WICHITA, Kan. — David Kyles led Wichita State with a game-high 19 points and Carl Hall picked up a game-high nine rebounds as the Shocker men's basketball team opened the 2011-12 regular season with an 85-57 win against Charleston Southern Sunday at Charles Koch Arena. | Box Score

A crowd of 10,181 watched the Shockers (1-0) shoot 53.4 percent and hold the visiting Buccaneers to 29.7 percent shooting. In addition to Kyles, five Shockers finished with double-digit point totals: Hall (12 points), Demetric Williams (12 points), Ben Smith (10 points) and Tekele Cotton (10 points).

Charleston Southern fell to 0-2 on the season in the first-ever meeting between the Shockers and Buccaneers.

The Shockers jumped out to a 14-4 lead in the first five minutes of the game. Charleston Southern's lone points during the opening stretch came on four free throws by Saah Nimley.

The Buccaneers missed their first seven shots and Wichita State held Charleston Southern without a field goal for the first 5:43 of the game.

With 11:31 remaining in the first half, the Buccaneers were shooting 9.1 percent on 1-for-11 shooting, while the Shockers made 8 of their first 13 field goal attempts (61.5 percent).

Wichita State took a 45-17 lead into halftime, led by 10 points each from Smith and Kyles. Hall led the Shockers with six first-half rebounds.

The Shockers shot 55.6 percent in the half and 58.3 percent from three-point range. Charleston Southern finished 0-for-6 from three-point range and shot 18.5 percent in the half overall.

Wichita State opened the second half outscoring Charleston Southern, 10-3, to take a 35-point lead.

The Shockers later used a 9-0 run over 1:21 to take a 69-25 lead.

Eleven players scored for Wichita State in the win, which improved the Shockers to 87-18 in home openers. The Shockers finished shooting 11-for-22 from three-point range Sunday (50 percent), but struggled from the free-throw line, shooting 52.2 percent (12-of-23).

Before the start of Sunday's game, Wichita State unveiled the 2011 National Invitation Tournament champions banner. The banner now hangs in the Charles Koch Arena rafters above sections 113 and 114.

The Shockers next travel to the Puerto Rico Tip-Off, playing Colorado at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17 on ESPNU.

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