WICHITA, Kan. — Senior Joe Ragland led Wichita State's hot shooting Wednesday by pacing the Shockers with a game-high 19 points, including five three pointers, in an 82-57 win against Northern Iowa at Charles Koch Arena.

The Shockers shot 55.9 percent for the game (33-of-59) and a season-high 63.2 percent from three-point range (12-of-19) to pick up their Missouri Valley Conference-leading 12^th league win of the season.

Wichita State improved to 21-4 overall and 12-2 in Valley men's basketball play in front of a home crowd of 10,241.

David Kyles scored 16 points off the bench and went 4-for-4 from behind the three-point arc as Wichita State matched a season-high with 12 made treys.

Garrett Stutz, the MVC Player of the Week, picked up his ninth double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Toure' Murry also finished with double-digit scoring (12 points) and Demetric Williams led all players with six assists Wednesday.

Seth Tuttle led Northern Iowa (16-10, 6-8) with 15 points.

Wichita State opened the game by scoring its first 12 points on three-pointers, going 4-for-4 in the first four minutes, with Ragland and Ben Smith scoring two threes each.

The Shockers built a 10-point lead on a Williams' three. A Murry layup pushed the Shockers' lead to 11 points with 12:19 remaining in the half.

A three-pointer from Kyles extended Wichita State to a 29-15 lead midway through the first half. A Stutz tip-in later in the half gave the Shockers a 19-point edge with 6:36 left in the half.

The Shockers took a 43-35 lead into halftime. Ragland scored 13 points in the first half to lead all scorers. Marc Sonnen led UNI with eight points.

The Shockers shot 53 percent in the half, including 69 percent from three-point range (9-of-13) in the opening 20 minutes.

UNI cut Wichita State's lead to three points early in the second half on a layup from Tuttle.

The Shockers later put together a 12-0 run over a stretch of 5:04 to take a 64-47 lead midway through the half. UNI missed five-straight shots during the same stretch.

A Cotton dunk, assisted by Williams, followed by a Kyles' three with 6:29 left in the game pushed Wichita State ahead by 21 points.

Wichita State improved to 13-1 at home this season and won for the 11^th time in the last 12 games.

The Shockers next play at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 at Creighton. ESPN2 will televise the game. Wichita State returns home to play Missouri State at 7:05 p.m. Feb. 15 at Charles Koch Arena.

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