National Basketball Association
Wichita St. 90, Tulsa 71
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 28, 2018
Where: Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas
Officials:
# Lee Cassell, # Roger Ayers, # Joe DeRosa
Attendance:
10506
By Field Level Media
Austin Reaves hit seven 3-pointers, and Shaquille Morris did his damage in the paint, as No. 17 Wichita State won its 700th game at Charles Koch Arena by pulling away from Tulsa for a 90-71 American Athletic Conference win Sunday in Wichita, Kan.
Reaves finished with 23 points, all in the first half, and Morris had 20 points for the Shockers (17-4, 7-2 AAC), who won their second straight game since a two-game losing streak.
Corey Henderson Jr. scored 28 points, and Junior Etou added 18 points and nine rebounds to lead the Golden Hurricane (11-10, 4-5 AAC).
Morris scored the first five points of the second half on a dunk and a three-point play to extend Wichita State's lead to 50-35. The Shockers' lead would grow to 19, before Tulsa made a run.
Henderson fueled a 17-3 Tulsa spurt and trimmed Wichita State's lead to 57-52 with a pair of free throws with 12:45 to play.
Wichita State survived a test from Tulsa in a 72-69 win two weeks ago. The Shockers found themselves in another close game in the second half, but this time managed to pull away to secure the regular-season sweep of the Golden Hurricane.
Zach Brown drained a high-arching 3-pointer from the corner to push the Shockers' lead to 75-62 with 5:36 to play. The Golden Hurricane never recovered and lost for the fifth time in their last six games.
Tulsa led by as many as six in the first half, behind a pair of early 3-pointers from Henderson, who began his career at Wichita State. Reaves led the Shockers back. He hit his first seven 3-point attempts and finished with 23 points in the first half. Wichita State went into halftime with a 45-35 lead.
Etou led Tulsa with 13 points in the first half.
Wichita State now hits the road for back-to-back away games, starting at Temple on Thursday.
The Golden Hurricane return home to host SMU on Thursday.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Tulsa |
|
Wichita St. |
Corey Henderson Jr 28 |
Scoring |
Austin Reaves 23 |
Sterling Taplin 5 |
Assists |
Rashard Kelly 8 |
Junior Etou 9 |
Rebounds |
Rashard Kelly 11 |
Corey Henderson Jr 9 |
Free Throws Made |
Shaquille Morris 4 |
Lawson Korita 1 |
Steals |
Rashard Kelly 2 |
DaQuan Jeffries 2 |
Blocks |
Rashard Kelly 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Tulsa
|
71 |
38.3 |
10-25 |
15-18 |
9 |
31 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
Wichita St.
|
90 |
47.1 |
10-29 |
14-19 |
27 |
41 |
7 |
8 |
9 |