WICHITA, Kan.- Ben Smith scored 14 points in the second half and two other Shockers reached double figures as Wichita State took down Bradley,61-41, in front of a sold-out crowd inside Charles Koch Arena Saturday afternoon.

Smith didn't miss a shot in the game going 6-for-6 from the field and 4-for-4 from behind the three-point line.  Three Shockers reached double figures as Smith tied his career high with 16 points and Gabe Blair and J.T. Durley both pitched in 10 points apiece.  Blair finished the game with his second career double-double as he also picked up 10 rebounds.  Andrew Warren led the Braves with 16 points.

The Shockers held the Braves to 41 points for the game.  The last time WSU held a team below 40 points was against Alabama A&M back on Dec. 13, 2010.  Wichita State outrebounded Bradley 35-31 as Blair led the Shocks on the boards with 10 rebounds. 

Wichita State improves to 18-4 on the season and 9-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference.  Bradley dropped to 6-16 overall and 0-11 in the MVC.

The Shockers took an early 7-5 lead into the first media timeout.  Bradley's Jordan Prosser opened the game with a lay-up, but Blair answered right back with an offensive rebound put-back of his own.  David Kyles pushed the Shockers ahead with a three pointer, but Warren evened the score at 5-5 with a deep three-pointer as the shot clock expired with 16:31 left in the first half. Blair connected on his second shot of the game to give the Shockers the 7-5 advantage going into the media break.

Will Egolf hit back-to-back jumpers out of the timeout giving the Braves a 9-7 lead, but the Shockers went on a 15-2 run after that.  Blair dunked his way to his sixth point of the first half and Graham Hatch hit back-to-back three-pointers from the right wing.  Joe Ragland knocked down a three from the left wing and Smith tipped in a missed three point attempt by Kyles to give the Shockers their first double digit lead of the first half, 22-11.

Warren ended the Shockers' run with a layup with a little over seven minutes left in the first half. He connected on a three-pointer the very next possession making the score 22-16 in favor of the Shockers.

The Shockers held the Braves to only two field goals during an eight-minute span in the first half.  Blair extended the Shockers lead to nine before Warren connected on another jumper for the Braves. Durley gave Wichita State a 26-18 lead going into the last media timeout of the first half.

Wichita State picked up their second double-digit lead of the first half with a little under two minutes to play.  Ragland picked up a steal and found Kyles down the court to give the Shocks a 28-18 lead.  Blair extended that lead to twelve by connecting on a shot inside.  WSU took a 30-18 lead into the half time break.

Blair paced the Shockers in the first twenty minutes of play scoring 10 points and pulling down seven rebounds.  Warren led the Braves with 10 points off of 4-of-8 shooting from the field.

The Shockers outrebounded the Braves 21-11 in the first half.  Blair and Stutz paced the Shocks on the board with seven and six rebounds respectively.  Prosser led Bradley with four rebounds in the first half. 

Durley came out firing after the half time break scoring Wichita State's first eight points of the second half.  The Shocks and Braves traded baskets for most of the first four minutes, as WSU took a 38-28 lead into the first media timeout.

Murry extended the Shocker lead to fourteen with a jumper from the right elbow, WSU up 40-26.  Warren hit his third three-pointer of the game to bring the Braves within nine points, but Ben Smith answered right back with a three-pointer of his own to put the Shocks up 43-31.

Smith continued his hot shooting connecting on back-to-back three pointers putting the Shockers ahead 49-33 with 8:22 left in the game. Smith kept his hot streak going and scored his eleventh straight point in the second half with a reverse layup that gave the Shockers a 51-33 advantage.

Smith scored his, as well as the Shockers', 14th-straight point by knocking down his fourth three-pointer of the second half.  The connection from long range gave Wichita State its first twenty-point advantage of the game, Shocks up 54-34.

Senior Derek Brown connected on the Shockers' tenth three-pointer of the game giving the Shockers a 61-37 lead with a little over two minutes left to play in the game.  The Shocks never looked back as they carried a twenty-point lead for the remainder of the game.

The Shockers are back on the road to face the Sycamores of Indiana State for the second time in four games.  Tip-off is set for 6:05 p.m. and can be seen on Kansas 22.

-Wichita State-