds were a season high for a Shocker opponent... USF grabbed 22 offensive rebounds, the second most the Shockers have given up this season... USF blocked 11 of WSU's attempts, tying a season high... WSU held USF to 11.1 percent shooting from three-point range, the 10th opponent WSU has held to 20 percent or less... Senior Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage recorded her fourth straight game of 10 or more points and 12th of the season... Redshirt junior Raven Prince grabbed 10 rebounds.

Youngsters
Wichita State's roster consists of seven 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
 

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The Series vs. UConn
Wichita State and UConn have met just once prior to Tuesday's matchup, with the Huskies holding a 1-0 advantage after the two programs met for the first time a season ago on Feb. 10, 2018 in Hartford. Wichita State and UConn will meet for the first time in Wichita.

Last Meeting
UConn handed the Shockers one of their worst losses in program history with a 124-43 win in Hartford, Conn. Wichita State made just 1-of-15 attempts from three-point range and shot 31.6 percent overall. The Shockers committed a season-high 28 turnovers. UConn blistered the nets to the tune of 71.2 percent overall and 50 percent from beyond the arc. They dished out 32 assists on 47 made field goals. Rangie Bessard was the only Shocker in double-figures, scoring a team-high 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting. Angiee Tompkins added nine rebounds to go with eight points.

Scouting the Huskies
No. 3/2 UConn has held a top-five national ranking all season, despite having lost multiple regular season games for the first time since 2012-13. The Huskies have dominated the American Athletic Conference since joining the league in 2013-14, owning a perfect 98-0 record in league regular season games and 113-0 including postseason. UConn has three players (Napheesa Collier, Crystal Dangerfield and Katie Lou Samuelson) on the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20. Dangerfield is one of the country's top point guards, ranking 8th nationally in assist-turnover ratio and assists. Collier is 4th nationally in field goals made, 8th in field goal percentage and 13th in points.

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Is Bri The Key?
Wichita State senior forward Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage is more times than not the key to Wichita State's success this season. In the Shockers' 11 wins, Lozada-Cabbage leads the team in scoring and rebounding at 10.7 points and 6.5 rebounds on 50.5 percent shooting and an 81.0 percent mark at the free throw line. Nine of her 17 made three-pointers have also come in Wichita State victories. Her 19 assists rank second on the team and she's third on the team in steals with 14. In Wichita State's 15 losses, Lozada-Cabbage averages only 7.4 points and 5.3 rebounds, while shooting 43.0 percent from the field and 34.8 percent from beyond the arc. Her free throw shooting even takes a dip down to 70.8 percent. In the 15 games, she has committed 44 fouls (fouled out twice) and turned the ball over 32 times.

Bastin's Boards
Freshman guard Seraphine Bastin has been Wichita State's best rebounders of late. The 5-foot-8 point guard has pulled down six or more rebounds in eight of the last 11 games, including a season-high 10 twice (vs. Memphis and ECU on Jan. 12 and Jan. 29). She is averaging 6.4 rebounds per game over a 11-game stretch. In conference play (13 games), Bastin has a team-high 78 rebounds - 11 more than the next closest Shocker (Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage, 67) - good for a 6.0 rebound per game average.

Guarding the 3-Point Line
Wichita State's three-point defense has been especially stout of late. The Shockers have held their last seven opponents under the 30 percent mark from beyond the arc - four of those under 20 percent. Their opponents are a combined 26-of-134 (19.4 percent) from long range. When including all of conference play, Wichita State has limited its opponents to 66-of-257 - good for a 25.7 percent marksmanship. For the entire season, Wichita State opponents are shooting 27.9 percent from long range, which ranks 28th nationally and second in The American. Ten times this season their foes have failed to top 20 percent shooting from three-point range in a game.

Offensive Rebounds > Defensive Rebounds
Redshirt junior forward Raven Prince is on pace to finish the season with more offensive rebounds than defensive rebounds. Through 26 games this season, Prince has pulled down 117 total rebounds and 67 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 306 total offensive rebounds and Prince makes up 22 percent of that number.

Bri Reaches 100
Senior forward Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage played in her 100th career game on Feb. 23 at USF. The Santa Fe, N.M., native has played in 100 games, making 74 starts during her four-year career. So far this season she is just one of two Shockers to start every game - along with freshman guard Seraphine Bastin.

Championship Session Tickets On Sale
Single-session tickets for the 2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship are now available. The Championship will be held March 8-11 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Tickets can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com or through the Mohegan Sun box office (800-745-3000). Ticket packages, which include admission to all four days of competition remain available for $109 each. Information on discounts for groups of 10 or more people is available through the Connecticut Sun Group Sales Department at (860) 862-4000.

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
The Shockers travel to Philadelphia for their final regular season road game to face Temple on Saturday, March 2, before returning home for the regular season finale against Tulsa on March 4.