WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita State defeated the Texas Southern Tigers, 79-67, in front of 10,387 fans at Charles Koch Arena on Tuesday night.  The Shockers had a field goal percentage of 52 percent (26-for-50) and a 3-point percentage of 42 percent (11-for-26) for the game.

The Shockers were led by David Kyles, who had a career-high 20 points with a career-high seven field goals (7-for-9) and five treys (5-for-7).  Joe Ragland added 11 points off the bench for WSU and Toure' Murry had 10 points.  Texas Southern was led by Lawrence Johnson-Danner's 22 points and Kevin Galloway added 20 points.

Wichita State jumped out to a 5-0 lead after Kyles's free throw but Texas Southern answered with six-straight points to take the lead, 6-5.  Ragland's 3-pointer gave the Shockers the lead back, 8-5, and a JT Durley jumper extended their lead to, 10-5, at the 12:10 mark.

Kyles's second 3-pointer of the first half gave the Shockers their first double-digit lead at, 23-13, with 6:02 to go. Murry hit a 3-pointer from the right baseline to extend the Wichita State lead to, 34-25, with 35 seconds left in the half.  Another Murray 3-pointer at the buzzer extended the Shock lead to, 37-25.

Wichita State shot a blistering 50 percent from the field and 43 percent from behind the 3-point line in the first half.  Kyles led the Shockers with 11 points and Murry added eight points at the break. 

In the second half, a Garrett Stutz layup and another 3-pointer from Kyles gave the Shockers a 46-28 lead with 17:28 left in the game.  Joe Ragland's 3-pointer extended the Shockers lead to, 56-35.  Texas Southern cut the Shockers lead to, 77-65, at the 1:16 mark but a dunk by Ben Smith electrified the crowd and put the Shockers ahead, 79-65.

The Shockers will play next at the Maui Invitational Monday, Nov. 22 against the University of Connecticut.  Tip is 2:05 p.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN2.