Box Score TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Seniors
David Kyles and Toure' Murry each scored 16 points to lead Wichita State and
earn a 75-65 win over Indiana State Sunday at the Hulman Center.
Senior center Garrett Stutz
narrowly missed his third consecutive double-double as he pulled down a
team-high 11 rebounds and added 8 points for Wichita State (15-3, 6-1 MVC). Ben Smith came off the bench to score
10 points and the Oklahoma native was 3-for-5 from the three-point line and he hit
two key treys in the final minutes to help WSU improve to 5-0 on the road.
Murry continues to put up
solid numbers across the board as he pulled down nine rebounds, added three
assists and was 6-for-6 from the free throw line. Kyles was 5-of-6 from the field and 4-of-5 behind the arc.
Dywane Latham paced Indiana
State (11-7, 2-5 MVC) with 17 points and pulled down three boards. Carl Richard joined Latham in double
figures with 13 points and he also added eight boards. Myles Walker pulled down a game-high 14
rebounds and helped the Sycamores out-rebound the Shockers, 42-36 , and become the
first opponent to out-rebound WSU this season.
Walker got
the Sycamores on the board with a put-back dunk less than a minute into the
game and RJ Mahurin hit a trey on the Sycamores' next possession for a quick
5-0 advantage.
An Odum
lay-up at the 11:01 mark knotted the score at 15 before the Shockers went on a
7-0 run to take a 22-15 lead just two minute later. Jake Odum hit 1-of-2 free
throws with 2:23 on the clock as ISU trailed just 28-26, but the Shockers
scored the final eight points of the first half to go into the break with a
36-26 lead.
The Sycamores
would battle the Shockers tough in the second half as they used a 5-0 spurt
five minutes into the second half and Odum hit a pair of free throws with 14:36
to go which left ISU down just 44-40.
Wichita
State ran the lead back out to nine points at 49-40 with 13:22 to go, before
ISU answered with a trey from Jordan Printy, and back-to-back buckets by Jake
Kitchell and Richard as the Shocker advantage stood at jut 51-49 with 11:17 to
go.
Dwayne
Lathan hit a jumper with just under four minutes to go to cut the Shocker lead
down to just 60-58 but Smith hit back-to-back 3-pointers, including a
four-point play as WSU led 67-58 with 2:10 on the clock.
ISU would
get as close as six points twice in the final minute, including 71-65 with 39
seconds left when the Shockers turned the ball over against the ISU press. Odum
just missed a triple with 35 seconds left and Wichita State hit four free
throws down the stretch to take the 75-65 victory.
The ISU defense held the
Shockers to 40.4 percent shooting from the field (21-of-52), while the
Sycamores hit 38.1 percent (24-of-63). ISU owned a 28-16 advantage in the paint
while the Shocker bench scored 29 points.
WSU will travel to Cedar
Falls this Wednesday to face Northern Iowa. Tip-off will be 7:05 p.m. and you can watch on Kansas 22.
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