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Date: Tues., Feb. 9, 2010
Tip: 7:05 p.m. CST
Location: Evansville, Ind.
Arena: Roberts Stadium (11,600)
TV: Kansas 22 (Bruce Haertl/Craig Steven)
Radio: KNSS 1330 AM [Mike Kennedy (pbp), Bob Hull (color)]

Tonight’s Game...Wichita State (20-5, 8-4) travels
to Evansville (6-17, 0-13) in the first meeting
between the two teams this season.
•Evansville is the last opponent the Shockers have
not played in 2009-10, but the Shockers have
completed the home-and-home series with Ind.
St., No. Iowa, Illinois St., Drake and Creighton.
•Wichita State is receiving votes in the Feb. 8 AP
Top 25 poll for the fourth week this year, and has
five points for the second-straight week. WSU
also had five points in the Feb. 1 AP Top 25 poll.
•Earlier this season, WSU also received votes in
both the Dec. 21 and Dec. 28 AP Top 25 polls after
the Texas Tech win. WSU also got one point in the
ESPN/USA Today Top 25 poll Dec. 28. Prior to that,
WSU last received votes on Jan. 8, 2007.
•WSU was last ranked Dec. 25, 2006 (16th in the
AP after a season high of 8th). WSU’s highest ranking
was No. 1 for two games in 1964-65. WSU has
six times played the No. 1 team in the country.
•The Shockers are 2-1 against the Top 25 this
season. WSU defeated the two top 25 teams this
season, most recently in then-No. 20 UNI, 60-51
on Jan. 19. UNI was the second ranked team WSU
defeated in Charles Koch Arena this season as
Texas Tech was ranked No. 16 on Dec. 19, exactly
one month previous. WSU also lost to then-No. 22
UNI, 59-56, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Feb. 3.
• WSU is coming off a 76-70 win against Indiana
State, in Wichita. UE is coming off a 83-63 loss at
Bradley Feb. 6.
•UE was picked 10th in the Preseason MVC poll,
while the Shockers were picked fifth.
•Today’s game is telecast on Kansas 22. It is the
14th-of-15-straight television games for WSU on
Kansas 22, ESPN2, ESPNU or MVC-TV (Fox). With
the added television for BracketBusters and the
MVC Wildcard game, WSU will have 18 of its final
19 games on television.
•WSU completed the non-conference portion of
the schedule, excluding the Bracketbusters event,
with a nine-game winning streak, including a
win over then No. 16 Texas Tech.
•WSU’s 11-1 start matched its best start since
2004-05, while the 17-3 start was also the best
through 20 games since a 17-3 start in the 2004-
05 season. The 2004-05 team started 18-3 before
losing three-straight.

Series Stuff Against UE... Wichita State holds
a 17-13 lead in the series that started in 1994.
The two teams won the home game in the homeand-
home series a year ago. UE has won the last
two meetings in Evansville.

20 Wins...WSU has 20 wins for the 12th time in history.
WSU’s last 20-plus win season was the 2005-06
season when the Shockers went to the Sweet 16 and
finished 26-9 overall. The season completed a string
of three-straight 20-plus win seasons.

Murry Last Week’s Leader...Sophomore Toure
Murry averaged 16.0 points on 45.5 shooting in WSU’s
two games last week. He also shot 60 percent 96-10)
from the arc and averaged 3.5 assists 2.0 steals and .5
blocks for the week. He led WSU with 17 points at UNI
on 6-of-11 shooting (55 percent).

60s VooDoo..WSU is 19-1 when scoring 60 or more
points and is 1-5 when scoring less than 60 points.
Roadies ...WSU has five road wins so far in 2009-10,
which is the most road wins than the Shockers have
had since 2006-07 when they also won five, including
games at ranked LSU and Syracuse.

Homies... WSU is 14-0 at home so far, which is the
most home wins since 2005-06 when WSU also won
14 at home. WSU was last 15-0 at home during the
1986-87 season. Charles Koch Arena has an 88-game
streak of more than 10,000 fans, and has sold out
eight times in 2009-10.

Fair and Balanced...The Shockers still have four
players averaging double-figures through 13 Valley
games led by Clevin Hannah’s 13.2 ppg. Toure Murry
follows with 11.7 ppg, while J.T. Durley and Graham
Hatch average 11.3 and 10.1, respectively. WSU is the
only team in the MVC with four averaging doublefigures
in MVC-Only play.

NCAA Stats... As of Monday, WSU ranks in four NCAA
Statistical categories, and Clevin Hannah ranks as an
individual in free throw percentage and assist-toturnover
ratio:
WSU
18th - Scoring defense, 60.0 ppg
20th - Free throw percentage, 74.3 (362-487)
30th - Rebound margin, 5.5 rpg
43rd - Scoring margin, 10.2 ppg
Clevin Hannah
3rd - free throw percentage, 92.2 (59-64)
50th - assist-to-turnover ratio, 106-48, 2.21