National Basketball Association
Wichita St. 67, Northern Iowa 53
When: 2:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 5, 2014
Where: Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas
Officials:
# Don Dailey, # John Moore, # Mike Stuart
Attendance:
10506
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No. 7 Wichita State 67, Northern
Iowa 53: Fred VanVleet scored 22 points and grabbed six rebounds to
lead the Shockers to a win over the Panthers in their conference home opener.
Cleanthony Early added 18 points
and seven boards for Wichita State (15-0, 2-0 MVC), which established
a new school record for consecutive victories with 15. The Shockers
committed only six turnovers in the game.
Deon Mitchell was the lone
player scoring in double figures for Northern Iowa (7-7, 1-1),
finishing with 16 points. The rest of the Panthers' starting lineup
combined for 21 points.
Northern Iowa jumped out to a
10-point advantage less than four minutes into the game and led for
much of the opening stanza until a 12-0 Shockers run put them ahead
to stay. VanVleet scored the last four points of the half to give
Wichita State an eight-point advantage at the break.
Early scored 11 points in the
first six minutes of the second half to keep the Shockers on top by
10. The Panthers got as close as four with just over 12 minutes to
go, but Wichita State quickly scored six straight and was never
seriously challenged again.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Panthers'
leading scorer, Seth Tuttle, had a season-high 24 points in his
previous game but finished 1-of-8 for three points. … Northern Iowa
shot 33.9 percent from the field, including 5-of-24 from 3-point
range. … The Shockers won the rebound battle 43-40, led by G Tekele
Cotton's eight boards.
Top Game Performances
| Northern Iowa |
|
Wichita St. |
|
Deon Mitchell 16 |
Scoring |
Fred VanVleet 22 |
|
Deon Mitchell 2 |
Assists |
Ron Baker 4 |
|
Seth Tuttle 11 |
Rebounds |
Tekele Cotton 8 |
|
Wes Washpun 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Fred VanVleet 4 |
|
Matt Bohannon 1 |
Steals |
Tekele Cotton 3 |
|
Seth Tuttle 2 |
Blocks |
Chadrack Lufile 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Northern Iowa
|
53 |
33.9 |
5-24 |
10-16 |
10 |
30 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
| Wichita St.
|
67 |
38.1 |
6-25 |
13-17 |
12 |
40 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
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