By: Wichita State
WICHITA, Kan. - Four Wichita State (13-6, 7-1) players scored in double figures
and the Shockers used clutch free throw shooting in the final minutes to help them
in a 74-63 win over the Indiana State Sycamores (10-10, 4-4) on Sunday
afternoon. The Shockers were
8-for-8 from the free throw line in the closing minutes of the game.
Jazimen Gordon and Haleigh Lankster each scored 16 points to
lead WSU and Lankster finished with a double-double as she pulled down a
game-high ten rebounds.
Jessica Diamond added 15 points and the junior guard has now
scored in doubles figures in eight-straight games, and 18 of WSU's 20 games
this season.
Chynna Turner was the other player in doubles figures as she
had 10 points to go along with seven rebounds.
ISU's Brittany Schoen finished with a game-high 20 points on
her way to passing the 1,000 career point mark. The senior guard knocked down five three pointers and helped
keep the Sycamores close at the end of the game.
Anna Munn was the only other Sycamore in double figures with
11 points.
WSU used a 10-0 run with eight points from Gordon to open
the second half but Indiana State answered with a 14-4 run to take a 50-49 lead
after Munn hit a layup.
Diamond and Lankster hit back-to-back layups to push the WSU
lead to 53-50 but Schoen tied the game with a long three-pointer. Gordon's layup and a jumper by Alicia
Sanchez extended the Shockers lead to 57-53 but a trey by Schoen cut the
Shockers lead to one with 5:29 left in the game.
Another jumper by Sanchez and a Lankster free throw pushed
the Shockers lead back to four at 60-56.
Schoen was fouled on a three-attempt and knocked down all three free
throws to cut the lead to one once again going into the final media timeout of
the game.
Turner hit a layup out of the timeout to extend the Shockers
lead to 62-59 and Shannon Thomas hit one of two free throws to make the score
62-60 with 3:18 left in the game.
WSU would go on a 14-3 run to close the game to give them the victory.
Down by as much as ten points in the first half, the
Shockers stormed back over the final four minutes with a 10-2 run to take a
36-35 halftime lead. Turner and
Lankster each scored four points in the run.
After today, WSU will start a three-game road trip, which
starts with a trip to play the Creighton Bluejays this Thursday, Feb. 2
followed by a trip to Des Moines to face the Drake Bulldogs on Saturday, Feb.
4.
The Shockers will than travel to Springfield, Mo. to face
Missouri State on Friday, Feb. 10 and the game will start at 7 p.m. and can be
seen on MVC-TV. They will return to Charles Koch Arena on Friday, Feb. 17 to
host Southern Illinois.
WSU remains in first place in the MVC, two games ahead of Missouri
State and UNI, who both won on Sunday.