Whether coach Gregg Marshall likes it or not, Wichita State is playing “pretty” basketball better than it has in his 11 seasons at the helm.
After dishing out 24 assists on 33 baskets in a 95-74 win over Connecticut over the weekend, No. 19 Wichita State (19-5, 9-3 American) now ranks in the top five in the country in both assists per game (third at 19.2) and assist percentage (fourth at 64.6 percent) entering Thursday’s game against Temple (15-10, 7-6) at Koch Arena.
“I’m not into that,” Marshall said. “It’s not something I want to coach — ‘pretty basketball’ — but it is a thing to marvel at sometimes the way they share it and the way the ball moves side to side.