Tulsa Golden Hurricane (20-5, 8-4 AAC) at Wichita State Shockers (15-10, 7-5 AAC)
Wichita, Kansas; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Wichita State plays Tulsa after Kenyon Giles scored 24 points in Wichita State's 66-58 loss to the South Florida Bulls.
The Shockers are 11-3 on their home court. Wichita State ranks fifth in the AAC with 23.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Will Berg averaging 4.7.
The Golden Hurricane are 8-4 against conference opponents. Tulsa is 4-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
Wichita State scores 77.0 points per game, 4.3 more points than the 72.7 Tulsa allows. Tulsa has shot at a 48.7% rate from the field this season, 6.2 percentage points higher than the 42.5% shooting opponents of Wichita State have averaged.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Giles is scoring 18.1 points per game with 2.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists for the Shockers. Karon Boyd is averaging 11.3 points over the last 10 games.