• UW will play 58th postseason game
The Wyoming Cowboys will head to Wichita State for the First Round of the National Invitational Tournament on Tuesday evening at 5 p.m. MT inside Koch Arena. It marks the first contest in the event for the Cowboys since the 2003 season and first postseason contest for the Pokes since the 2021-22 campaign. The contest will be televised on ESPNU.
Wyoming is one of five Mountain West teams that were invited to the 88th annual event.
Fans can listen to the contest, as well as follow stats on GoWyo.com. The game will be broadcast live on radio over the 26 affiliate stations of the Cowboy Sports Network with Keith Kelley on the call and Kevin McKinney on Color.
About The Teams
Wyoming heads into the contest with a 18-14 overall record after falling to UNLV 73-70 in the First Round of the MW Championships last Wednesday. The Pokes 77.1 points per game and allow 73 points per night. Wyoming is shooting 45.3 percent from the field with the opposition shooting 46 percent. Wyoming is shooting 33 percent from behind the arc with 8.2 makes per game. UW allows only 6.5 threes per game. The Pokes grab 35.6 rebounds per game for the season and are +4.4 on the glass this season.
The Shockers head into the contest with a 22-11 overall record and fell in the American Championship game to South Florida 70-55 on Sunday afternoon and finished second in the league and had only one loss since mid-February. Wichita State scores 77.6 points per game and allow 70.4 points per night. WSU shoots 44.2 percent from the field and hold opponents to 42.1 percent. An excellent rebounding team, the Shockers grab 41 per game.
About The Players
Wyoming is led in scoring this season by Leland Walker at 13.7 points per game for tenth in the MW. He also adds a team-high 3.7 assists per game and is nearing 500 for his career. Nasir (Naz) Meyer adds 12.8 points per game this season and adds 4.8 rebounds per game for second on the team. Khaden Bennett adds 10.4 points per game and owns the team lead with 4.9 rebounds per night. Damarion Dennis adds 11 points per game for the season and is shooting 51 percent from the field.
The Shockers are led by Kenyon Giles at 19.2 points per game. He earned All-American Conference honors and was the league’s Newcomer of the Year. One of the nation’s top three-point shooters he has 113 makes on the season. Karon Boyd was Third-Team All-Conference at 10.8 points per game with 5.9 rebounds. Will Berg was the league’s Sixth Man of the Year at 8.8 points to go with 8.3 rebounds per game.
About The Series
The two teams opened the season against each other in four-straight seasons from 1960 to 1963.
Up Next
The winner of Tuesday’s contest will head to the Round of 16 against either Oklahoma State or Davidson with date, site and time to be determined.
