Today in Shockers Sports History: December 30th

[WuShock Reaper]

For the day, the Shockers are:
20 and 13

Regular Season (Games of Interest):
2017 - #8 WSU Won at UConn in Hartford, Conn. before a network audience on CBS. This was the type of debut Wichita State envisioned when it joined the American Athletic Conference. Landry Shamet scored 16 points and the eighth-ranked Shockers opened conference play by beating UConn 72-62 in front of a packed arena, which has four national championship banners hanging from the rafters. Rashard Kelly, Conner Frankamp and Austin Reaves each added 11 points for Wichita State (11-2, 1-0). "It was a cool atmosphere to finally get into conference play and get that first win out of the way," Shamet said. "Our first American win, on the road, a 10-point win at UConn. (It) looks good."

2012 - Beat Northern Iowa in Wichita 66-41. Cleanthony Early scored 16 points to lead Wichita State to a 66-41 win over Northern Iowa on Sunday in the Missouri Valley Conference opener for both teams. Early was 6 of 11 from the field. Malcolm Armstead had 14 points, and Demetric Williams and Tekele Cotton had 12 points apiece. Jake White had eight rebounds for the Shockers (12-1).

2005 - Bradley in Wichita 69-67 (OT). Kyle Wilson hit a 3-point shot with 19 seconds left in overtime, and P.J Couisnard blocked Patrick O'Bryant's last second shot as Wichita State pulled out a 69-67 victory over Bradley on Friday night. With the Shockers trailing 67-65, Wilson took a pass out of the post from Paul Miller and scored over Marcellus Summerville, and Couisnard made one free throw in the closing seconds. O'Bryant had a chance to tie the game, but Couisnard outjumped the 7-foot center and blocked the shot. O'Bryant had one more shot but missed a short jumper badly.

1994 - Beat The Citadel in Wichita 64-62 (OT). L.D. Swanson made a short 2-point jumper at 0:00 remining in overtime.

1974 - Won at (#16) Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee 95-91

1965 - Won vs. Rhode Island in Okla. City, Okla. 96-93

1960 - (#18) WSU Won vs. Baylor in Okla. City, Okla. 76-74

1954 - Beat Colorado State in Wichita 81-59

1942 - Beat Ottawa in Wichita 42-35

1926 - Beat Colorado in Wichita 43-17

[WstateU]

The ‘26 Colorado game was a total thrashing… ole Ross was in one of his zones. Henrion Hall was a rockin’.

[WuDrWu]

[U][B]2005 - Bradley in Wichita 69-67 (OT). Kyle Wilson hit a 3-point shot with 19 seconds left in overtime, and P.J Couisnard blocked Patrick O'Bryant's last second shot as Wichita State pulled out a 69-67 victory over Bradley on Friday night. With the Shockers trailing 67-65, Wilson took a pass out of the post from Paul Miller and scored over Marcellus Summerville, and Couisnard made one free throw in the closing seconds. O'Bryant had a chance to tie the game, but Couisnard outjumped the 7-foot center and blocked the shot. O'Bryant had one more shot but missed a short jumper badly.

Man, that game rocked. PJ had an out of body experience to block POB there. Really one of the most fun games of that era.


17 years ago.....

[ShockingButTrue]

That was a very very good Braves squad.

edit: just noticed this was for the 30th. nm