Wichita State (15-11, 5-8) at SMU (15-9, 6-6)
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 | 6:00 PM CT | Moody Coliseum
ESPN+ | KFH 97.5 FM/1240 AM | ShockerStats.com

ON THE AIR
Wednesday'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 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 rebounded from a loss at ECU with a wire-to-wire win against Tulsa, 84-68, last Wednesday in Charles Koch Arena. The Shockers snapped a four-game losing streak vs. the Golden Hurricane with the win. Wichita State's 84 points marked a season high. The Shockers led by as many as 16, as they shot better than 45 percent from the field and converted 21-of-24 tries from the free throw line. It was another monster performance from Wichita State's low post duo in Jane Asinde and Trajata Colbert. For the second time in the last three games Asinde and Colbert posted 20-10 double-doubles. Asinde scored a career-high 27 points to go with 12 rebounds and Colbert added 21 points and 14 rebounds. DJ McCarty bounced back from a scoreless outing at ECU with 13 points, four assists and four steals. Ambah Kowcun came off the bench to add 10 points on a pair of three-pointers.

SCOUTING THE MUSTANGS
Led by second year head coach Toyelle Wilson, SMU enters Wednesday's matchup at 15-9 this season and 6-6 in American play. Wichita State won the first meeting this season in Wichita, 73-65, on Jan. 18. SMU is allowing only 58.6 points per game and opponents are shooting only 37.4 percent from the field. The Mustangs also average 8.6 steals a game on the defensive end. Jasmine Smith leads SMU in scoring (13.1) and assists (4.0), while shooting 35.2 percent from beyond the arc. Chantae Embry is the second leading scorer and rebounder with 12.3 points and 6.3 rebounds. Savannah Wilkinson pulls down a team-leading 7.9 rebounds to go with 11.5 points.

THE SERIES VS. SMU
Wichita State and SMU have met 12 times prior to Wednesday's matchup with the Shockers holding a slim 7-5 lead. The Shockers are 5-1 all-time vs. SMU in Wichita, but only 2-3 against the Mustangs in Dallas. Wichita State is seeking its first regular season series sweep against SMU since 2018.

LAST MEETING
SMU jumped out to a 24-15 lead after the first quarter, but a big second half comeback led Wichita State to a 73-65 win on Jan. 18 in Wichita. Wichita State outscored SMU, 39-23, after halftime. Wichita State shot 44 percent from the field, and converted on 6-of-13 three-point tries, while SMU missed 14 of its 17 attempts from beyond the arc. Shamaryah Duncan led four Shockers in double figures with 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting. Curtessia Dean added 16, followed by Jane Asinde with 15 and DJ McCarty with 14.

PAINT POWER
Over Wichita State's last seven games the duo of Jane Asinde and Trajata Colbert have taken their game to another level. Asinde has four double-doubles and is averaging 17.6 points and 11.4 rebounds, while Colbert is playing the best basketball of her career. During that span Colbert has six double-doubles and is posting 17.0 points and 10.6 rebounds. Combined they are responsible for 34.6 points and 22.0 rebounds over the last seven outings.

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 53.8 percent of Wichita State's points on the offensive end. On the glass, they combine to pull down 22.2 rebounds a game. On the defensive end, the trio makes up 61.9 percent (125 steals) of the team's steals this season and 59.2 percent (45 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 26 games this season at 13.3 points and 10.8 rebounds. The Uganda native is on pace to finish the season with a top 10 single season rebounding mark. Her current 10.8 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 26 games in 2022-23, she is 90-for-109 (82.6 percent). Colbert ranks fourth in the American in free throw percentage.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Through 26 games Wichita State ranks in the top 70 nationally in the following categories: No. 18 in rebound margin (8.0), No. 22 in free throws made per game (15.19), No. 29 in rebounds per game (41.46), No. 41 in offensive rebounds per game (14.0), No. 42 in free throw attempts per game (20.38), No. 59 in field goal percentage defense (37.5), No. 60 in defensive rebounds per game (27.5) and No. 69 in free throw percentage (74.5). Jane Asinde ranks 12th nationally in rebounds per game, No. 26 in total rebounds, No. 24 in defensive rebounds per game and No. 27 in offensive rebounds.

A SHOCKER WIN WOULD...
... make them 16-11 on the season
... make them 6-8 in conference play
... make them 5-7 on the road this season
... move them to 8-5 all-time vs. SMU
... be their third straight win against the Mustangs
... bring Keitha Adams' record to 78-89 at Wichita State
... make Adams 362-298 at the Division I level
... run Adams' career coaching record to 489-335
... make Wichita State 648-737 all-time

A SHOCKER LOSS WOULD...
... make them 15-12 this the season
... make them 5-9 in conference play
... drop them to 4-8 on the road this season
... make them 7-6 all-time vs. SMU
... bring Keitha Adams' record to 77-90 at Wichita State
... make Adams 361-299 at the Division I level
... lower Adams' career coaching record to 488-336
... make Wichita State 647-738 all-time

UP NEXT
Wichita State hosts Temple in the final home game of the regular season on Saturday at 2 p.m.