WICHITA-Kan.- The Wichita State Shockers beat the Chicago State Cougars, 91-51, in front of a crowd of 10,206 at Charles Koch Arena Wednesday night.

The Shockers had three reach double figures, but were lead by David Kyles who scored 15 points, going 5-for-7 from behind the arc.  Demetric Williams shot a perfect 8-for-8 from the charity stripe to score 14 points for the Shockers and J.T. Durley put up 11 points along with four rebounds.  Graham Hatch led WSU on the boards with six rebounds.

Chicago State was led in scoring by Carl Montgomery who scored 10 points.  Haji Martin led the Cougars with eight rebounds.

The Shockers jumped out to an early 6-0 lead with baskets from Durley and Aaron Ellis.  A diving steal from Hatch and a layup from Toure' Murry helped extend the Shocker lead.  Chicago State stopped the run with a basket from Antonio Lofton, but the Shockers went on to score eight unanswered points going into the first media break with 3-pointers from Hatch and Kyles, and a jumper from Durley in the paint to put WSU up, 14-4.

Ben Smith extended the Shocker lead, 17-6, with a layup off of a nice pass from Gabe Blair with 12:33 left in the first half.  Demetric Williams followed that up with a jumper from the elbow to put the Shocks ahead 19-6.  A basket from Martin brought the Cougar deficit down to 11 with the Shocks up 19-8.

Durley pushed the Shocker lead out to 22-8 with a 3-pointer.  A steal from Hatch lead to a missed 3-pointer from Durley, but was followed up with a hustle play and board by Hatch leading to two made free throws.  The makes at the charity stripe from Hatch put the Shocks up, 25-10.

The Cougars went on a 7-0 run going into the eight-minute media timeout off a 3-pointer from Victor Scott, a dunk from Montgomery, and jumper from Martin.  The unanswered points cut the Shocker lead down to 29-20 with a little under six minutes left in the half.

The Shockers ended the Cougars run coming out of a timeout with a free throw from Ehimen Orukpe, and a jumper from Blair gave WSU another double-digit lead, 32-20.  A steal and 3-pointer from Kyles gave the Shocks a 35-20 advantage.

With just four minutes left in the first half, Kyles' long range 3-pointer gave the Shockers their first 20-point advantage of the game, 40-20. A nice cross-court bounce pass from Ragland to Williams extended the Shocker lead.  A Tyler Richardson 3-pointer and a dunk from Ellis closed out the first half for the Shockers.  WSU went into the break with a 49-22 lead over the Cougars.

At the half, the Shockers were led by Kyles with nine points and Hatch with seven points and five boards.  The Cougars were led by Scott with five points and four rebounds.  Wichita State outrebounded Chicago State in the first half, 24-15.

Wichita State paced out to an early 54-22 second half lead off of a 3-pointer from Kyles and a rebound put-back from Durley.  Kyles' fifth three of the game extended the Shocker lead to, 57-22.  Heading into the first media timeout of the half, Montgomery stopped an 8-0 run by Wichita State with a jumper in the paint, 57-24.

With 13:00 left the second half, the Shocks continued to build on their 20-point lead with a 3-pointer from Smith.  A Blair dunk gave Wichita State a 33-point advantage, and back-to-back layups from Ragland and Stutz put the Shockers up, 70-33.

Layups from Williams, Ragland, and Durley gave Wichita State its first 40-point advantage of the game, 76-35.  The Shocks spent the rest of the second half continuing to build on that lead.

With a little under six minutes to play in the game, Orupke brought the crowd to their feet with a rebound put-back to put the Shockers up 83-43.  Jerome Hamilton electrified Charles Koch Arena with a fast break dunk with a little under four minutes left in the game, 85-46.  Derek Brown closed out the second half with a 3-pointer for the Shockers.

Wichita State outrebounded Chicago State, 44-31, making the Cougars the sixth opponent the Shockers have outrebounded this season.

The Shockers travel to San Diego, Calif., to take part in the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Conference Challenge.  The Shocks take on San Diego State on Sat., Dec. 4 with tip-off set for 9:05 p.m. Central time.

-WICHITA STATE-