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Shockers cheer on their teammates during first half of the game at Koch Arena. WSU has won its fourth straight game on Friday against Indiana State.

Hargrove guides Shockers to fourth consecutive win in debut

Grant Cohen, Sports Editor January 28, 2017

Wichita State women's basketball head coach Linda Hargrove had less than a week to get the Shockers to adapt to a new head coach in preparation for Friday's game against Indiana State. Despite trailing...

New Wichita State women’s basketball coach, Linda Hargove, speaks at the press conference on Monday afternoon about accepting the position at WSU. Hargrove will finish the season as head coach.

Linda Hargrove returns to coaching Friday

Grant Cohen, Sports Editor January 26, 2017

Former Wichita State women’s basketball coach Jody Adams-Birch turned the Shockers into a winning program. From 2013-15, the Shockers won three consecutive Missouri Valley Conference regular season...

Wichita State senior Jaleesa Chapel commentates on Illinois State game at Charles Koch Arena. Chapel did her first television broadcast for The Valley on ESPN3.

‘A blessing in disguise’

Grant Cohen, Sports Editor January 26, 2017

Senior Jaleesa Chapel’s final season turned from the court to the sideline in an instant. She tore her ACL in a team practice, one week before women’s basketball’s was supposed to open their season....

Ron Baker, Fred VanVleet and Tekele Cotton congratulate each other in Saturday's MVC Tournament victory over Evansville. The Shockers will celebrate their historic season on April 24 in Koch Arena.

Wichita ready to support high-profile basketball tournament

Sam Belsan, Reporter January 26, 2017

The start of every basketball season brings new faces to the team. How are those players discovered and recruited? Part of the answer is coming to Wichita this summer. The Mullen’s High Profile Tournament,...

Ashlin Bohl, a member of the shocker bass club, patiently waits to catch a fish at the Nature Center Tuesday afternoon.

A bass fishing team without a boat? Not for long.

Brennen Smith, Reporter January 26, 2017

The Wichita State Shocker Bass Team needs a boat. Josh Schmidt, a geology graduate student, said a boat is what keeps the Shocker Bass Team from competing on 100,000 acres of lake, where boaters can drive...

Wichita State’s bench celebrates an Eric Hamilton three-pointer late in the second half against Southern Illinois. Hamilton scored 8 points in a total five minutes of play. (Jan. 24, 2016)

McDuffie leads with 20, Shockers empty bench with 42-point blowout

Aliyah Funschelle, Reporter January 24, 2017

Markis McDuffie didn't expect the attention to be on him, but instead MVC player of the week Shaq Morris, who scored 20-plus points in two straight games. McDuffie, the sophomore forward, liked having...

Junior center Shaq Morris (24) finishes a slam dunk in the first half Wednesday night at Charles Koch Arena.  Shaq finished the night with 13 points. (Jan. 4, 2017)

Morris named MVC player of the week

Aliyah Funschelle, Reporter January 23, 2017

After a personal record-breaking game and being the leading scorer for back to back games, it was only a matter of time junior center Shaquille Morris was named the Missouri Valley Conference's player...

Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall calls a play at Koch Arena. (Jan. 11, 2017).

Shockers win second half, satisfy Gregg Marshall’s game plan

Sam Belsan, Reporter January 23, 2017

Head coach Gregg Marshall is known to have a few pet peeves. One that has been on his mind during conference play is being outscored during the second half of a game. Three of the Shockers’...

Men's tennis set up practice to prepare for the upcoming in state and out of state games to represent WSU.

Men’s tennis falls in Lubbock

Matt Hopper, Reporter January 22, 2017

Rain in Orlando gave the Shockers a chance to face-off against No. 23 Texas Tech on Saturday. The Red Raiders were added to the men’s tennis schedule a week before the match would take place - short...

Wichita State forward Angiee Tompkins moves to block Redbird guard Brechelle Beachum at Koch Arena Sunday afternoon.

Tompkins’ career-high, fourth quarter defense gives Shockers third straight

Grant Cohen, Sports Editor January 22, 2017

Junior forward Angiee Tompkins has only started three games this season, but has turned out to be one of Wichita State’s most productive players. Tompkins is WSU’s third-leading scorer with an average...

Wichita State women's basketball coach Jody Adams cuts down nets in Koch Arena during a pep rally on Wednesday. The rally was to celebrate the Shockers' first conference title in school history.

Jody Adams-Birch is out. What’s next?

Grant Cohen, Sports Editor January 22, 2017

Jody Adams-Birch’s compelling list of career accolades are often hidden by an investigation when four players quit following a 29-win season in 2014-15. Now in 2017, another investigation and a mutual...

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