SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – No. 25/25 Wichita State secured a share of its fourth-straight Missouri Valley Conference title with an 86-67 win at Missouri State, Saturday afternoon.
 
Winner of regular season crowns in five of the last six years, WSU (27-4, 17-1 MVC) is just the third MVC team since World War II to four-peat as champion. Gregg Marshall becomes the first Valley coach in 60 years to win five titles.
 
The official bracket is due out Sunday, but the Shockers will likely be the No. 2 seed at next weekend's Arch Madness, with a 6 p.m. quarterfinal opener on Friday against the winner of a play-in game between the No. 7 and 10 seeds.

Co-leader Illinois State finished off Northern Iowa on Saturday afternoon to claim its own share of the title. The Redbirds own the tiebreaker for the top seed by virtue of a higher RPI.

All four MVC quarterfinal games will run on MVC Television Network affiliates, including Fox Sports Kansas City.
 
Landry Shamet finished with a career-high 23 points to go with eight rebounds and five assists. Shamet was 9-for-13 from the field overall and 5-of-8 from deep.
 
Shaquille Morris added 20 points, five rebounds and three assists.
 
It's the second time this season two Shockers have scored 20-plus points in the same game. Darral Willis Jr. and Markis McDuffie scored 25 and 22 in a win at Indiana State on Dec. 28, 2016.
 
Conner Frankamp added 14 points, five assists and three boards for the Shockers.
 
WSU shot 54 percent from the field, including an 11-of-26 mark from three. The Shockers dished out 20 assists on 33 made field goals. It's the 10th time this season WSU has finished 20 or more assists in game.
 
Dequon Miller paced Missouri State (16-15, 7-11 MVC) with 19 points, while Alize Johnson added 18 points and 12 rebounds.
 
Morris (8) and Shamet (7) scored 15 of the team's first 17 points to open the game, as WSU led 17-11 with 13 minutes to go in the half.
 
A Shamet jumper gave the Shockers their first double-digit lead at the 4:04 mark, 35-25. The 10-point lead would be WSU's largest of the half, as Missouri State closed the gap to 39-32 at halftime.
 
Morris' 12 points led all scorers, followed by Shamet's nine. The Shockers shot 54 percent from the field, but were just 3-of-10 from long range.
 
The Bears scored the first four points to open the second half to cut the deficit to 39-36, but a three-point play from Rashard Kelly and five-straight from Shamet immediately put WSU back in front by 11, 47-36.
 
Just minutes later, a Missouri State 10-4 run pulled the Bears right back within four, 50-46, to force a Gregg Marshall timeout.
 
Back-to-back three-pointers from Shamet and Daishon Smith keyed an 8-2 run to once again bump the lead back to double-figures with 11 minutes to play.
 
Shamet's fifth triple of the game gave him 23 points and the Shockers their largest lead of the game, 65-52, with 8:23 to go.
 
A pair of three-pointers from Frankamp in the final two minutes put the finishing touches on the victory, as Wichita State led 82-65. Morris collected his 20th point and McDuffie added four more free throws to make the final, 86-67.
 
Notes:
*WSU won its 14^th straight over Missouri State.
*Shamet has connected on a three-pointer in 20 straight games – seven short of Ron Baker's school record – and Frankamp upped his own to 17.
*The Shockers tied the school record, set in 1978-79, with their 22^nd 80-point game of the year.

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