Dec. 10, 2013

TENNESSEE vs. WICHITA STATE

Dec. 14, 2013 | 2 p.m. ET

Intrust Bank Arena | Wichita, Kan.

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SCOUTING THE SHOCKERS

Wichita State is ranked No. 12 in the current Associated Press poll while occupying the No. 8 spot in the USA TODAY coaches' poll. The Shockers are off to a 9-0 start this season.
A Final Four team last year, the Shockers were unanimously picked to win the Missouri Valley Conference championship this season.
Wichita State outscores its opponents by 18.1 ppg while out-rebounding its opposition by 8.3 rpg.

With a scoring average of 15.3 ppg, Ron Baker leads four Shockers starters who average more than 10.0 ppg.
This marks the fourth straight season that Wichita State has hosted a game at INTRUST Bank Arena (capacity 15,000), defeating Tulsa, UAB and Southern Miss at this venue the last three years, respectively.
WSU typically plays its home games at its on-campus facility, Charles Koch Arena (capacity 10,512).

NOTING THE VOLS

This is the second of just five December games for the Vols. Four of those contests take place in Knoxville. This is the lone road game.
Vols senior Jordan McRae needs just 21 points to become the 45th member of Tennessee's 1,000-Point Club. With 979 career points, he is the SEC's third-leading active scorer.
Junior forward Jarnell Stokes is riding a streak of four straight double-doubles, and he averages a double-double this season with 14.9 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. His 23 career double-doubles are the most among active players in the SEC.
Tennessee's 9.3 turnovers per game are the fewest among SEC teams.
Tennessee is 0-1 all-time in games played in the state of Kansas. The Vols' lone trip to the state resulted in a 92-85 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence, Kan., on Jan. 3, 2009.

SERIES TIDBITS

Wichita State leads the all-time series with Tennessee 2-1.
During Cuonzo Martin's three-year stint as head coach at Missouri State (2009-11), he faced Gregg Marshall's Shockers twice each season. The Bears also faced WSU in the 2009 and 2010 MVC Tournaments. Marshall owns a 5-4 edge in head-to-head meetings with Martin.
First-year Wichita State assistant coach Steve Forbes spent five seasons as an assistant coach at Tennessee (2006-2011).
When these programs met last season, the Shockers entered the game with a 9-0 record, and the Vols dealt them their first loss of the year. WSU has never started a season 10-0.
WSU associate athletics director Darron Boatright announced Wednesday that Saturday's game is expected to set an INTRUST Bank Arena attendance record.

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