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Sunday, Nov. 12 | 1:00 p.m. CT
Wichita, Kan. | Charles Koch Arena
TV: ESPN+ (Shane Dennis & Bob Hull)
Radio: KEYN 103.7 FM with Mike Kennedy & Dave Dahl https://www.audacy.com/stations/keyn
SCOUTING FRIENDS
• Friends is under the guidance of first-year head coach Phil McClintock.
• McClintock brings a stark familiarity of the KCAC to Friends, highlighted by an eight-year tenure as associate head coach at Ottawa University.
• At Ottawa, McClintock served as the recruiting coordinator and was responsible for film breakdown and scouting reports.
• 2019-20 was a breakout season, as McClintock brought in six of the team's top 10 players that produced a school-record 28 victories, a regular season KCAC championship and an NAIA Sweet 16 appearance (tournament ended early due to COVID-19).
• The Falcons are 1-2 so far in 2023-24. After dropping their season opener at Central Methodist, 73-88, they regrouped to dominate Calvary University, 119-56, on Nov. 2 in the home opener.
• They will be playing their second game in as many days after dropping a road contest at Oklahoma City University on Saturday, 83-68.
• Four Falcons average 10 or more points on the season, led by Al Emerllahu at 13.5. Steele Chapman is shooting 55.6 percent to go with 12.5 points per game. Drew Patterson (12.0) and KJ Spiller (11.0) round out the leading scorers.
• In their home opener, the Falcons put 119 points on the board, and average 96.0 through two games. Friends is converting 49.3 percent of its field goal attempts and 90.6 percent of its free throw attempts (29-for-32).
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. FRIENDS
• Wichita State is 39-11 all time vs. Friends in a series that dates all the way back to 1906.
• The two programs haven't met in a regular season game since 1943 - a contest the Shockers won, 74-22.
• The two teams haven't even met in an exhibition game since at least 1970 when exhibition games started being recorded.
• Friends won the first four meetings in the series, but was dominated by Wichita State over the next 40 years. Friends won a high-scoring affair, 26-14, in the first ever meeting on March 2, 1906.
• The Shockers have won six in a row entering today's matchup.
A SHOCKER WIN WOULD...
... Make them 3-0 for the 40th time in the program's 117 seasons.
... Make them 1-1 all time on Nov. 12.
... Give Paul Mills 109 career coaching victories.
... Run their record to 1,660-1,245 all time.
... Make them 40-11 vs. Friends all time.
Wichita, Kan. | Charles Koch Arena
TV: ESPN+ (Shane Dennis & Bob Hull)
Radio: KEYN 103.7 FM with Mike Kennedy & Dave Dahl https://www.audacy.com/stations/keyn
SCOUTING FRIENDS
• Friends is under the guidance of first-year head coach Phil McClintock.
• McClintock brings a stark familiarity of the KCAC to Friends, highlighted by an eight-year tenure as associate head coach at Ottawa University.
• At Ottawa, McClintock served as the recruiting coordinator and was responsible for film breakdown and scouting reports.
• 2019-20 was a breakout season, as McClintock brought in six of the team's top 10 players that produced a school-record 28 victories, a regular season KCAC championship and an NAIA Sweet 16 appearance (tournament ended early due to COVID-19).
• The Falcons are 1-2 so far in 2023-24. After dropping their season opener at Central Methodist, 73-88, they regrouped to dominate Calvary University, 119-56, on Nov. 2 in the home opener.
• They will be playing their second game in as many days after dropping a road contest at Oklahoma City University on Saturday, 83-68.
• Four Falcons average 10 or more points on the season, led by Al Emerllahu at 13.5. Steele Chapman is shooting 55.6 percent to go with 12.5 points per game. Drew Patterson (12.0) and KJ Spiller (11.0) round out the leading scorers.
• In their home opener, the Falcons put 119 points on the board, and average 96.0 through two games. Friends is converting 49.3 percent of its field goal attempts and 90.6 percent of its free throw attempts (29-for-32).
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. FRIENDS
• Wichita State is 39-11 all time vs. Friends in a series that dates all the way back to 1906.
• The two programs haven't met in a regular season game since 1943 - a contest the Shockers won, 74-22.
• The two teams haven't even met in an exhibition game since at least 1970 when exhibition games started being recorded.
• Friends won the first four meetings in the series, but was dominated by Wichita State over the next 40 years. Friends won a high-scoring affair, 26-14, in the first ever meeting on March 2, 1906.
• The Shockers have won six in a row entering today's matchup.
A SHOCKER WIN WOULD...
... Make them 3-0 for the 40th time in the program's 117 seasons.
... Make them 1-1 all time on Nov. 12.
... Give Paul Mills 109 career coaching victories.
... Run their record to 1,660-1,245 all time.
... Make them 40-11 vs. Friends all time.
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