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Erik Stevenson
54
Ole Miss OM 9-4,0-0 SEC
74
Winner Wichita St. WSU 13-1,1-0 AAC
Ole Miss OM
9-4,0-0 SEC
54
Final
74
Wichita St. WSU
13-1,1-0 AAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Ole Miss OM 24 30 54
Wichita St. WSU 39 35 74

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Stevenson, No. 24 Shockers Roll Past Ole Miss

WICHITA, Kan. -- Erik Stevenson's career scoring day helped No. 24/23 Wichita State rout Ole Miss, 74-54 on Saturday afternoon at Charles Koch Arena.
 
Stevenson hit four of his five three-point fields goals in the first half as Wichita State built a commanding 39-24 lead at the midway point. The Shockers led by as many as 23 down the stretch.
 
About the only thing that could slow Stevenson was the scorer's table. The sophomore cut his hand on a headlong dive for a loose ball with 4:28 to play in the period and spent the next two minutes in the tunnel receiving treatment. He returned at the 2:35-mark and drilled a corner jumper 14 seconds later for his 18th and 19th points of the half.
 
Stevenson's final line: 29 points, six rebounds, three steals and five stitches in 34 minutes.
 
Jamarius Burton added 16 points to go with 10 from Grant Sherfield.
 
Khadim Sy and Devontae Shuler scored 12-each to lead Ole Miss (9-4), which lost for the first time since Dec. 3.
 
The Shockers (13-1) have won seven-straight heading into next Thursday's American Athletic Conference showdown with No. 9 Memphis (6 p.m. CT, ESPN2).
 
Wichita State held Ole Miss to 30.8 percent from the field (4-of-18 from distance) and outscored them 20-1 off of turnovers.
 
Six different Shockers grabbed at least five rebounds, as WSU won the battle of the boards 38-30.
 
The Shockers held the Rebels without a field goal for a stretch of over eight minutes midway through the first half. Stevenson drilled two threes and a pair of free throws to key a 15-2 run that stretched a 14-13 Shocker lead to 29-15 with just under five minutes to go.
 
Between the 6:29-mark of the first half and the 11:59-mark of the second half, WSU players nailed 14-of-18 shots.
 
Stevenson finished that stretch with a layup to grow the martin to 61-39. Those points were his last of the day. The sophomore attempted just two more shots over the final 12 minutes.

"Power 5" teams are 1-5 at Charles Koch Arena since Gregg Marshall's 2007 arrival, with Stanford 's 2009 CBI win accounting for the only success.
 



NOTABLE:

  • Charles Koch Arena was sold out for the fourth-consecutive game.
  • In the first meeting between the two schools since 2001, Wichita State tied the all-time series at 3-3.
  • WSU's seven-game winning streak matches its longest since joining the American Athletic Conference. The Shockers had a pair of seven-game runs during the 2017-18 season.
  • WSU upped its home winning streak to 13 games – tied for the tenth-longest in school history.
  • The Shockers have won 15-straight home non-conference games.
  • WSU is 10-6 against the SEC under Marshall (2-0 this season).
 


UP NEXT:
 
A top-25 battle looms next Thursday against Memphis (12-2 and currently No. 9 in the Associated Press Poll). That game will tip at just after 6 p.m. CT on ESPN2.

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