Wichita State (9-2) vs. Wyoming (6-4)
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022 | 6:00 PM CT | Charles Koch Arena
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Holiday Hoops Game - Donate a toy for Toys for Tots and arrive early to make a holiday card for your favorite player, and enjoy the designated kids zone on the concourse featuring a Christmas themed photo booth and activity sheet.
 

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ON THE AIR
Tuesday's game can be heard online at GoShockers.com/Listen with Steve Strain calling the action. Strain is in his ninth season as the radio voice for Wichita State women's basketball. The game will also be televised on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.

LAST TIME OUT
Wichita State recorded a wire-to-wire victory over Southern last Friday, 72-42. The Shockers set season highs in field goal percentage, free throws made and attempted and margin of win. Wichita State held Southern to just nine first half points, the fewest of the Keitha Adams era. Jane Asinde recorded her fifth double-double of the season with a game-high 15 points and 12 rebounds. Curtessia Dean set season highs in free throws made and attempted, going 7-for-8, to finish with 13 points. Shamaryah Duncan and Trajata Colbert rounded out the double figure scorers with 12 and 10 points, respectively.

SCOUTING THE COWGIRLS
Led by first year head coach Heather Ezell, Wyoming enters Tuesday's matchup at 6-4 this season. The Cowgirls come into the contest winners of four of their last five. Wyoming is only allowing 52.9 points per game and holding opponents to 36.4 percent shooting and 26.8 percent from three-point range. They don't force a ton of turnovers, but do a good job of taking care of the ball on the offensive end. Quinn Weidemann leads the Cowgirls in scoring at 12.7 points per game and is shooting better than 40 percent from beyond the arc. Grace Ellis averages 9.8 points and Allyson Fertig leads the team in rebounding (8.8), blocks (15) and steals (10).

THE SERIES VS. WYOMING
Wichita State and Wyoming have met four times prior to Tuesday's matchup, with the two teams splitting the series. The first ever meeting came all the way back on Nov. 24, 1991 - a Wyoming victory, 88-67. This will be the second time Wyoming has made the trip to Wichita, and first since 1994.

LAST MEETING
Wichita State won its first road game of the 2021-22 season at Wyoming on Nov. 13, 57-48. Wichita State held Wyoming to just 31.5 percent shooting and 5-of-24 from beyond the arc. Asia Strong scored a team-high 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting, and Seraphine Bastin just missed a double-double with 9 points and 10 rebounds.

JANE GOT GAME
Wichita State senior Jane Asinde has been unstoppable for the Shockers. The Uganda native has double-doubles in five of the nine games she's played in, including back-to-back 20-point double-doubles at the LMU Thanksgiving Classic. Asinde opened the LMU Thanksgiving Classic with a career-high 19 rebounds to go with 20 points against Montana and followed that with a career-high 22 points and 15 rebounds vs. Loyola Marymount. She has double digit rebounds in six of the nine games.

GETTING DEFENSIVE
Wichita State boasts a top 70 defense through the first 11 games of the season. They have held all but two opponents to less than 38 percent shooting, and only three teams have shot better than 30 percent from three-point range. Wichita State's field goal defense is holding teams to just 35.6 percent, good for 38th nationally. Opponents are connecting on only 28.0 percent of their attempts from long range.

GLASS CLEANERS      
Wichita State is one of the top rebounding teams in the country once again this season. Through 11 games Wichita State ranks 23rd nationally in rebound margin, 32nd in defensive rebounds per game and 41st in total rebounds per game. The Shockers have outrebounded nine of their 11 opponents.

GO AHEAD CALL IT A COMEBACK
Wichita State has made a habit out of falling behind recently. The Shockers have trailed by double digits in three straight games and wound up winning them all: 17, North Texas (Nov. 19); 11, Montana (Nov. 25); 13, LMU (Nov. 26). In those three games Wichita State outscored its opponents 125-74 in the second half.

COLBERT CASHING IN      
Trajata Colbert has improved dramatically the last two years at the free throw line. The Georgia native began her career shooting 42.1 percent as a freshman, 61.1 percent as a sophomore and 50.9 percent as a COVID sophomore. In 2021-22 she shot a career-high 76.0 percent and so far through eight games in 2022-23, she is 33-for-39 (84.6 percent). Colbert ranks second in the American in free throw percentage.

EXTRA TIME NEEDED
Wichita State needed overtime in two of its first five games of the season. The Shockers fell in overtime at Omaha on Nov. 12, but collected an overtime win vs. Montana on Nov. 25. Wichita State is 4-4 in overtime games under Keitha Adams. Wichita State is 21-24 all-time in overtime games.

BEST START IN SCHOOL HISTORY
Wichita State's 8-1 record to open the season marked the best start in program history. The Shockers got there behind a seven-game win streak. The seven-game win streak was the longest since 2015 when Wichita State won 12 in a row.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Through 11 games Wichita State ranks in the top 70 nationally in the following categories: No. 23 in rebound margin (10.3), No. 32 in defensive rebounds per game (29.5), No. 38 in field goal percentage defense (35.6), No. 41 in rebounds per game (42.55), No. 44 in free throws made per game (14.6), No. 59 in fouls per game and No. 61 in FT attempts. Jane Asinde ranks 8th nationally in defensive rebounds per game, No. 10 in rebounds per game, 20th in double-doubles and 36th in total rebounds.

WANTED FOR THEFT
Junior guard DJ McCarty has been a pest on defense for opposing offenses through 11 games. McCarty has recorded at least one steal in all but one game, and has multiple in seven of the 11 games. Her 23 steals are the most on the team and she ranks fifth in the American Athletic Conference and 104th nationally. Her 2.09 steals per game also rank fifth in the American.

A SHOCKER WIN WOULD...
... make them 10-2 on the season
... make them 6-0 at home this season
... move them to 3-2 all-time vs. Wyoming
... bring Keitha Adams' record to 72-80 at Wichita State
... make Adams 356-289 at the Division I level
... run Adams' career coaching record to 483-326
... make them 392-248 all-time in Charles Koch Arena
... make Wichita State 642-728 all-time

A SHOCKER LOSS WOULD...
... make them 9-3 this the season
... drop them to 5-1 at home this season
... make them 2-3 all-time vs. Wyoming
... bring Keitha Adams' record to 71-81 at Wichita State
... make Adams 355-290 at the Division I level
... lower Adams' career coaching record to 482-327
... make them 391-249 all-time in Charles Koch Arena
... make Wichita State 641-729 all-time

UP NEXT
Wichita State hosts South Carolina State in the non-conference finale on Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 6 p.m.