Wichita State (2-0) at Denver (1-1)
Monday, Nov. 15, 2021 | 8 PM CT | Hamilton Gymnasium
DenverPioneers.com | KFH 97.5 FM/1240 AM 

WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita State makes a stop in Denver to face the Pioneers Monday night, as its three-game road trip rolls on.

ON THE AIR
Monday's game can be heard on the radio at KFH 97.5 FM/1240 AM with Steve Strain calling the action. Strain is in his eighth season as the radio voice for Wichita State women's basketball. The game will also be streamed online through DenverPioneers.com (Subscription Required).

LAST TIME OUT
Wichita State won its first non-conference road game since Nov. 20, 2019 at Louisiana Tech with a 57-48 victory at Wyoming Saturday. Asia Strong was the lone Shocker in double figures with 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting and seven rebounds. Seraphine Bastin grabbed 10 rebounds for the second straight game to begin the season. She just missed a double-double with nine points. Jane Asinde set a season high with nine rebounds. Wichita State has held its first two opponents to 19.5 percent shooting from 3-point range after holding Wyoming to 5-of-24. WSU trailed by seven in the second quarter, before taking a one-point lead into halftime. They never trailed again.

SCOUTING THE PIONEERS
THE SERIES VS. DENVER
This will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs.

SHOCKERS WIN BIG
Wichita State defeated Chicago State, 78-34, in the season opener on Nov. 9. The 44-point win marked just the third time in the Keitha Adams era the Shockers have won by 40-plus points. Wichita State defeated Alcorn State, 87-46 (+41) in 2017 and Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 100-50 (+50) in 2019. Additionally, the 34 points allowed were the fewest an opponent has scored in the Adams era.

HOMETOWN KID MAKES DEBUT
Wichita native Ella Anciaux made her collegiate debut vs. Chicago State (Nov. 9) and made an instant impact. The true freshman tallied 10 points and eight rebounds in 21 minutes off the bench.

STARTING OFF STRONG
Wichita State senior forward Asia Strong wasted little time settling in during her first season at Wichita State in 2020-21. The South Bend, Ind., native scored 10 or more points in 16 of the team's 18 games, including four games of 20 or more. In Wichita State's 11 league games, she scored 11 or more in every game and averaged 15.4 points. Strong set a season high in points vs. Tulsa in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Championship with 24 points. She led Wichita State in scoring at 15.2 points per game, which ranked fourth in the American Athletic Conference.

DYNAMIC POINT GUARD
• Wichita State point guard Seraphine Bastin had her best season in a Shocker uniform in 2020-21. Bastin averaged 10.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.3 steals a game, while shooting 78.7 percent from the free throw line. The 5-foot-8 guard led the team in rebounding, assists, steals and double-doubles. In The American, Bastin ranked second in free throw percentage, third in assists, fourth in rebounding and fifth in assist-turnover ratio.

• Bastin is on the brink of entering the Wichita State top 10 list for career assists. She comes into the 2021-22 season needing only 14 assists to crack the top 10. Allison Daniel currently holds the No. 10 spot with 308 career dimes. Bastin is already in the top 10 for career assists per game at 3.8. Her 3.8 helpers rank ninth best in school history.

• The Dinant, Belgium, native has a bulldog mentality and that is evident in her rebounding. Bastin led Wichita State and ranked sixth in the American Athletic Conference in rebounding at 7.7 per game and 131 total rebounds in 2020-21. Her 131 rebounds were 15 more than the next closest Shocker, which was Trajata Colbert with 116. Bastin has been one of the program's best rebounders since she arrived in 2018. She has 421 career rebounds, far and away the team's active leader. She has averaged 4.6 rebounds or more every season, including her career best 7.7 in 2020-21.

• With another season of eligibility remaining after the 2021-22 season, Bastin could find herself among the Shocker greats. She is on pace to finish her career with more than 1,000 points, 600 rebounds, 400 assists and 150 steals. Only one player in Wichita State history has accomplished that feat - Alex Harden. As it stands now, Bastin has 642 career points, 449 rebounds, 302 assists and 107 steals.

BREMAUD ON THE CAREER CHARTS      
Wichita State junior guard Carla Bremaud comes into the 2021-22 season already in the top 10 for three-pointers attempted in a career at Wichita State. Her 373 three-point attempts place her in sixth and needing three more to pass Haleigh Lankster for fifth in school history. Bremaud also passed Jessica Diamond and Shelley Crow for seventh place on the career three-pointers made list. She now has 120 made treys and is two shy of moving into sole possession of sixth place. Bremaud swished  her 100th career three-pointer vs. Cincinnati on Jan. 2.

SHOCKERS PICKED EIGHTH IN PRESEASON POLL
Wichita State was picked to finish eighth in the American Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll. The Shockers garnered 36 points from the league's coaches, just two points behind seventh-place East Carolina. The defending champions, South Florida, was picked to repeat after receiving 10 first place votes and 100 points. UCF (91), Houston (77), Tulane (72) and Temple (69) round out the top five.

STRONG LANDS ON PRESEASON FIRST TEAM
Wichita State senior forward Asia Strong became the first Shocker to earn Preseason All-Conference First Team honors as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The league's coaches voted Strong to the first team after she averaged 15.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game a season ago. Strong was one of six players on the first team, joined by three from South Florida, one from UCF and the preseason Player of the Year, Mia Davis, from Temple.

UP NEXT
The Shockers conclude their three-game road trip vs. former MVC rival, Northern Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 20 in Cedar Falls, Iowa.