WICHITA, Kan. - Old Missouri Valley Conference foes meet again. Wichita State is set to host Northern Iowa Sunday evening at 5 p.m., as part of a Shocker doubleheader.

ON THE AIR
Sunday'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 seventh season broadcasting games for the women's program. The game will also be televised on ESPN+ with Shane Dennis and Tracey Anderson on the call. 

THE AMERICAN ON ESPN+ 
The American Athletic Conference is in its first season of a new TV deal that will see a majority of Wichita State's games televised on ESPN+. Fans can find more information and how to subscribe to ESPN+ here.

LAST TIME OUT
Wichita State improved to 3-0 on the season with a 57-53 victory over Southern on Friday. The Shockers are 3-0 for the second time under head coach Keitha Adams. Wichita State set season lows in field goal percentage (44.7 percent), three-pointers made (2) and percentage (20.0 percent), free throw percentage (52.0 percent), asssists (10) and rebound margin (-7). Wichita State did block a season-high six shots. Seraphine Bastin and DJ McCarty scored a team-high tying 11 points, while McCarty also dished six assists. Her six assists tied a career high which she set the game prior. Asia Strong notched her third straight game in double figures with 10 points.

STRONG START
Wichita State junior forward Asia Strong made a strong impression in her Shocker debut against Texas A&M Corpus Christi on Nov. 27. The South Bend, Ind., native logged a game-high 20 points on 9-of-15 shooting to go with six rebounds in her first Division I contest. She scored 11 of her 20 points in the first half to help the Shockers begin to pull away from a pesky A&M Corpus Christi squad. Strong followed that performance with a 16-point outing against Alcorn on Nov. 30. She scored 12 of her game-high 16 after halftime. She then notched her third straight game in double figures with 10 points vs. Southern on Dec. 4.

SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
Northern Iowa is 1-2 to start to the 2020-21 campaign with a win over Creighton and losses to Iowa and North Dakota State. Kam Finley averages a team-high 14.0 points per game. She is one of four Panthers scoring 10-plus points a contest followed by Karli Rucker (11.3 ppg), Megan Maahs (10.7 ppg) and Emerson Green (10.3 ppg). Rucker leads UNI in assists with 11 and Cynthia Wolf defends the paint, blocking six shots this season - good for 18th nationally. As a team, UNI ranks top 25 nationally in three-pointers made (17th), three-pointers attempted (22nd) and blocked shots (19th). UNI sits in the top 50 in free throws made (48th) and attempted (44th).

THE SERIES VS. UNI
Wichita State and Northern Iowa have met 75 times dating all the way back to Jan. 6, 1984. The two programs played every year from 1984-2017, before WSU's move to The American. UNI has won the last five meetings. Sunday's matchup will be the 36th meeting in Wichita. The Shockers own a 19-16 mark against the Panthers when playing at home.

LAST MEETING
In the second game of the season, Wichita State dropped a 61-50 contest to Northern Iowa on Nov. 9, 2019. Trajata Colbert scored a team-high 12 points and Maya Brewer added 11. UNI's Karli Rucker finished with a game-high 18. The Panthers' top three scorers from the game all return for this season's matchup. Wichita State could never find a rhythm offensively. The Shockers shot just 30 percent overall, and were 1-for-12 from beyond the arc. At the free throw line, Wichita State didn't fare much better, going 13-for-24. UNI converted just 5-of-22 attempts from long range, but cashed in 18-of-20 tries from the free throw line to help offset 27 turnovers.

HOME OPENERS
Wichita State opened its home slate vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi on Friday, Nov. 27 for the 2020-21 season. The Shockers are 30-17 all-time in home openers after defeating the Islanders, 78-58.

A SHOCKER WIN WOULD...
... make them 4-0 on the season
... move them to 36-40 all-time vs. UNI
... snap a five-game losing streak vs. the Panthers
... run Adams' career coaching record to 457-296
... make Adams 330-259 at the Division I level
... make Wichita State 378-236 all-time in Charles Koch Arena
... make Wichita State 616-698 all-time

A SHOCKER LOSS WOULD...
... make them 3-1 to start the season
... drop them to 35-41 all-time vs. UNI
... lower Adams' career coaching record to 456-297
... make Adams 329-260 at the Division I level
... make Wichita State 377-237 all-time in Charles Koch Arena
... make Wichita State 615-699 all-time

MCCULLY LANDS ON PRESEASON SECOND TEAM    
Wichita State senior guard Mariah McCully became the first Shocker to collect preseason accolades for Wichita State since joining the American Athletic Conference when she was placed on the Preseason All-Conference Second Team by the league's coaches. McCully earned All-Conference Third Team honors after leading Wichita State in scoring (12.6 ppg) and steals (56) as a junior in 2019-20.

SHOCKERS PICKED 6TH IN PRESEASON POLL
Wichita State was picked to finish 6th in the American Athletic Conference by the league's coaches. It is the highest preseason pick for the Shockers since joining The American. WSU returns 65.0 percent of its scoring from a season ago, including All-Conference Second Team selection Mariah McCully.

BREMAUD ON THE CAREER CHARTS      
Wichita State junior guard Carla Bremaud comes into the 2020-21 season already in the top 10 for three-pointers attempted in a career at Wichita State. Her 296 three-point attempts place her in ninth and needing just eight more to pass Shelley Crow for eighth in school history. Bremaud also passed Lexee McDonnell for 10th place on the career three-pointers made list. She now has 96 made triples and needing only three to move into ninth.

UP NEXT
Non-Conference play wraps up with a home contest against South Dakota on Dec. 10 at 6 p.m. on ESPN+. The Shockers then open American Athletic Conference play on the road at Tulsa on Dec. 16.