TULSA, Okla. – Dexter Dennis and Samajae Haynes-Jones combined for 11 of Wichita State's school-record tying 15 three-point field goals in an 81-60 road rout of Tulsa, Wednesday evening at the Reynolds Center.
 
WSU (13-12, 6-7 American) hoisted 33 shots from beyond the arc and connected 15 times, matching a school record set three times previously (once in 2002-03 and twice more during the 2016-17 season).
 
Winners of five of their last six games, the Shockers play host to Memphis on Saturday with a chance to reach the .500-mark for the first time since a 1-6 start to conference play.
 
Dennis scored a game-high 18 points on 6-of-9 three-point shooting and added eight rebounds. His six treys ties the school's freshman record, previously set by five others including Landry Shamet.

Jamarius Burton posted 10 assists -- most by a Shocker freshman in 46 years. Calvin Bruton dished out 12 assists against Saint Louis in 1973. Five other freshmen have reached nine, most recently Fred VanVleet.
 
Samajae Haynes-Jones was 5-of-10 from deep for 17 points. Erik Stevenson (3-of-6 from three) added 11 points.
 
The Shockers shot 47.6 percent from the field and banked 24 assists with just eight turnovers.
 
In addition to Burton's 10 assists, Ricky Torres added seven assists in 13 turnover-free minutes.
 
Markis McDuffie streak of 15-straight games with a three-pointer ended. He was 0-for-6 from distance but still managed nine points and four rebounds.
 
Jaime Echeique blocked three shots. He's swatted at least one in 10-straight games, matching his career-best streak from earlier this year. He's the first Shocker since Antoine Carr to post multiple streaks of 10-or-more.
 
Martins Igbanu led Tulsa (16-11, 6-8) with 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting, and DaQuan Jeffries shook off a scoreless first half to claim a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
 
Tulsa attempted 29 free throws to WSU's 10 and won the battle of the boards, 45-37, but the hosts hit a miserable 30.2 percent from the floor. They missed all seven first-half three-point attempts and finished just 4-of-22 (.182).
 
The Shockers have won six-straight and 12 of the last 13 meetings against their former Missouri Valley Conference rival. Gregg Marshall improved to 10-1 against the Golden Hurricane.
 
WSU's hot shooting night seemed unlikely at the onset against a Tulsa team that ranked among the top-25 nationally in field goal percentage defense.. The Shockers entered the night at 1-7 in true road games and had shot better than 40 percent just once in that span.
 
Dennis was 4-of-5 from deep in the first half and connected twice more in the first five minutes of the second half.
 
WSU pounded the ball inside early to build a 19-9 lead midway through the first half.
 
Tulsa inched to within six, 33-27, on Igbanu's three-point play with 3:27 showing, but the Shockers closed the half on a 9-1 push. Haynes-Jones swished a three with two seconds to go to give WSU a 14-point halftime cushion, 42-28.
 
The Shockers committed just two first-half turnovers.
 
Tulsa scored the first four points of the second half to close the gap to 10, but Dennis and Haynes-Jones combined for four threes in less than three minutes. Haynes-Jones added a floater for a 53-35 edge, and the lead stayed in double-figures the rest of the way.
 
Stevenson's three with 1:49 to go in the game was WSU's 15^th of the night.
 
The Shockers led by as many as 23 with 1:16 to go.
 
WSU leads the all-time series with Tulsa 69-61. The Shockers improved to 29-35 in Tulsa (5-3 at the Reynolds Center).
 
UP NEXT:
***WSU plays its next two games at home beginning Saturday, Feb. 23 vs. Memphis at 7 p.m. CT. The game will air nationally on ESPN2. Single-game seats are available, online at GoShockers.com/Tickets or through the Shocker Ticket Office at 316-978-FANS.