TULSA (18-7, 8-4 AAC) at WICHITA STATE (7-18, 3-10 AAC)
Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024 | 2 p.m. CT
Wichit, Kan. | Charles Koch Arena
TV: ESPN+ with Pat Strathman and Tracey Anderson
Radio: GoShockers.com/Listen with Steve Strain  OPENING TIPS
> Wichita State seeks revenge on Tulsa, tipping off at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 in Charles Koch Arena.
> Wichita State will be wearing Black History Month shirts and shoes.
> The teams meet for the 32^nd time with Wichita State leading the series 22-9. The last time the two teams met this season, Tulsa took the win, 93-70, in the Reynolds Center.
> Three Shockers are averaging double-digit scoring with Daniela Abies leading the team with 12.1 points per game, Salese Blow averaging 11.6 and Tre'Zure Jobe averaging 11.2.
> Abies is also the team's leading rebounder, averaging 8.9 rebounds per game with seven double-doubles (18 pts, 11 reb against Akron, 12 pts, 12 reb at UTSA, 18 pts, 16 reb against Memphis, 17 pts, 10 reb at Tulsa, 23 pts, 10 reb, 19 pts, 14 reb, 15 pts, 15 rebounds).
> Abies has landed on the AAC Honor Roll three times, most recently following her performance in the win at Florida Atlantic (15 pts, 15 reb, 4 ast, 3 stl).
> DJ McCarty is 96 points away from 1,000 career points.
> Jobe was named AAC Player of the Week on Jan. 1 following her 21 points, 8 assists and 2 steals against Tulane and went on to record her first career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds at Rice.
> Blow claimed the AAC Freshman of the Week award on Nov. 27 following her 19 points in the win over Omaha and career-high 20 points against Dayton, leading the team in scoring in both contests.
> Wichita State ranks in the top 100 nationally in the following categories: No. 50 in three-point percentage defense (28.1), No. 70 in free throw attempts per game (18.9) and No. 87 in offensive rebounds per game (12.8).
> The Shockers are ranked third in the American Athletic Conference in three-point percentage defense.
> Abies leads the conference in rebounding with 222 total rebounds. She ranks 21^st in the nation and third in the conference in offensive rebounds per game (3.8).
> Senior transfer from Miami (OH) Sierra Morrow made her long-awaited Shocker debut against Kansas after her NCAA transfer waiver was finally approved just before the court decision. She tied for a team-high 12 points and grabbed a team-high six rebounds off the bench. In her third game of the season, she scored a career-high 29 points against Oral Roberts to land herself on the AAC Weekly Honor Roll.
> 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).
 
DANI DOMINANCE
Daniela Abies has finished with 10-plus rebounds 10 times and has led the team in rebounding in 19 games this season. She has seven career double-doubles, all this season. She scored a career-high 23 points against UAB and recorded a career-high 16 rebounds against Memphis and has led the team in scoring seven times.
 
FRESHIE ON FIRE
Salese Blow has finished in double figures in 10-straight games and in 15 games total. She made her first career start at Belmont in November and then didn't start again until Dec. 30 against Tulane and has started every game since.
 
She put up a career-high 23 points at North Texas, has led the team in scoring eight times and has three 20-plus point games.
 
NATIONAL TRE'ZURE
Jobe had started all 127 games of her collegiate career, including her five years at Emporia State, before coming off the bench against North Texas and Memphis. She made her return to the starting lineup at Tulsa and has continued to start since.
 
She had her best game of the season in the conference opener against Tulane, recording 21 points, 8 assists and 2 steals and being named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week. She recorded her first career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds at Rice.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN HURRICANE
> Led by third-year head coach Angie Nelp, the Golden Hurricane are coming off a home win over UTSA.
> Tulsa is 4-5 on the road this season, dropping their last two road games to Rice and East Carolina.
> Two players are averaging double-digit scoring with Temira Poindexter leading the team with 20.4 points per game and Delanie Crawford averaging 18.5.
> Poindexter has recorded three 30-plus point games this season and leads the conference in field goal attempts, field goals made and points per game. She ranks second in the conference in blocks.
> Hadley Periman leads the team in rebounding with 6.8 per game.
> Crawford ranks second in the conference in points per game, .three pointers made and free throw percentage.
> The Golden Hurricane lead the conference in three point attempts per game and rank second in three pointers per game (8.2) defensive rebounds per game (29.1) and field goal percentage defense (37.0).
> Tulsa was picked seventh in the American Athletic Conference preseason poll and currently sits in third.

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. TULSA
> The teams meet for the 32^nd time with Wichita State leading the series 22-9.
> This is the 14^th time the teams will face off in The Roundhouse with the Shockers winning 11 of the last 13.
> Tulsa has won five of the last six meetings with the Shockers' last win coming a year ago when they won 84-68 at home.
 
LAST MEETING
> Tulsa took the lead early and never looked back as they defeated the Shockers, 93-70, on Jan. 20, 2024.
> The Golden Hurricane had four players finish in double figures with Temira Poindexter leading the way with a then career-high 31 points. Poindexter shot 11-for-18 from the field and 6-for-12 from three and grabbed eight rebounds.
> Daniela Abies led the Shockers with her fourth double-double of the season, tallying 17 points and 10 rebounds, while Tre'Zure Jobe (16), Salese Blow (12) and Aniya Bell (10) also finished in double figures.
> Sierra Morrow recorded two blocks, and Jobe dished out a game-high tying six assists. Morrow scored six points for the Shockers
> The Golden Hurricane out-rebounded Wichita State 46-31 and scored 16 second-chance points.
> Tulsa hit 14 three pointers, the most by any Shocker opponent this season, shooting 46.7 percent from behind the arc and 50 percent from the field.

LAST TIME OUT
> It was too little too late for the Shockers as South Florida led wire-to-wire, defeating Wichita State, 79-57.
> South Florida's Romi Levy scored 28 points, helping the Bulls lead by as many as 35 in their bounce-back victory.
> Three Shockers finished in double figures with Salese Blow, Sierra Morrow and Jayla Murray all putting up 11 points apiece, Blow's 10^th-consecutive game in double figures.
> Daniela Abies tied for a game-high 8 rebounds, and DJ McCarty scored her most points since Dec. 4 with eight and dished out five assists.
> Despite finishing the game on a 12-2 run and winning the fourth quarter, 22-12, the Shockers were unable to overcome the deficit after falling behind, 25-6 in the first quarter.
> Wichita State was out-rebounded 28-11 in the first half and 46-28 overall and has now fallen in 11 out of the 12 games in which it was out-rebounded.
 
A SHOCKER WIN WOULD...                                                                     
... make them 8-18 on the season
... make the Shockers 23-9 all-time against Tulsa
... be their first home win since beating Memphis on Jan. 17
... bring Terry Nooner's record to 8-18 at Wichita State
... make Wichita State 658-758 all-time

A SHOCKER LOSS WOULD...                                                                     
... make them 7-19 on the season
... make the Shockers 22-10 all-time against Tulsa
… be their fourth-straight home loss
... bring Terry Nooner's record to 7-19 at Wichita State
... make Wichita State 656-760 all-time

UP NEXT
Wichita State heads to Charlotte, N.C. to take on Charlotte, the teams' third-ever meeting on Saturday, Feb. 24.