Good morning! With the basketball season looming, read about Shocker men’s basketball’s Justin Hill and the experience and toughness he will bring to the team for the 2024-25 season.

What else are we mixing into today’s edition of the Shocker Brew?

🏀 Men’s basketball wins wire-to-wire exhibition
🏐 Volleyball completes weekend sweep
🌾 ​ And much, much more!

🌾 ONE BIG THING

Wichita State men’s basketball nearly hit the century mark in a wire-to-wire exhibition win over Emporia State Sunday night, 99-53. The 99 points are the most a Wichita State team has scored in an exhibition since 2017 when they scored 113. Wichita State upped its exhibition win streak to 30 in a row.

Five Shockers reached double figures, led by Corey Washington with 15. He missed just one shot from the field, going 6-for-7. Quincy Ballard and Harlond Beverly both added 12 points, while Ballard tallied eight rebounds. The Shockers will officially get the season started next Monday, Nov. 4 on the road at Western Kentucky.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Double Dubs. Shocker volleyball completed its weekend sweep on Sunday with a four-set win over UAB to move to 11-10 overall and 6-3 in AAC play. Morgan Stout finished with an impressive 22 kills in the match while Sarah Barham joined the 1K club with her 12 kills against the Blazers. The Shockers will look to pick back up where they left off on Friday in their first of two matches against Tulsa.

🔼 What A Run. Wichita State's Alejandro Jacome and Kristof Minarik dropped their doubles semifinal match to the No. 1 seeded team on Saturday morning, ending their run at the 2024 AAC Individual Championships. After taking down fifth-seeded Memphis on Friday, the fourth-seeded Shocker duo could not keep up the momentum on Saturday, falling in straight sets to close out their time in Houston.

🔼 Impressive Play. The Shocker duo of Giorgia Roselli and Theodora Chantava's brilliant run at the 2024 AAC Individual Championships came to an end against the top-seeded doubles team in the field on Saturday morning. In singles play, Kristina Kudryavtseva wrapped up play on Saturday for the Shockers with a loss to Tulane. The next team action for the Shockers is at the Tulsa Invitational on November 1.

🤔 SHOCKER TRIVIA

Touch ‘Em All. Today’s trivia question…following this weekend’s walk-off winner in the World Series, which former Shocker baseball player hit on of the most notable walk-offs in World Series history?

Think you got it? Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!

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📆 LOOKING AHEAD

*All times CST

Monday, October 28
No scheduled events

Tuesday, October 29
No scheduled events

Wednesday, October 30
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Northeastern State @ 6 p.m. in Wichita, KS

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Joe Carter!

In Game 6 of the 1993 World Series, Joe Carter hit one of the most famous walk-off home runs in baseball history to lift the Toronto Blue Jays over the Philadelphia Phillies.

🌾 Have a great Monday, y’all!