WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita State hosts Tulsa in the first of three straight home games on Wednesday, Jan. 15 for a 6:30 p.m. tip on ESPN3.

ON THE AIR
Wednesday'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 sixth season broadcasting games for the women's program. The game will also be streamed online via ESPN3 and the ESPN app.

100 
Wichita State scored 100 points in its victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Monday, Dec. 16, marking the first time since 1999 the Shockers have reached the century mark. It is only the sixth time in program history that a Wichita State team has put 100 points on the scoreboard. They are 6-0 all-time when scoring 100-plus.

LAST TIME OUT
Wichita State won its first conference game of 2020 with a 61-53 road win at ECU on Sunday. The win also marked the first-ever in Greenville. Wichita State had been 0-2 entering the matchup. Wichita State committed a season-high 27 turnovers - 18 of them steals for ECU, a season high for an opponent. Wichita State improved to 8-0 on the season when winning the rebound battle. Wichita State attempted 40 free throws, the second time this season shooting 40 or more free throws. Mariah McCully moved her streak of double-figure scoring games to 10 in a row after finishing with 11. Trajata Colbert recorded her first game with 10 or more points since the season opener. She led the Shockers with 12 points off the bench.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN HURRICANE
Tulsa enters the matchup at 5-11 overall and 0-3 in league play. The Golden Hurricane have dropped their first three matchups to open American Athletic Conference play (Temple, Tulane and USF). Wichita native Kendrian Elliott leads Tulsa in scoring (15.6), rebounding (8.8) and blocked shots (24), while Alexis Gaulden spearheads the backcourt. Gaulden is tops on the team in assists (68) and steals (37). Elliott's seven double-doubles rank second in The American and 27th nationally. She also ranks second in the league in field goal percentage (57.4%) and rebounds (140). Gaulden has 68 assists on the year, good for an average of 4.5 per game, which both put her at No. 2 in the conference. As a team, Tulsa has 152 steals through 16 games, which ranks third in The American and 61st in the country.

THE SERIES VS. TULSA
Wichita State and Tulsa have met 21 times, dating all the way back to the first meeting on March 2, 1978. The Shockers own a 17-4 record vs. Tulsa and a 9-1 mark in Wichita. Wichita State had won nine straight meetings before the two programs became league members in 2017. Since joining The American, Wichita State and Tulsa have split the season series in each of the last two seasons.

LAST MEETING
Wichita State and Tulsa met in the regular season finale on March 4, 2019 - a WSU win in Wichita, 71-49. Just four days later the two teams squared off in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Championship. Tulsa eliminated the Shockers from tournament play, 61-50. Wichita State made just 2-of-8 three-point attempts and shot 31.4 percent overall. Tulsa connected on nearly 40 percent of its field goal tries. Seraphine Bastin finished with a double-double, 13 points and 10 rebounds and Carla Bremaud added 10 points.

ABOUT THE HURRICANE
Located in Tulsa, Okla., Tulsa University has an enrollment of 4,412 as a member of the American Athletic Conference. Tulsa returns 10 letterwinners and four starters off last year's squad that finished 13-18 and 6-10 in The American. The Hurricane were picked to finish 10th by the league's coaches in the American Athletic Conference Preseason Poll. Wichita native Kendrian Elliott is a senior for the Golden Hurricane after finishing her prep career at Wichita South High School. Head Matilda Mossman is in her ninth season leading the Golden Hurricane, and has a career record of 257-245 after 17 seasons at Arkansas, Kansas State and now Tulsa. Mossman took over a five-win team and in just her second year won a conference championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Mossman led Tulsa to an 18-14 mark in 2014-15, the school's first winning season since 2006. They advanced to the WNIT Second Round during that season.

SHOCKERS MAKE AMERICAN RECORD BOOK 
In Wichita State's 100-50 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Monday, Dec. 16, the Shockers tied the conference single-game record with 36 made free throws, going a collective 36-of-45 (80 percent) from the charity stripe. That performance draws even with USF's 36 foul shots against UCF on Jan. 5, 2016. WSU finished one make shy of the top mark in school history (37, in 2005).

A SHOCKER WIN WOULD...
... make them 10-7 on the season
... make them 2-2 in conference play
... run their record to 18-4 all-time vs. Tulsa
... run Adams' career coaching record to 447-288
... make Adams 320-251 at the Division I level
... make them 372-232 all-time in Charles Koch Arena
... make Wichita State 606-690 all-time

A SHOCKER LOSS WOULD...
... drop them to 9-8 to begin the season
... make them 1-3 in conference play
... drop them to 17-5 all-time vs. Tulsa
... lower Adams' career coaching record to 446-289
... make Adams 319-252 at the Division I level
... make them 371-233 all-time in Charles Koch Arena
... make Wichita State 605-691 all-time

BEST DECADE YET
Wichita State's win over Grambling State on Dec. 30 was the final contest of 2019 and decade for the Shocker basketball program. It signaled the end of the most successful 10-year run in program history, as Wichita State compiled 182 wins over the decade, which included three MVC Regular Season and Tournament Championships, three NCAA Appearances, 12 all-conference selections and one All-American and WNBA Draft Pick in future Shocker Hall of Famer Alex Harden.

OH MY MARIAH
Junior Mariah McCully has been on a tear recently for the Shockers. Over her last 10 games, McCully is averaging 14.7 points with outputs of 13 at Missouri State and Tulane, 25 vs. Eastern Michigan, 14 at Creighton, 17 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 10 against Montana State and Virginia Tech, 18 vs. Grambling, 16 at UConn and 11 at ECU. Her 11 games of 10 or more points this season rank first on the team and she is Wichita State's leading scorer on the year at 12.8 per game. McCully has played in 14 games this season and her lowest scoring total was five points at Louisiana Tech. On the defensive side of the ball, McCully has been a pest to opposing offenses. She has recorded multiple steals in eight of the last nine games, including four or more three times. In those nine games, she is averaging 3.0 steals a contest.

MAKE IT RAIN
Wichita State poured in 12 three-pointers in only 22 attempts in its victory over Oklahoma on Saturday, Nov. 30. The 12 made three-pointers are the most in a single game since Dec. 30, 2006, when the Shockers made 12-of-24 against Evansville. The school record for made triples in a single game is 14, which was set in 1999. Wichita State has made 10 or more three-pointers only four times between 2006 and Nov. 30, 2019.

UAPB LEFTOVERS
Wichita State's big win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Dec. 16 was a career day for several Shockers.
• Senior Ashley Reid scored a game-high tying and career-high 17 points. It marked just the third time in her Shocker career scoring 10 or more points. Reid also set career bests in free throws made (8), attempted (9), assists (7), rebounds (4) and steals (3).
• Senior Maya Brewer registered a career-high 16 points, while going a career-best 7-of-9 from the free throw line.
• Junior Mariah McCully topped the 10-point mark for the fourth straight game with a game-high tying 17 points to go with a career-high six rebounds. She was perfect from the free throw line, going 8-for-8 - both career bests.
• Junior Vendela Danielsson recorded her first career points as a Shocker, tallying all 10 after halftime on 3-of-7 shooting from long range.
• Redshirt sophomore Asia Henderson just missed her first career double-double with eight points and a personal-best 12 rebounds. Henderson also blocked a career-high five shots.
• Redshirt freshman Natalia Ryng checked in for the first time as a Shocker and finished with two points in 10 minutes.

OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN(S)
The votes are in. Wichita State women's basketball will feature three team captains in 2019-20 - senior Ashley Reid and sophomores Seraphine Bastin and Trajata Colbert. Selected by their teammates, the trio will be looked upon to lead the Shocker basketball program for the remainder of the campaign.

UP NEXT
Wichita State continues its homestand on Sunday, Jan. 19 when the Temple Owls make the trip to Wichita for a 2 p.m. contest.