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Shockers Set for Downtown Clash with K-State

12/4/2021 12:18:00 PM

KANSAS STATE (4-2, 0-0 Big 12) at WICHITA STATE (5-1, 0-0 AAC)
Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021 | 5:05 p.m. CT
Wichita, Kan. | INTRUST Bank Arena (15,004)
 
Tickets: selectaseat.com
TV: ESPNU w/ Mike Corey & Jon Crispin
Radio: KEYN 103.7 FM (GoShockers.com/Listen) w/ Mike Kennedy & Dave Dahl
Live Stats: ShockerStats.com
Series: KSU leads 20-11 (WSU leads 9-6 in Wichita)
Last: Dec. 10, 2003 in Manhattan (KSU, 54-50)
 

OPENING TIPS:
  • Wichita State and Kansas State renew their in-state rivalry this Sunday at INTRUST Bank Arena.
  • It's the 32nd meeting all-time in a series that began in 1932 but has been dormant for 18 years. The schools last played on Dec. 10, 2003 in Manhattan.
  • The Shockers trail 20-11 but are 9-6 in Wichita.
  • Fans won't have to wait nearly as long for the next installment with future stops already planned for K-State's Bramlage Coliseum ('22), Kansas City's T-Mobile Center ('23) and WSU's Charles Koch Arena ('24).
  • Although it takes place off campus, Sunday's contest counts as a home game on WSU's NCAA tournament resume and a true road game for K-State.
  • WSU has won 12-straight at home, last losing to Oklahoma State on Dec. 12, 2020.
  • Shocker teams are 8-2 at INTRUST Bank Arena. With the exception of 2020 (COVID), WSU has played a downtown game in every season since it opened (2010-11).
  • In that 12-year span, WSU is 157-19 (.892) in Wichita.
  • K-State is 2-2 at INTRUST Bank Arena with wins over Gonzaga (2013) and Colorado State (2015) and losses to West Virginia (2011) and Tulsa (2017).
  • Going back to the 2008, WSU has won 10 of its last 16 against Big 12 teams.
  • Winners of three-straight, the Shockers are coming off back-to-back true road wins over 2021 NCAA tournament teams, Mizzou and Oklahoma State. Their only loss came in OT to undefeated and 11th-ranked Arizona.
  • In Wednesday's 60-51 victory at OSU, the Shockers trailed 45-38 at the midway point of the second half but finished on a 22-6 run. Ricky Council IV made five-straight shots over that stretch on his way to a team-high 17 points. WSU forced 21 Cowboy turnovers and held the hosts to 37.5% shooting from the field.
  • WSU has now won seven straight non-conference road games. Each of the last six in that stretch have come against major conference foes (Clemson, Indiana, OSU, Ole Miss, Missouri & OSU again).
  • WSU has held five of its seven opponents this year under 60 points and forces an average of 17.7 turnovers-per-game. Foes are shooting just 26.3% from three (24th nationally).
  • Per KenPom, WSU ranks 14th nationally in turnover percentage. Opponents have turned the ball over on more than a quarter (25.3%) of their possessions.
  • Five of the Shockers' seven games this year have been decided by two possessions in either direction. WSU is 4-1 in those contests.
 

LAST TIME OUT:
Dec. 1 in Stillwater, Okla. | WSU 60, Oklahoma State 51
  • Down 45-38 at the midway point of the second half WSU finished the game on a 22-6 run.
  • Ricky Council IV made five straight shots during that stretch for 12 of his team-high 17 points.
  • WSU notched its third straight win at Gallagher-Iba. Prior to 2017, Shockers teams had been 2-15 all-time in Stillwater.
  • The road team has now won six-straight in the WSU-OSU series.
  • OSU missed its last nine field goal attempts and saw a five-game winning streak snapped.
  • Council went 7-of-11 from the field, including 3-of-3 from distance, to go with seven rebounds, four assists, three steals and a block. The Shockers were an incredible +30 with Council on the floor.
  • Morris Udeze was another second-half catalyst, scoring seven of his 13 points over the final 10:13.
  • Clarence "Monzy" Jackson added a season-high 10 points in just 17 minutes off the bench.
  • Craig Porter Jr. grabbed a team-high eight rebounds and stacked up four assists and three steals.
  • Avery Anderson III led OSU with 17 points and Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe supplied 10 rebounds.
  • WSU tallied 10 steals and induced 21 OSU turnovers.
  • OSU shot 37.5% and made just 9-of-19 free throws.
  • OSU scored the game's first 10 points and opened the second half on another 10-0 run. WSU rallied in both instances with a timely switch to zone defense. The Shockers used a 17-4 run to build a 31-29 halftime lead. They didn't score until the 12:48-mark of the second but regrouped behind Council's scoring binge.
 
TRENDING:
  • 6-8 Morris Udeze has won the opening tipoff in six straight games. Three of those wins came against 7-footers.
  • Qua Grant has at least one steal in each of the first seven games. He's the first Shocker to do that since Tekele Cotton (2014-15).
  • WSU is forcing 17.7 turnovers-per-game. Just two Shockers teams have averaged more over a full season. Gene Smithson's first two squads forced 20.3 (1978-79) and 18.6 (1979-80) respectively.
  • WSU entered the weekend as one of 16 schools with a home winning streak of a dozen-or-more games. Gonzaga owns the longest active string at 56, followed by Liberty (39), Prairie View A&M (35) and Houston (29).
 
 
ON THIS DATE: DEC. 5:
  • Dec. 5 is WSU's most-successful date, by percentage (minimum 10 games played). Shockers teams are 18-3 with eight consecutive wins. WSU's last Dec. 5 loss came in double-overtime at George Mason in 1987.
  • The Shockers are 6-2 in December games under Isaac Brown with five-straight wins.
1964 – Helped by Dave Stallworth's 37, the Shockers set a school record for points in a 114-78 win over Long Beach State. The mark held for just over two years.
1981 – Tournament MVP Antoine Carr led a group of five double-figure scorers with 16 points to propel WSU past Cincinnati, 87-67, in the McDonalds Classic title game at Levitt Arena.
2001 – WSU's most-recent win over K-State came exactly 20 years ago (65-56 at Bramlage Coliseum). The Shockers snapped a 14-game road losing streak, helped by 20 points and 10 rebounds from Troy Mack and coach Mark Turgeon's 2-3 zone, which confounded the host Wildcats into a couple of long scoring droughts.
 

THE SERIES WITH K-STATE:
  • K-State leads the all-time series, 20-11. The Shockers are 9-6 against the Wildcats in Wichita but just 2-14 in Manhattan.
  • WSU and K-State played a closed-door scrimmage in 2009 but haven't played publicly since Dec. 10, 2003 (a 54-50 KSU win in Manhattan).
  • The Shockers last hosted the Wildcats on Dec. 14, 2002, albeit off campus. Due to renovations, the game was played at the Kansas Coliseum.
  • K-State's last visit to the Roundhouse came pre-renovation (Nov. 21, 2000). The Shockers opened the Mark Turgeon Era with a 76-66 victory.
  • The most notable series meeting came in the 1964 Midwest Regional Final, played inside the Roundhouse. Dave Stallworth (37 points, 16 rebounds) outdueled fellow All-American Willie Murrell (28 pts, 10 reb), but the Wildcats escaped Wichita with a 94-86 win.
  • A year later, WSU again advanced to the regional final round, this time defeating Oklahoma State to punch its first Final Four ticket. That game was played at K-State's Ahearn Fieldhouse
  • For years that was WSU's lone bright spot in Manhattan. The Shockers lost its first 12 road games at K-State before finally breaking through in 1996.
 
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS:
  • KSU returns four lettermen from a team that finished 9-20 (4-14 Big 12) in 2020-21.
  • 6-foot-3 super-senior Mike McGuirl was an honorable mention All-Big 12 pick last year after averaging 11.8 points, 3.6 assists and 10 steal.
  • Also back are 7-footer Davion Bradford, 6-4 guard Selton Miguel and 6-0 guard Nijel Pack. That trio combined for 71 starts last year as true freshmen.
  • Pack has taken a leap forward in his sophomore season, averaging a team-best 15.8 points through the first six games. He's knocked down 18 threes on 48.6% accuracy.
  • KSU has also benefited from the addition of two talented four-transfers:
  • 6-4 guard Mark Smith (Mizzou) is contributing 9.3 points and a team-best 7.5 rebounds and 5-foot-8 guard Markquis Nowell (Little Rock) averages 11.7 points and a team-high 2.1 steals-per-contest.
  • Picked ninth out of 10 in the Big 12 preseason poll, the Wildcats are out to a 4-2 start with their lone losses coming to nationally-ranked Arkansas and Illinois.
  • KSU is outscoring opponents by an average of 13.2-per-game and out-rebounding them by 4.5.
  • The Wildcats are limiting foes to 37.1% from the field (21st nationally) and 23.7% from three (sixth).
 
MATCHUP MASHUP:
  • K-State's Mark Smith faced the Shockers last year while playing for Mizzou. He scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed six rebounds in the Tigers' 72-62 win.
  • WSU's Director of Player Development, Nick Jones was as a student manager at K-State for five seasons (2009-14), the first three under Frank Martin and the last two under Bruce Weber. The Wildcats made the NCAA tournament in all five of his years, highlighted by a run to the 2010 Elite Eight and a share of the 2013 Big 12 regular season title.
  • WSU is 1-10 all-time against Bruce Weber but faces him for the first time at K-State. He guided Southern Illinois to nine victories in 10 meetings between 1998 and 2003 and added another in 2005 with Illinois.
 
 
ABOUT INTRUST BANK ARENA:
  • Located in the heart of downtown Wichita, INTRUST Bank Arena regularly hosts a range of concerts and sporting events. It's also home to the ECHL's Wichita Thunder hockey team
  • Seating capacity at INTRUST Bank Arena ranges from 13,450 for hockey to a maximum of 15,004 for basketball and concerts, and its list of amenities include 22 suites, 40 loge boxes and 300 premium seats.
  • INTRUST Bank Arena has twice hosted NCAA Tournament action (2011 women's first and second round and the 2018 men's first and second rounds). The building was one of the scheduled host sites for the 2020 men's tournament, which was canceled due to COVID-19, but it remains in the regular hosting rotation with the 2022 women's Sweet and Elite Eight and 2025 men's first and second round games.
 
WICHITA STATE AT INTRUST BANK ARENA:
  • Wichita State annually hosts a non-conference men's basketball date downtown. The list of Shocker foes includes Tulsa (2010), UAB (2011), Southern Miss (2012 & 2018), Tennessee (2013), Saint Louis (2014), Utah (2015), Oklahoma State (2016) and Oklahoma (2017 & 2019).
  • WSU is 8-2 all-time at the arena and has played four games there in front of capacity crowds.
 
Dec. 21, 2010 -- WSU 82, Tulsa 79
WSU's first appearance in the new building came against its oldest rival. The crowd of 14,112 was, at the time, the largest to ever watch a college basketball game in Wichita. David Kyles hit three treys in the first two minutes of the game and scored 14 of the Shockers' first 16 points. Garrett Stutz added 20 points, and the Shockers sent the fans home happy.
 
Nov. 25, 2011 -- WSU 68, UAB 46
One of the best defensive performances of the Gregg Marshall era came in year-two of the downtown series, when WSU held a UAB team fresh off a Conference USA title and a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament to just 46 points.
 
Dec. 22, 2012 -- WSU 59, Southern Miss 51
In another defensive masterpiece against a Southern Miss squad that would go on to post 27 wins, WSU overcame a 12-point second half deficit by limiting the Eagles to four points over the final eight minutes.
 
Dec. 14, 2013 -- #12 WSU 70, Tennessee 61
WSU clinched the best start in school history by beating eventual Sweet-16 qualifier Tennessee, 70-61, to improve to 10-0. Tekele Cotton led the way with 19 points.
 
Dec. 6, 2014 -- #8 WSU 81, Saint Louis 52
The Shockers posted the most lopsided win in INTRUST Bank Arena history in December of 2014, crushing defending Atlantic-10 champion, Saint Louis by 29 points.
 
Dec. 12, 2015 -- WSU 67, #25 Utah 50
WSU committed just three turnovers while forcing 19 in a 17-point rout of nationally-ranked Utah. Markis McDuffie connected on four of his five three-point attempts.
 
Dec. 17, 2016 -- Oklahoma State 93, WSU 76
Darral Willis Jr. scored 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds (nine of them on the offensive glass), but the double-double wasn't enough to overcome a red-hot OSU, which knocked down 14 threes.
 
Dec. 16, 2017 -- Oklahoma 91, #3 Wichita State 83
Freshman standout Trae Young scored 29 points and dished out an arena-record 10 assists to lead a Sooner team that came in ranked 24th in the Coaches Poll. A consensus first team All-American, Young was selected No. 5 overall in the 2018 NBA Draft. WSU's Darral Willis Jr. became the first player with multiple 20-point games at the arena, finishing with his second double-double in as many trips (20 pts, 12 reb).
 
Dec. 15, 2018 -- Wichita State 63, Southern Miss 60
Jaime Echenique's alley-oop from Ricky Torres provided the go-ahead basket with 40.7 seconds left and the Shockers -- who had led by as many as 17 points near the 14:00-mark -- survived USM's comeback bid.
 
Dec. 14, 2019 -- Wichita State 80, Oklahoma 75
Down eight points with 11:25 to play, WSU launched a 12-0 run. Tyson Etienne's three-pointer with 2:30 remaining put the Shockers in front to stay. WSU went 15-of-16 at the foul line in the second half and finished the game +17 on the boards. Trey Wade scored 11 points and grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds.
 

A SHOCKER WIN WOULD….
... Improve their record to 7-1 and extend their winning streak to a season-best four games.      
... Extend their home winning streak to 13 -- tied for the 11th-longest in program history.
... Make them 9-2 all-time at INTRUST Bank Arena with three-consecutive wins (and drop KSU to 2-3).
... Make them 10-6 all-time vs. KSU in Wichita.
... Narrow K-State's all-time series lead to 20-12.
... Be their 11th in 17 tries against Big 12 schools going back to the 2009-10 season.
... Be just their second in 12 tries vs. Bruce Weber.
... Give Isaac Brown the best 30-game start in WSU's modern history (23-7).
 
A SHOCKERS LOSS WOULD...
... Drop them to 6-2; snap a three-game win streak.
... Be their fist at home since Dec. 12, 2020 against Oklahoma State and end a 12-game home win streak.
... Be just their third in 11 downtown games.
... Make KSU 3-2 at IBA.
... Extend KSU's series lead to 21-11 (7-9 in Wichita).
... Make WSU 1-11 against Bruce Weber.
... Be just their 16th in Wichita in the past 10 years.
... Be less good than a win.
 

UP NEXT:
  • Next Saturday, WSU makes its first appearance at Charles Koch Arena in 26 days when it welcomes Norfolk State. The 6 p.m. tip airs on ESPN+.
  • Great seats are still available at 978-FANS (3267) or online at goshockers.com/Tickets.
  • WSU will host a special "Teddy Bear Toss" at halftime. Fans are encouraged to bring a new or gently-used teddy bear, to be thrown onto the court and donated to children at a local hospital.
  • Fans can show their Norfolk State ticket at the gate and receive free admission to Saturday's 2 p.m. women's game against Grambling State.
  • NFS represented the MEAC in last year's NCAA tournament, defeating Appalachian State by a point in the NCAA First Four before falling to eventual national runner-up Gonzaga in the first round.
  • WSU and NFS have never met on the hardwood.
  • WSU plays three of its next four games against HBCU's, continuing with Alcorn State (Dec. 14) and Prairie View A&M (Dec. 22).
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