Kenyon Giles now stands alone in Wichita State basketball history
Kenyon Giles has spent this season stretching defenses to their breaking point. On Sunday night in San Antonio, he stretched his way into Wichita State men’s basketball history.
With six more 3s in Wichita State’s game at UTSA at the Convocation Center, the senior guard broke the program’s single-season record for made 3-pointers, pushing his season total to 102 and setting a new standard for one of the best long-range shooting seasons the Shockers have ever seen. Giles finished with a game-high 28 points in WSU’s 84-67 win over UTSA.
Former Shocker Colby Rogers set the previous single-season mark with 99 made 3s during the 2023-24 season, doing so in 34 games. Giles surpassed that total in just his 30th game on Sunday, underscoring both his volume and the pace at which he has produced this season.
“It definitely feels good to get the record, but it’s better after a win,” Giles said. “It means a lot to me because there’s been a lot of great guys who have played at Wichita State. So I’m in some great company.”
The record-breaking moment came in two snapshots that felt fitting for the way Giles has built this season — with timing, movement and a quick-trigger release that punishes even the smallest defensive mistake.
He first tied the record with 13:18 remaining in the second half. Working in semi-transition, Giles used a drag screen from center Emmanuel Okorafor, rose up from straight on and drilled a 3-pointer to put Wichita State ahead 58-43.
Not long after, he had the record to himself.
After WSU broke UTSA’s press, Giles drifted free to the corner, caught the ball in rhythm and swished the go-ahead record-breaker with 11:24 left, extending the lead to 61-43 and giving him No. 100 on the season.
It was another milestone in what has become the most prolific perimeter-shooting campaign of Giles’ career.
Giles entered the night already authoring one of the best scoring seasons in recent WSU memory, and Sunday only added to the resume. He is now averaging 19.2 points per game while shooting 38.2% from 3-point range, combining high volume with efficiency in a role that has made him the centerpiece of Wichita State’s offense.
The scoring binge has been just as notable as the shot-making. Giles recorded his sixth straight 20-point game on Sunday and his 16th game of 20-plus points this season, which ranks as the fourth-most in program history.
And he may not be done rewriting the record book.
Beyond the raw total, Giles is also tracking toward another major program mark: single-season 3s made per game. Through 29 games, he was averaging 3.37 3s over 30 games, a rate well above the program benchmark of 2.95 per game set by Tyson Etienne in the 2020-21 season.
What has made the feat stand out is not just the number, but the variety of ways Giles gets to it. He can score from deep in transition, off movement, out of press breaks and in scramble situations, often turning ordinary possessions into momentum swings. Sunday’s record-tying and record-breaking 3s were a perfect example: one built off a well-timed screen in flow, the other off recognition and spacing against pressure.
That combination has made Giles a constant problem.
And now, officially, it has made him the owner of the best single-season 3-point mark in Wichita State history.
This story was originally published March 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM.
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