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Posted on Sat, Nov. 07, 2009

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Newman at Wichita State

By Paul Suellentrop

Shockwaves

Wichita State put out a release after the game stating that senior guard Clevin Hannah is out while WSU resolves “an administrative matter concerning the certification of his amateur status” with the NCAA. WSU athletic director Eric Sexton and WSU coach Gregg Marshall said he believes the matter will be resolved this week, which doesn’t necessarily mean Hannah will play in Sunday’s season-opener. WSU expects Hannah to play at some point this season. “Clevin didn’t do anything wrong – it’s paperwork,” Marshall said. “We didn’t dot the I’s and cross the T’s. We’ll hopefully have him back as soon as possible.” Sexton said Hannah’s situation would not affect last season’s record. WSU is also reviewing the status of baseball player Taylor Gilmore.

WSU 81, Newman 69 – Final

WSU 74, Newman 65 (1:50) – Murry with eight straight points before Hatch’s layup on a press-breaker.

WSU 70, Newman 61 (3:16) - Newman’s Chip Steven has 13 to lead all scorers.

WSU 64, Newman 50 (7:33) – Murry makes a great hustle play, tracking down his miss, to produce a three by Kyles.

WSU 61, Newman 50 (8:25) – Jets keep it close with threes.

WSU 58, Newman 41 (11:43) - Manigault with two nice plays – a pass to Blair for a basket and a runner in the lane.

WSU 50, Newman 34 (15:46 remaining in the game) - Williams leads all scorers with 10 points. WSU on an 11-4 run after halftime.

Williams starts the second half for WSU.

WSU 39, Newman 28 – Halftime. WSU is shooting 47.1 percent from the floor, 25 percent from three. Stutz leads WSU with eight points. Any negative should be looked in light of the changing lineups Marshall used. Ten turnovers is a problem. Newman got way too many layups and shots in the lane. In all, however, Marshall is getting a look at a lot of players, his main goal.

WSU 37, Newman 25 (2:59) - Demetric Williams has scored seven of WSU’s past nine points. Then he gave up a layup. Freshman.

WSU 26, Newman 16 (7:19) - WSU is pressing every chance it gets, with varied results. Murry and Hatch lead the Shockers with six points. Mathews has five for the Jets.

WSU 21, Newman 11 (10:14) - Shockers going with four freshmen and Stutz. The pace is slowing. Veterans coming back.

WSU 19, Newman 8 (12:44) – Stutz with six straight points, two on dunks. Timeout Jets.

WSU 11, Newman 6, 14:34 remaining – Still no Hannah. Demetric Williams is checking in to play point, so Clevin is deep in the bench for some reason. Could be just to let other people play, although that seems unlikely. Could be something else. Newman is getting to the basket easily against WSU’s defense, although not scoring.

New “Iron Man” intro video seemed well-received by the fans. It was time to update it. Looked good. New intro video also. Can’t go wrong with The Edge and black-and-white photos of Dave Stallworth. Fans seemed to like it.

Shocker starters - Ellis, Hatch, Murry, Kyles, Durley. No Clevin Hannah. I don’t know why. He is in uniform and warmed up. Jets – Darby, Steven, Mathews, Berry, Northington.

City championship on the line tonight (with apologies to Friends University). I guess we will call the City NCAA title game.

No Mason Felter for the Shockers. He said he is academically ineligible for the first semester.  Too bad. This is the kind of game WSU could use Felter. There are several games this semester that Mason would probably get a chance.

Moving ahead, WSU will stir up some old memories with its celebration of MTXE night on Jan. 3 against Bradley. The Shockers will wear the old uniforms from the early 1980s with MTXE and the old-style WuShock (the best WSU uniform  look by a large margin. It should be the look every season). Some old coaches and players will return. WSU is preparing a list. It expects some big names to return. More details to come.

SIU needed a tip-in at the buzzer to beat NCAA Division II Southern Indiana in an exhibition. Jordan Eglseder scores 15 points to help Northern Iowa easily win its exhibition. Dwyane Lathan (the transfer nobody is talking about) led Indiana State with 16 points in an exhibition win.