Wichita State Shockers vs. Kansas Jayhawks: Probable starters, tipoff, TV and more
THE DETAILS
When/where: 3 p.m. Saturday, T-Mobile Center.
TV: ESPN2.
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita.
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Wichita State | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
C | 15 | Quincy Ballard | 6-11 | Jr. | 7.1 |
F | 11 | Kenny Pohto | 6-10 | Jr. | 12.0 |
G | 20 | Harlond Beverly | 6-5 | Jr. | 10.3 |
G | 4 | Colby Rogers | 6-4 | Jr. | 16.8 |
G | 1 | Xavier Bell | 6-2 | Jr. | 14.7 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Jr. | 13.0 |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 19.2 |
G | 15 | Kevin McCullar | 6-7 | Sr. | 19.2 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 6.6 |
G | 13 | Elmarko Jackson | 6-3 | Fr. | 6.1 |
About Wichita State (8-4): The Shockers have defeated Southern Illinois (69-68), Richmond (80-68), Norfolk State (80-67), Saint Louis (88-69), Coastal Carolina (86-77), Friends (95-65), Western Kentucky (71-61) and Lipscomb (76-59) and lost to Kansas State (69-60), Missouri (82-72), South Dakota State (79-69) and Liberty (83-66). … Wichita State has lost three of its last four games after opening 7-1. … WSU has lost its last four games against Top 25 teams since defeating No. 6 Houston in 2021. … WSU has lost seven straight vs. Top 25 teams on a neutral court. … WSU is seeking its first power five win since Dec. 1, 2021 when the Shockers defeated Oklahoma State. … WSU last defeated a team as highly ranked as KU during the regular season on Feb. 25, 1967 when the Shockers defeated No. 2 Louisville. … WSU is the only team in the country with three players averaging 6.9 or more rebounds per game (Kenny Pohto, 8.0; Dalen Ridgnal 6.9; Quincy Ballard, 6.9). … Harlond Beverly has 30 assists over his last six games. Beverly now leads the team in assists with 41 against 29 turnovers … Colby Rogers has made a 3-pointer in all 12 games and multiple 3s in 11 of 12 games. He’s 35 of 83 from 3 (42.2%). Rogers eclipsed 1,000 career points on Nov. 29 vs. Richmond with a game-high 19 points. … Rogers and Xavier Bell have scored in double figures in 11 of 12 games this season and they both have multiple 20-point games. … Wichita State is guaranteed to have a winning nonconference record for the 26th consecutive season. … WSU is 61-39 in seven seasons since joining the AAC.
About No. 2 Kansas (11-1): Kansas leads the all-time series with Wichita State, 12-3. The last meeting came in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament. WSU prevailed, 78-65, in Omaha. Also in the NCAAs, WSU beat KU, 66-65, in the Sweet 16 on March 20, 1981 in New Orleans. … The last regular season meeting between the teams was KU’s 103-54 victory on Jan. 6, 1993 at Allen Fieldhouse. … KU is 6-1 vs. WSU in Wichita and 4-0 in Lawrence. KU is 2-0 vs. WSU in Kansas City and 0-2 in the NCAAs. … This will be the fifth meeting on a neutral court with both teams winning two games apiece. … KU is 11-1 or better for the third-straight season and sixth time in the last nine seasons beginning in 2015-16. … Bill Self is 576-133 while at Kansas, 783-238 overall. … Kansas went 12-of-12 from the free throw line on Dec. 22 versus Yale. It was the most makes without a miss since Dec. 9, 2015 when KU went 12-of-12 against Holy Cross in a 92-59 victory. … KU has won 59 straight games when outrebounding its opponent. … KU is 3-1 when trailing at halftime. …Kevin McCullar has seven games with 20 or more points this season and 10 in his career. … Dajuan Harris has scored in double-figures three times this season and 28 times in his career. KU is 28-1 when Harris scores 10 or more points in a contest. … Hunter Dickinson has 10 or more rebounds eight times this season. … KU enters on a 7-game win streak. … KU is second in the country in assists per game (21.4). … KU has won 23 consecutive games in December dating to the final December game of the 2019-20 season … Harris leads the Big 12 in assists per game at 6.8, which is eighth nationally.
