You may have watched Wichita State’s 75-64 exhibition victory over Catawba at Koch Arena on Tuesday night, but here are 10 takeaways that you might not have noticed and didn’t show up in the box score.
1. WSU was at its best when Udeze, Stevenson and Brown saw the floor. WSU thoroughly outplayed Catawba when the trio of freshmen in Morris Udeze (0.43 PPP advantage), Erik Stevenson (0.34 PPP) and Rod Brown (0.36 PPP) were on the floor. The Shockers’ offense peaked with Udeze at center, as WSU scored at 1.18 PPP (0.17 above its game average) on the 28 possessions Udeze played.