Shocker report (Jan. 25)
Sunday’s box score
No. 14 Wichita St. 74, Drake 40
DRAKE | Min | FG | FT | OR-TR | A | PF | PT |
Rivers | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Ricks Jr | 28 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Berkeley | 28 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Enevold Jensen | 30 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 2-6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Timmer | 25 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Madison | 20 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Daniels | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Arogundade | 21 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Caird | 14 | 0-4 | 6-6 | 0-3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Kuenstling | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 200 | 15-39 | 8-10 | 5-25 | 8 | 18 | 40 |
Percentages: FG .385, FT .800. 3-Point Goals: 2-10, .200 (Madison 1-1, Arogundade 1-2, Rivers 0-1, Timmer 0-1, Ricks Jr. 0-2, Caird 0-3). Team Rebounds: 5. Blocked Shots: 0. Turnovers: 17 (Enevold Jensen 5, Madison 3, Berkeley 3, Caird 2, Timmer 2, Daniels). Steals: 2 (Berkeley, Madison). Technical Fouls: Bench.
WICHITA ST. | Min | FG | FT | OR-TR | A | PF | PT |
Wessel | 16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Carter | 10 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
VanVleet | 27 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
Baker | 26 | 5-11 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
Cotton | 28 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Kelly | 16 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Brown | 11 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Henderson Jr | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Holland | 15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Simon | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Walker | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Nurger | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Wamukota | 9 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Morris | 15 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Glass | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Totals | 200 | 28-54 | 9-16 | 11-31 | 15 | 11 | 74 |
Percentages: FG .519, FT .563. 3-Point Goals: 9-23, .391 (Baker 3-7, Kelly 1-1, Walker 1-2, Holland 1-2, Henderson Jr. 1-2, Cotton 1-3, Wessel 1-3, VanVleet 0-3). Team Rebounds: 4. Blocked Shots: 5 (Baker 2, Morris, Wamukota, Carter). Turnovers: 5 (Cotton, Baker, Kelly, Simon, VanVleet). Steals: 11 (VanVleet 4, Cotton 2, Brown, Glass, Kelly, Wessel, Holland). Technical Fouls: None.
Drake | 19 | 21 | — | 40 |
Wichita St. | 36 | 38 | — | 74 |
A—10,506. Officials—John Higgins, Tom O’Neill, Gerry Pollard.
Milestones on a Sunday
Wichita State senior guard Tekele Cotton played in his 108th victory, making him the program leader. He passed Demetric Williams, who played from 2009-13.
WSU had considered Williams the career leader with 111 victories. However, research last week revealed that Williams sat out four games with injury, bumping him back to 107. Toure Murry (98), Garrett Stutz (97) and David Kyles (94) rank behind Williams. They played from 2008-12.
WSU guard Fred VanVleet handed out six assists to bring his career total to 394, tying Dave Stallworth (1962-65) for fifth on WSU’s list.
When VanVleet tried to downplay the accomplishment, teammate Ron Baker broke in.
“I think it’s pretty damn cool,” Baker said.
Still ahead are No. 4 Calvin Bruton (404), No. 3 Bob Trogele (420), No. 2 Warren Armstrong (429) and No. 1 Toure Murry (430).
“If anybody knows me, they know it’s not really my first focus,” VanVleet said. “It shows the opportunities I’ve had since I’ve been here and the great teammates that made the shots on the other end of those passes.”
Change in direction
In the first meeting, Drake controlled the pace of the game by rarely turning the ball over and out-rebounding the Shockers 38-29. The Bulldogs ran down the shot clock, kept the Shockers trapped in a half-court game and stayed close before losing 66-58.
Sunday’s game looked nothing like that.
“Our energy was much better this game,” VanVleet said. “I think they just caught us on a bad day that day, to make a lousy excuse. Today was a different circumstance.”
The Shockers forced 17 turnovers and scored 24 points off those Drake mistakes. They out-rebounded the Bulldogs 31-25 and scored 15 second-chance points on 11 offensive rebounds.
“We like playing fast,” Baker said. “We just get the rebound and we just play basketball. Each guy on the team knows what they need to do in transition. I think that’s why we’re winning these games by double digits.”
Carter on the bench
WSU senior forward Darius Carter didn’t play in the second half, a precautionary move caused by a sore back.
“His back tightened up,” WSU coach Gregg Marshall said. “He’s got to get in to see (the trainer) and get more treatment.”
Carter played 10 minutes in the first half and scored six points with four rebounds.
Worth noting
WSU’s 34-point margin of victory is its largest in the series, topping a 91-61 win on Jan. 11, 1962 in Wichita … WSU improved its series lead to 100-47 over Drake. It won for the seventh straight time at Koch Arena and held Drake under 60 points for the sixth time and under 50 for the third time in that streak … WSU’s five turnovers tied its season-low, also against Drake on Dec. 31. It committed single-digit turnovers for the 10th time.
Paul Suellentrop
This story was originally published January 25, 2015 at 6:18 PM with the headline "Shocker report (Jan. 25)."