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STILLWATER, Okla. -- Landry Shamet scored a career-high 30 points, and No. 6/6 Wichita State picked at its first win at Oklahoma State's Gallagher-Iba Arena since 1957.
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Shamet (6-of-11 from the field, 4-of-7 from three) also set personal bests with 14 free throws on 16 attempts. The sophomore overcame a slow start, scoring 28 of his 30 points over the final 21 minutes.
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Likewise, WSU (8-1) had more turnovers (12) than points (9) at the 6:00-mark of the first half before finding its footing. The Shockers scored 67 points over the final 26 minutes to turn an eight-point deficit into a 12-point victory.
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Conner Frankamp tallied 14 points for WSU, which improved to 6-1 against the Big 12 since 2010.
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Darral Willis Jr. scored all 12 of his points over the final 14 minutes and tallied six rebounds.
Rashard Kelly had a team-high seven rebounds to go with five points and three steals.
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Tavarius Shine (20 points) and Mitchell Solomon (17) and paced OSU (7-2 and receiving votes in the latest Associated Press Poll).
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WSU snapped a long non-conference home winning streak for the second-straight weekend. Seven days after ending No. 16 Baylor's 46-game streak (the nation's second longest), they put a stop to OSU's 15-game run.
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OSU lost a non-conference home game at home for just the eighth time since 1989. The Cowboys are 210-8 over that span.
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The Shockers won for just the third time in 17 visits to Gallagher-Iba and snapped a four-game losing streak in Stillwater. Their last win came over 60 years ago when Ralph Miller led the University of Wichita to a 52-48 over a Cowboy side led by Henry Iba.
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Wichita State's current eight-game road winning streak is tied for the nation's second longest active run.
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Six different Shockers connected on at least one three-pointer in a wild second half that featured seven lead changes.
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Tied at 58 near the 8:00-mark,
Shaquille Morris three-pointer gave WSU the lead for good. Willis added a three-point play the next trip down to give the Shockers some breathing room, 63-57, with 7:30 to go.
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OSU made one last gasp on Solomon's layup with 2:38 to go, cutting the Shocker lead to 65-61, but Shamet (6-of-6) and Frankamp (4-of-4) combined to make 10-straight free throws over the final 2:26.
Austin Reaves put the nail in the coffin with a deep three ahead of the shot clock buzzer that extended the Shocker lead to 70-61 with 1:38 remaining.
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WSU's 78 points was its highest output in 18 trips to Sillwater – 11 more than their previous best from 1954. That hardly seemed possible after a sluggish first half, in which neither team shot better than 40 percent.
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WSU held an early 5-4 edge on
Zach Brown's three-pointer and a
Conner Frankamp jumper, but spent the next 16 minutes playing catchup after a 7-0 OSU run turned the tide.
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The Cowboys made five of their first six shots to open the game but missed 14 of 16 over the remainder of the half. Up 11-5 at the first media timeout, OSU missed its next seven attempts from the field and went scoreless for more than six minutes.
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Still, the Shockers made little headway in a defensive struggle. During OSU's six-minute drought the only WSU points came on two
Austin Reaves free throws and a
Rashard Kelly dunk that narrowed the margin to 11-9 with 10:03 to go.
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Threes by Mitchell Solomon and Taverius Shine gave OSU its biggest lead, 17-9 with 6:09 to play in the half, but the Cowboys went the rest of the half without a field goal.
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The Shockers committed 12 turnovers in the first 13:27 of the game and scored just nine points. Over the final 6:33 of the half, they played turnover-free basketball and closed on a 14-6 run.
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WSU scored the final eight points of the period, capped by five-straight from Shamet. The sophomore tied the game at 23 with a pair of free throws, then drilled a three from the left wing with 4 seconds left to send the Shockers into the break up 26-23.
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Shamet and Frankamp led the WSU scoring with seven-each. Shine paced OSU with nine points. Neither team shot well, with WSU's 36.4 percent outpacing OSU at 31.8 percent.
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Notes:
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Rauno Nurger made his first start of the season in place of
Shaquille Morris, who ended a string of 21-consecutive starts.
*WSU closed the gap in the all-time series with OSU to 30-9. The teams split a two-year home-and-home with each side winning in the other's home city.
*The Shockers avenged last year's 93-76 loss at INTRUST Bank Arena (just their second non-conference home loss since 2008).
*Over the last five seasons, WSU owns the most true road wins (43-6) and highest true road winning percentage (.878) in the nation.
*For the seventh time in nine games this season, WSU finished with a double-digit rebounding margin, beating OSU on the glass, 36-26.
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Up Next:
The Shockers play the last of three-straight Saturdays against Big 12 teams when they welcome Oklahoma to INTRUST Bank Arena on Dec. 16. The 3 p.m. CT tip airs on ESPN2. WSU won last year's meeting with the Sooners at Chesapeake Energy Arena, 76-73.