National Basketball Association
Wichita St. 57, Loyola-Chicago 45
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Where: Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas
Officials:
# Don Dailey, # Tom Eades, # Kelly Self
Attendance:
10506
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No. 3 Wichita State 57, Loyola 45: Cleanthony Early scored 23 points as the Shockers remained unbeaten by cruising past the Ramblers in Missouri Valley Conference play.
Early made four 3-pointers and Wichita State (22-0, 9-0) continued its strong follow-up to last season’s NCAA Final Four appearance. Fred VanVleet contributed nine assists, eight rebounds and two steals.
Milton Doyle scored 16 points for Loyola (8-13, 3-6), which dropped to 0-9 on the road. The Ramblers shot just 35.3 percent from the field and missed six of 12 free-throw attempts.
The Shockers had a 48-29 lead midway through the second half before a scoring drought allowed Loyola to make an 11-2 run. Doyle’s layup with 3:40 left pulled the Ramblers within 10 and the deficit was trimmed to 52-43 before Wichita State scored the next five to seal it.
Early had 11 first-half points and Wichita State shot 50 percent from the field while taking a 36-18 lead. The advantage reached 22 early in the second half on Early’s 3-pointer and he later scored five straight points to give the Shockers the 19-point lead with 10:12 to go.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Wichita State was just 6-of-26 shooting in the second half to finish at 36.5 percent. … Doyle was 7-of-15 shooting, but the other four Loyola starters were a combined 5-of-20 for 14 points. … The Shockers collected 15 offensive rebounds while posting a 44-28 edge on the boards.
Top Game Performances
| Loyola-Chicago |
|
Wichita St. |
|
Milton Doyle 16 |
Scoring |
Cleanthony Early 23 |
|
Jeff White 4 |
Assists |
Fred VanVleet 9 |
|
Nick Osborne 8 |
Rebounds |
Fred VanVleet 8 |
|
Christian Thomas 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Cleanthony Early 5 |
|
Devon Turk 3 |
Steals |
Fred VanVleet 2 |
|
Milton Doyle 1 |
Blocks |
Ron Baker 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Loyola-Chicago
|
45 |
35.3 |
3-16 |
6-12 |
8 |
26 |
2 |
9 |
12 |
| Wichita St.
|
57 |
36.5 |
7-21 |
12-18 |
16 |
39 |
4 |
4 |
16 |
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