EVANSVILLE, Ind. -Garrett Stutz scored a career-high 29 points to lead Wichita State to a 67-66 win over the University of Evansville men's basketball team Wednesday evening at the Ford Center.
 
Colt Ryan was 10-18 from the floor and hit five three-pointers to tie his season high with 31 points for the Aces.  The Batesville, Ind. native also dished out five assists while tying for the team high with five boards.  Kenneth Harris was the other Ace in double figures with 15 points.

Toure' Murry was the other Shocker in double figures with ten points.
 
The first half featured 10 lead changes before Wichita State (11-3, 2-1 MVC) took a lead of ten points late in the half.  The Aces (7-6, 2-1 MVC) had the upper hand early, going up 9-6, but the Shockers came right back with seven-straight of their own to go up 13-9. 
 
Evansville came back to take what would be their largest edge of the game at four points (20-16) when Ryan knocked down his first trey of the game.  Once again, the Shockers had an answer, wrapping up the half on an 18-7 run to take a 34-27 lead at the half.  With Wichita up by ten, Harris hit a three at the buzzer to make it a seven-point deficit.
 
An early rally by the Aces in the second half saw them tie the game at 40-40.  Ryan scored 11 points in the opening five minutes of the period, but the Shockers responded with a 7-0 run over the course of two minutes.
 
Wichita State continued to pad its lead, finding itself up 61-51 inside of ten minutes remaining before Evansville made another run.  Harris continued his solid outing, tallying five, including a three-pointer that brought the Aces within a point at 64-63.
 
With only 1:24 left, Ryan sank two free throws to put the Aces back in front, 65-64.  Stutz struck once again, putting the Shockers on top with another jumper in the last minute.  After Joe Ragland hit one of two free throws, the Aces had the ball down by two with 16 seconds left.  Harris was fouled on a putback attempt, sending him to the line with just one second left.  The senior hit the first free throw but missed the second and WSU cleared the ball to give them the one point win.
 
The Shockers hit 26-of-44 shots in the game, finishing with a 59.1 shooting percentage.  Stutz hit 12 out of 14 shots while hauling in a game-high ten boards.  His efforts helped the Shockers take a 30-20 edge in rebounding and WSU has now outrebounded every opponent in 2011-12.   WSU also finished the night with a 40-14 edge in points in the paint.

WSU will again play on the road this Saturday when they travel to Southern Illinois.  Tip-off against the Salukis is set for 2:05 p.m. and you can watch the game on Kansas 22.