OMAHA (1-3) vs. WICHITA STATE (1-2)
Monday, Nov. 20 | 6:00 p.m.
Wichita, Kan. | Charles Koch Arena
 
TV: ESPN+ (Shane Dennis and Tracey Anderson)
Radio: GoShockers.com/Listen with Steve Strain 

Doughnut Day: First 200 fans get free doughnuts.

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OPENING TIPS
• Wichita State hosts Omaha for the teams' third-ever meeting and first in Charles Koch Arena Monday evening for Doughnut Day, where the first 200 fans get free doughnuts.
• Wichita State is 0-2 all-time vs. Omaha, falling 72-67 in overtime a season ago in Omaha.
• This is Wichita State's first appearance in the Myrtle Beach Invitational. The Shockers are 20-21 in Multi-Team Events since 2007 and 81-71 all time.
• Wichita State is 5-6 all time when playing on Nov. 20.
• Tre'Zure Jobe is averaging 15 points and 2.3 steals through the first three games of her first Division I season after averaging 18.8 points per game at Emporia State.
• Daniela Abies is the team's leading rebounder, averaging 6.3 rebounds per game, nearing a double-double at Belmont with 11 points and 8 rebounds.
• Wichita State is 1-0 in games it won the rebounding battle.
• Wichita State ranks 33rd nationally in turnover margin (7.7) and 54th in turnovers forced per game (21.3).
• The Shockers are ranked third in the American Athletic Conference in turnovers and turnover margin.
• First-year head coach Terry Nooner has only one returning starter, DJ McCarty.
• Wichita State returns just 34.7 percent of its scoring from a season ago, having lost its top two leading scorers and three other triple-digit point scorers. Trajata Colbert and Curtessia Dean exhausted their eligibility, and three of the top six scorers departed through the transfer portal.
• Wichita State has only two true freshmen on the roster in Salese Blow (Texas) and Sophia Goncalves (California).
• Sierra Morrow has yet to make her Shocker debut as she awaits the NCAA's decision on her transfer waiver.

SCOUTING OMAHA
• Led by fourth-year head coach Carrie Banks, Omaha (1-3) is coming off an 82-70 loss to Northern Colorado, its second-straight loss after falling 87-69 at Northwestern.
• Three Mavericks scored in double digits in the last outing with Grace Cave pacing the team with 19 points.
• Banks has 30 wins in four seasons at Omaha, sixth-most in school history.
• Through the first four games of the season, Lucy Ghaigan and Katie Keitges are averaging a team-high 9.5 points per game.
• Cora Olsen is the team's leading rebounder, averaging 5 rebounds per game.
• Omaha was picked sixth of nine teams in the Summit League preseason poll.
• The Mavericks currrently tie for last place in their conference standings at 1-3.

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. OMAHA
• Omaha leads the all-time series, 2-0, dating back to 1978.
• Omaha won the first-ever meeting 90-68 on Nov. 24, 1978 at the Missouri State Tournament in Springfield, Mo.
• Wichita State fell in overtime on the road a season ago, 72-67.

NON-CONFERENCE NOTABLES
• Wichita State faces three first-time foes in the non-conference docket, Presbyterian, Belmont and Dayton.
• The Shockers opened their season against No. 23 Oklahoma and will face a Kansas team which is receiving votes int he 

LAST TIME OUT
• The Shockers fell 75-67 to Belmont, dropping their second road contest of the year. Three Shockers finished in double figures with Tre'Zure Jobe leading the way with 16 points and 2 steals, as DJ McCarty had 13 points and 2 steals, and Daniela Abies put up 11 points and 8 rebounds.
• Wichita State won the turnover battle for the third-straight game, forcing 21, committing 14, and scoring 23 points off turnovers.
• Wichita State scored 17 second-chance points off 12 offensive rebounds with five of those offensive rebounds coming from Abies as she led the team in rebounding for the second time this season.
• Freshman Salese Blow got her first collegiate start and tallied 8 points and 2 steals.

A SHOCKER WIN WOULD...                                                                     
... make them 2-2 on the season
... make them 2-0 at home this season
... make them 1-2 all-time against Omaha
... be their first-ever against Omaha
... bring Terry Nooner's record to 2-2 at Wichita State
... run Nooner's career coaching record to 2-2
... make Wichita State 652-742 all-time

A SHOCKER LOSS WOULD...                                                                     
... make them 1-3 on the season
... make them 1-1 at home this season
... make them 0-3 all-time against Omaha
... bring Terry Nooner's record to 1-3 at Wichita State
... lower Nooner's career coaching record to 1-3
... make Wichita State 651-743 all-time

UP NEXT
Wichita State heads to Daytona Beach to take on Akron and Dayton in the Daytona Beach Classic Friday and Saturday at the Daytona Beach Ocean Center.