Indiana State

After collapsing in the ninth inning on Tuesday night, their might be a feeling of dread and despair in the Shockers dugout. But only one game back of Creighton in the Missouri Valley Conference standings, the Shockers (30-23) hit the field against Indiana State (24-22) in the first of a three game series. Charlie Lowell gets the start for Wichita State going against Colin Rea of the Sycamores. Lowell is sporting a 2.89 ERA coming into tonight on nine wins. WSU leads the overall series with ISU, 88-36.

Wichita State (28-22) scored 2 runs in the 8th inning but Robby Ort's three-run home run in the bottom of that frame proved to be the difference as the Shockers lost to Indiana State (36-11) 6-3 on Saturday afternoon. Kris Gardner started strong for the Shockers throwing 7 innings giving up one earned run on four hits and striking out four.  However, T.J. McGreevy came in in the 8th and gave up four earned runs including the three-run home run to give the Sycamores the lead.  McGreevy is now 2-3 on the season.

David Kyles and Toure Murry scored 16 points apiece and Wichita State defeated Indiana State 75-65 on Sunday night. Ben Smith scored 10 points and Garrett Stutz had eight points and 11 rebounds for the Shockers (15-3. 6-1), who kept pace with No. 23 Creighton for the lead in the Missouri Valley Conference. Wichita State is 5-0 on the road this season. Dwayne Lathan scored 17 points to lead Indiana State. Carl Richard had 13 points and eight rebounds and Myles Walker had 14 rebounds for the Sycamores (11-7, 2-5)

The 15th-ranked Wichita State Shockers (19-2, 8-1) look for their 19th consecutive home victory on Tuesday night as Indiana State (13-7, 6-3) visits Koch Arena. Wichita State is coming off a 34-point victory over Bradley at home this past Saturday.  Indiana State beat Northern Iowa in Terre Haute by three points on that same day. The Shockers have won 8 of the last 9 meetings against the Sycamores and have won 8 home games in a row against Indiana State.  The last time that Indiana State pullled off a win at Koch Arena was back in 2004.

It looks like the NIT may be the next destination for the Wichita State Shockers after losing to Indiana State 61-54 in the semifinal round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Much like the first half, the Shockers could not avoid a sluggish period, allowing Indiana State to go on a 15-5 run in a span of 8:21.  In that time, the Shockers went from down two to down ten.  It left a hole that was simply too big for Gregg Marshall's team to climb out of. The Shockers were led in scoring by J.T. Durley, who finished with 18 points.

Wichita State scored four runs in the third inning on the way to an 8-2 win over Indiana State in game three of the series. Dayne Parker went 2-for-5 with two RBI, while Taylor Doggett went 1-for-3 with two RBI. Starter A.J. Ladwig improved to 4-1 with the win. He went six innings and gave up two runs on seven hits with no walks and one strikeout. Albert Minnis earned the save with three shutout innings in relief. The Shockers took their first lead in the series with a runs in the third inning.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Indiana State basketball coach Kevin McKenna has resigned to take an assistant coaching job at Oregon. Indiana State athletic director Ron Prettyman made the announcement Monday. McKenna was 43-52 in three seasons with the Sycamores. Indiana State was 17-15 (9-9 in the Missouri Valley Conference) last season and made its

The Wichita State baseball team has been voted third in the annual Missouri Valley Conference baseball preseason coaches poll, announced Feb. 1 by the league office.   The Shockers accumulated 47 points in the poll.  Missouri State was picked first in the poll with 60 points and five first-place votes, while Creighton was picked second with 53 points and three first-place votes.   The Shockers open play on Fri., Feb. 17 against Louisiana-Lafayette at the Bobcat Invitational in San Marcos, Texas.

Tonight the Wichita State Shockers take a one-game Valley lead into Terre Haute to face Indiana State. The Shockers lost to the Sycamores in Koch arena earlier this season, 68-55. That game started a three game losing streak for the Shockers which took them from being ranked 15th in the nation to being unranked. It was the Sycamores penetration on offense and their zone defense that stymied the Shockers in the first matchup of these two teams this season. Indiana State is 13-2 this season when holding opponents to 63 points or less.

Courtesy of Wichita State - WICHITA, Kan. -   Johnny Coy blasted a three run homerun over the centerfield wall in the sixth inning to lead the Shocker hitting attack to an 11-3 win in game two of the three game series with Indiana State. Wichita State (18-14) tallied 13 hits for the game, Coy was 2-for-5 with three RBI and Casey Gillaspie went 3-for-5 with three RBI for the Shockers. Indiana State (12-13) got the scoring started early in the first inning. A leadoff walk from Landon Curry led to an RBI single from Robby Ort to give Indians State a 1-0 lead.

Courtesy of Wichita State - Wichita, Kan. -   Cale Elam pitched seven complete innings and Johnny Coy drove in two runs as the Shockers took game one of the three game series with the Indiana State Sycamores, 4-1. Elam struck out six Sycamore batters and gave up three hits while Coy went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI to lead the Shocker offense. Albert Minnis earned the save as he pitched the last two innings, striking out three and allowing only one hit. The Shockers (17-14) started the scoring in the third inning behind a two RBI single from Coy that scored Cody Bobbit and Casey Gillaspie.

For the first time since 2003 the Wichita State Shocker women have come out of Terre Haute with a victory.  Today the Shockers defeated Indiana State 63-53.   Michaela Dapprich was on fire for Wichita State scoring 22 points on 8 of 13 shooting.  Alex Harden also finished in double-figures scoring for Wichita State with 16 points. Jody Adams got better production off of her bench than Indiana State did but overall the Shockers just shot better from three-point range than the Sycamores.

I will never understand how a division one athlete-- who's good enough to have his college education paid for-- can commit a foul on three-point point shot.  Especially in a game when you lead by seven points with 0:37 seconds left.  Fortunately, Cleanthony Early hit two late free throws to seal the deal at Indiana State. Shockers rallying Four straight wins now, but back to back wins against two of the Valley's best with just one days rest in between.  That's pretty impressive stuff and with it the Shocks are just a win away over Evansville at home from clinching no worse than a tie for their second straight Valley championship.

Wichita State's 66-62 win over Indiana State on Tuesday night gave the Shockers some extra breathing room at the top of the Valley standings.  Creighton and Northern Iowa also won on Tuesday night keeping the Blue Jays one game back and the Panthers two games back. The Sycamores are now sitting at 9-7 in conference play and are 3 games back of the Shockers.  Wichita State has two Valley games left to play this year.  First they'll host Evansville and then they'll travel to Creighton.  Wichita State beat Creighton at Koch Arena earlier this season.

Tonight the Wichita State Shockers take a one-game Valley lead into Terre Haute to face Indiana State. The Shockers lost to the Sycamores in Koch arena earlier this season, 68-55. That game started a three game losing streak for the Shockers which took them from being ranked 15th in the nation to being unranked. It was the Sycamores penetration on offense and their zone defense that stymied the Shockers in the first matchup of these two teams this season. Indiana State is 13-2 this season when holding opponents to 63 points or less.

The Wichita State lady Shockers continue their best start in school history as they beat Indiana STate 53-46 Sunday afternoon.  The win gives the Shockers a 9-0 conference record which is the best ever for a Shockers womens team. Michaela Dapprich led Wichita State in scoring with 16 points and she also pulled down 8 rebounds.  Alex Harden also scored in double-digits with 12 points. Sunday's game was the 2nd of a 4-game homestand.  Wichita State is home against this coming Friday against Northern Iowa.