WICHITA – Wichita State fell 58-46 to Tulsa in the regular season finale Tuesday evening in Charles Koch Arena.
 
The Shockers secured the No. 11 seed in the American Athletic Conference tournament, where they will open against No. 6 seed Tulane in the second round on Sunday, March 9 at 8 p.m in Fort Worth, Texas.
 
Salese Blow led all scoring with 17 points, her 19^th game in doubles figures this season, and Jayla Murray also finished in double figures with 10 points. Ornella Niankan led the Shockers in rebounding with seven.
 
Tulsa's Delanie Crawford recorded a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double, Mady Cartwright had 14 points, and Hadley Periman recorded eight points and 13 rebounds for the Golden Hurricane.
 
The story of the night was turnovers as Wichita State committed 22 and Tulsa had 23, but the Golden Hurricane were better at capitalizing off those turnovers with 18 points to the Shockers' eight.
 
Tulsa out-rebounded the Shockers 47-37 and scored 15 second-chance points with 13 offensive rebounds.
 
The Golden Hurricane led by as many as 18 in the third quarter, holding the Shockers to just seven points in the period.  Wichita State went on a 12-0 run to cut the deficit to six in the fourth, but Tulsa held on to claim its 17^th win of the season.
 
Despite Tulsa shooting 7-for-11 (63.6 percent) from the field in the third quarter, the Shockers held the Golden Hurricane to 33.3 percent in the game. Both teams hit the same number of field goals, shooting 20-for-61 overall, but Tulsa shot 9-for 27 from three as opposed to Wichita State's 3-for-12 from behind the arc.
 
Taylor Jameson hit two threes to rank No. 4 in Wichita State history in single season made threes with 53.
 
Wichita State drops to 10-21 (4-14 AAC), while Tulsa finishes the regular season 17-13 (11-7 AAC).