CEDAR FALLS, Iowa  -- A no-look shot from Toure' Murry in the final two minutes put Wichita State ahead for good in a 71-68 road win against Northern Iowa at the McLeod Center Wednesday.

Murry scored six of his 24 game-high points in the final two minutes of the Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball game in front of a crowd of 4,690.

The win gave the Shockers their sixth-straight victory and improved Wichita State to 5-0 in Valley road games this season. The Shockers improved to 16-3 overall and 7-1 in Valley play. UNI fell to 13-7 and 3-5 in the conference.

Garrett Stutz (17 points), Joe Ragland (13 points) and Carl Hall (11 points) also finished with double-digit point totals for the Shockers. Stutz led all players with nine rebounds.

Murry's 24 points tied a career high. He scored 17 of his points in the second half.

Anthony James led UNI with 16 points and five rebounds.

The Shockers carried a 32-30 lead into halftime, taking the lead just before the end of the half on a three-pointer from Murry.

Wichita State led by as many as nine points earlier in the half, taking a 17-8 lead on a Hall layup. UNI battled back to eventually take a four-point lead on a jumper by James with less than four minutes on the clock before the half.

Stutz led the Shockers with 11 points and five rebounds in the first half. UNI got eight points from Seth Tuttle.

UNI regained the lead early in the second half and stretched the margin to eight points in the first four minutes with a 13-3 run.

A jumper by Murry and steal and layup from David Kyles cut the Panther lead to four points at the 11:15 mark.

The lead later shrunk to two points, 59-57, on free throws from Murry and Stutz.

A Hall layup, assisted by Stutz, cut the lead to one point with 3:01 remaining in the game.

The no-look shot from Murry with 1:21 to go gave the Shockers a 67-66 lead. Free throws from Ragland extended the Shockers to a three-point advantage at the 1:11 mark.

UNI cut the Shocker lead to one point on a layup before a floating shot from Murry pushed the Shockers in front, 71-68, with 12 seconds on the clock. UNI missed a three-point attempt in the closing seconds to seal the Shocker win.

The Shockers return home for two games at Charles Koch Arena, starting at 7:05 p.m. Saturday against SIU and at 7 p.m. Jan. 25 against Evansville.

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