Wichita State's women lost to Bradley 58-55 on Thursday at Peoria, Ill.
WSU missed its first 10 shots as Bradley raced to a 15-point lead with 7:40 left in the first half, but the Shockers cut it to three by halftime.
The Braves stretched the lead to 41-30 in the first four minutes of the half, and still led by 10 with 7:52 to play. Haleigh Lankster hit a pair of three-pointers to fuel an 11-1 run to make it 51-50 with 5:42 to play.
The Shockers finally took their only lead of the night when Chynna Turner hit a layup with 1:45 to play, but Bradley's Raisa Turner made a hoop and was fouled seven seconds later to take the lead back.
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Lankster had 12 points to lead four Shockers in double figures.
Bradley attempted 24 more free throws than WSU.
WICHITA ST.: Turner 4-8 0-0 10, Price 0-5 0-0 0, Henderson 4-5 1-1 11, Johnson 3-9 2-2 8, Diamond 1-6 0-0 2, Boyd 4-11 0-0 10, Lankster 4-10 1-2 12, Kemp 0-0 0-0 0, Gordon 0-3 2-2 2. Totals 20-57 6-7 55.
BRADLEY: Van Kirk 1-5 10-13 13, Harris 3-6 0-3 6, Frericks 0-6 1-2 1, Yohn 2-10 2-2 7, Taylor 6-12 7-8 19, Kassing 2-5 0-0 4, Bisping 0-1 0-0 0, Niemiera 0-0 0-1 0, Hollingshed 0-0 0-0 0, Wescott 3-3 2-2 8. Totals 17-48 22-31 58.
Halftime — Bradley 31, Wichita St. 28. 3 pt. shooting — Wichita St. 9-19 (Lankster 3-7, Turner 2-3, Henderson 2-3, Boyd 2-4, Diamond 0-2); Bradley 2-15 (Van Kirk 1-2, Yohn 1-7, Taylor 0-1, Ferericks 0-5). Rebounds — Wichita St. 28 (Johnson 6, Gordon 6); Bradley 46 (Van Kirk 11, Taylor 11). Total fouls — Wichita St. 22, Bradley 13. Assists — Wichita St.: 16 (Henderson 6), Bradley: 10 (Van Kirk 3).
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