Wichita State (14-11, 4-8) vs. Tulsa (16-8, 6-5)
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023 | 6:00 PM CT | Charles Koch Arena
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ON THE AIR
The game will be televised on ESPN+ and the ESPN app with Steve Strain and Tracey Anderson on the call.

LAST TIME OUT
Wichita State suffered a 79-62 setback on Sunday at East Carolina. With the win East Carolina recorded the regular season sweep over the Shockers. Wichita State converted on only 32.8 percent of its attempts, including just 2-of-13 from beyond the arc. Turnovers once again proved to be the difference. East Carolina forced 25 Wichita State turnovers - 14 of them steals. The Pirates scored 34 points off those miscues. The two teams combined to shoot 68 free throws with ECU going 28-for-40 - the most by an opponent this season. Jane Asinde and Trajata Colbert once again powered Wichita State, scoring 37 of the 62 points. Asinde scored a team-high 20 points to go with five rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal. Colbert registered her fourth straight double-double with 17 points and a career-high tying 16 rebounds.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN HURRICANE
Led by second year head coach Angie Nelp, Tulsa enters Wednesday's matchup at 16-8 this season and 6-5 in American play. Tulsa boasts a high-scoring offense, averaging 72.0 points on 42.5 percent shooting. The Golden Hurricane are one of the nation's top teams in three-point shooting, as they rank second nationally in three-point attempts and third in three-pointers made. Tulsa also ranks top 40 nationally in assists, field goal defense, defensive rebounds per game, blocks per game and three-point defense. Temira Poindexter leads Tulsa in scoring at 16.1 points followed by Delanie Crawford at 11.5, Maya Mayberry at 11.0  and Maddie Bittle at 10.8 points per game.

THE SERIES VS. TULSA
Wichita State and Tulsa have met 29 times, dating all the way back to the first meeting on March 2, 1978. The Shockers have dominated the all-time series, winning 21 of the 29 meetings. Despite leading the all time series, Wichita State has lost the four meetings with Tulsa.

LAST MEETING
Behind a big fourth quarter comeback, Tulsa won the first meeting this season in Tulsa, 70-63, on Jan. 4. Wichita State entered the fourth quarter with a seven-point lead, but the Hurricane outscored the Shockers, 28-14 in the final 10 minutes. Tulsa hit a season-high 12 three-pointers against the Shockers. Trajata Colbert scored a team-high 11 points, followed by DJ McCarty with 10. Jane Asinde pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds.

GETTING DEFENSIVE
Wichita State boasts a top 70 defense through the first 25 games of the season. They have held all but 10 opponents to less than 38 percent shooting, and only eight teams have shot better than 32 percent from three-point range. Wichita State's field goal defense is holding teams to just 37.5 percent, good for 60th nationally. Opponents are connecting on only 29.2 percent of their attempts from long range. Wichita State has held nine opponents under 60 points, including four under 50.

TALENTED TRIO
Jane Asinde, DJ McCarty and Trajata Colbert are forming a potent trio for the Shockers. All three are averaging double figures on the season and combine for 52.9 percent of Wichita State's points on the offensive end. On the glass, they combine to pull down 21.9 rebounds a game. On the defensive end, the trio makes up 61.0 percent (119 steals) of the team's steals this season and 58.7 percent (44 blocks) of the team's blocks.

RARE AIR ASINDE
Jane Asinde is one of only three players in the country averaging at least 10.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game. DePaul's Annesah Morrow and Texas A&M Corpus Christi's Alecia Westbrook are the only other players putting up those stats in 2022-23.

SEEING DOUBLE
Wichita State senior Jane Asinde is averaging a double-double through 25 games this season at 12.7 points and 10.7 rebounds. The Uganda native is on pace to finish the season with a top 10 single season rebounding mark. Her current 10.7 boards per game would rank as the 7th most in school history. She is also trying to become the first Shocker to average a double-double over the course of a season since Antionette Wells during the 2006-07 season when she posted 13.0 points and 10.4 rebounds.

WANTED FOR THEFT
Junior guard DJ McCarty and senior forward Jane Asinde have been a pest on defense for opposing offenses through 25 games. McCarty has recorded at least one steal in all but five games, and has multiple in 14 of the 25 games. Her 50 steals are the most on the team. Asinde is second on the team with 47 steals and averages 2.04 steals a game and has multiple steals in 13 games this season. They rank 4th and 5th in the American in steals per game.

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 25 games in 2022-23, she is 85-for-104 (81.7 percent). Colbert ranks fourth in the American in free throw percentage.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Through 25 games Wichita State ranks in the top 70 nationally in the following categories: No. 22 in rebound margin (7.7), No. 28 in free throws made per game (14.96), No. 29 in rebounds per game (41.36), No. 43 in free throw attempts per game, No. 43 in offensive rebounds per game (13.9), No. 60 in field goal percentage defense (37.5) and No. 60 in defensive rebounds per game (27.5). Jane Asinde ranks 13th nationally in rebounds per game, No. 20 in total rebounds, No. 25 in defensive rebounds per game and No. 28 in offensive rebounds.

A SHOCKER WIN WOULD...
... make them 15-11 on the season
... make them 5-8 in conference play
... make them 10-4 at home this season
... move them to 22-8 all-time vs. Tulsa
... snap a four-game skid vs. the Golden Hurricane
... bring Keitha Adams' record to 77-89 at Wichita State
... make Adams 361-298 at the Division I level
... run Adams' career coaching record to 488-335
... improve their record to 396-252 in Charles Koch Arena
... make Wichita State 647-737 all-time

A SHOCKER LOSS WOULD...
... make them 14-12 this the season
... make them 4-9 in conference play
... drop them to 9-5 at home this season
... make them 21-9 all-time vs. Tulsa
... be their fifth straight loss in the series
... bring Keitha Adams' record to 76-90 at Wichita State
... make Adams 360-299 at the Division I level
... lower Adams' career coaching record to 487-336
... drop their record to 395-253 in Charles Koch Arena
... make Wichita State 646-738 all-time

UP NEXT
Wichita State has a week off before traveling to Dallas to take on SMU on Feb. 22 at 6 p.m.