Today In The Valley (Feb. 10)
Wichita State (11-13; 5-8, 8th) vs. Missouri State (10-14; 3-10, t-9th)
7:00 p.m.
Koch Arena; Wichita, Kansas
The Shox currently sit two games ahead of the Bears for 8th place in the MVC, but one of MSU’s three conference wins came against WSU in Springfield. Chris Cooks recorded a double-double that day, built strongly on a career-high 23 points.
Cooks has three double-doubles this season, but only two of them are of the points-rebounds variety. Right before he was injured, back on December 20, he scored 13 points, dished 10 assists, and grabbed 6 rebounds against Norfolk State. And while Cooks makes things go for Cuonzo Martin’s Bears, and while he has scored in double figures in his past 3 games, MSU only won one of those contests (against Evansville last week). Cooks shot 55% from the floor that night, as opposed to his 33% shooting in the two losses (at Creighton, vs. SIU).
WSU can ill afford a repeat performance by Cooks and the rest of the Bears. But one thing the Shox do pretty well (and fairly consistently) is guard folks. Still, many of the WSU players say the rock bottom of their season was the loss to MSU, a team that at the time was winless in conference play just like the Shockers. Since then, though, the Shox have won 5 of 7 games against the likes of Creighton, Illinois State, Drake, Indiana State, and Evansville. Their previous game found them losing to the Purple Aces, though, a team that plays a similar defensive style to the Bears.
Picks
Creighton Otter: Wichita State
Panon: Wichita State
Dance Cam Guy: Wichita State
~ Creighton Otter
7:00 p.m.
Koch Arena; Wichita, Kansas
The Shox currently sit two games ahead of the Bears for 8th place in the MVC, but one of MSU’s three conference wins came against WSU in Springfield. Chris Cooks recorded a double-double that day, built strongly on a career-high 23 points.
Cooks has three double-doubles this season, but only two of them are of the points-rebounds variety. Right before he was injured, back on December 20, he scored 13 points, dished 10 assists, and grabbed 6 rebounds against Norfolk State. And while Cooks makes things go for Cuonzo Martin’s Bears, and while he has scored in double figures in his past 3 games, MSU only won one of those contests (against Evansville last week). Cooks shot 55% from the floor that night, as opposed to his 33% shooting in the two losses (at Creighton, vs. SIU).
WSU can ill afford a repeat performance by Cooks and the rest of the Bears. But one thing the Shox do pretty well (and fairly consistently) is guard folks. Still, many of the WSU players say the rock bottom of their season was the loss to MSU, a team that at the time was winless in conference play just like the Shockers. Since then, though, the Shox have won 5 of 7 games against the likes of Creighton, Illinois State, Drake, Indiana State, and Evansville. Their previous game found them losing to the Purple Aces, though, a team that plays a similar defensive style to the Bears.
Picks
Creighton Otter: Wichita State
Panon: Wichita State
Dance Cam Guy: Wichita State
~ Creighton Otter
posted by Creighton Otter at 5:41 AM
3 Comments:
Just FYI: Murry is the real deal for WSU.
No doubt. Check out our midseason All-MVC awards (the "Middies")
http://bluejaybasketball.blogspot.com/2009/01/mid-season-all-mvc-picks.html
Murry's pretty solid for a frosh, on both sides of the ball.
It's amazing that all are back-court players!
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