CANCUN, Mexico  --  A hot-shooting Purdue took the lead early and topped Wichita State, 86-49, Thursday afternoon at the Cancun Challenge in the Epic Ballroom at the Hard Rock Hotel.

The Boilermakers out-shot WSU, 51.7 percent (30-58) to 35.8 percent (19-53) for the game, which included Purdue's second-quarter 68.8 percent (11-16)

WSU was led in scoring by Rangie Bessard's 12 points, while TaQuandra Mike had 11 in the loss that dropped the Shockers to 1-3 overall. Purdue's Dominique Oden led four double-figure scorers with 23 points as the Boilermakers improved to 2-3 overall.

The Shockers Face No. 11 Stanford on Day Two of the Cancun Challenge at 10 a.m. Central from the Hard Rock Hotel Rivera Maya main ballroom.

Despite the deficit, WSU buckled down in the third quarter, out-scoring Purdue, 18-15, by the 1:45 mark to cut the Boilermaker lead to 19, 64-45. Six Shockers scored in the third led by Mike's five points as WSU won the quarter, 20-16.

Purdue extended the lead back to 24 points, 69-45 by the 6:23 mark of the fourth quarter. The Shockers got their first basket of the final frame at the 3:55 mark, a Bessard layup. Bessard scored the Shockers' only other basket in the fourth, as well, to cut the lead to 81-49, at 2:57.

The Boilermakers went on to win the final frame, 22-4, and the game, 86-49.

To open the game, Purdue jumped out to a 12-4 lead by the media timeout at 3:39 after an and-one by Morrissette. Two treys by Oden gave the Boilermakers an added boost during the run.

Purdue closed the quarter by out-scoring the Shockers, 9-5, to extend the lead to 21-9 at the end of the first frame.  TaQuandra Mike highlighted the final three and a half minutes with a trey to give WSU its third basket of the game.

Mike opened WSU's scoring in the second quarter with a three-pointer, but the Boilermakers answered by out-scoring WSU 13-5 by the media timeout at 6:27 to take a 34-14 lead. By 2:33, it was 44-18 for Purdue.

WSU had its best offensive output of the first half, scoring seven points in the final 2:33, but Purdue still held a 23-point lead after Stovall hit a three at the buzzer, 48-25.

Purdue out-shot WSU, 58.8 percent (20-34) to 34.6 percent (9-26) in the first half to win each quarter, 21-9 and 27-16, respectively. Oden led the Boilermakers with 13 points at intermission while Bessard led WSU with six.