National Basketball Association
Wichita St. 62, Bradley 59
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Where: Carver Arena, Peoria, Illinois
Officials:
# Randy Heimerman, # Kipp Kissinger, # Jeff Malham
Attendance:
6707
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No. 17 Wichita State 62, Bradley 59: Ron Baker scored 14 points and the visiting Shockers held off the upset-minded Braves despite going the final 12 1/2 minutes without a field goal.
Tekele Cotton added 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists for Wichita State (20-3, 10-1 Missouri Valley Conference), which had a 15-point second-half lead sliced to one with 4.6 seconds to play. Darius Carter also scored 10 points as the Shockers rebounded from their first regular-season league loss in 23 months.
Tramique Sutherland scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half for short-handed Bradley (7-17, 2-9), which lost for the eighth time in nine games. Auston Barnes had 13 points and nine rebounds while Omari Grier and Josh Cunningham contributed 12 and 10 points, respectively.
The Shockers fought off one comeback to open a 14-point lead with 12:38 remaining before the Braves mounted a last charge, getting six points from Sutherland in a 12-2 spurt to pull within 59-57 with 42 seconds left. Two more free throws by Sutherland cut it to 60-59, but Fred VanVleet hit a pair of free throws with 4.6 seconds left and Evan Wessel sealed the victory with a steal.
Carter scored seven points as Wichita State opened an 11-point lead and extended it to 33-16 behind five straight points by Cotton before Bradley closed the half with a 6-2 run to pull within 35-22. The Braves whittled the deficit to 39-34 five minutes into the second half before Baker knocked down a pair of 3-pointers and VanVleet converted a three-point play to make it 50-36 with 12:38 remaining.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Baker is six points shy from becoming the 43rd player in school history to score 1,000. ... Bradley, already down leading scorer Warren Cooper and G Ka’Darryl Bell due to suspensions, lost G Anthony Fields for the remainder of the season after he suffered a torn meniscus in his knee during Saturday's practice. ... The Shockers matched their longest MVC winning streak against one school, having also won 11 in a row versus Drake from 1981-86.
Top Game Performances
| Wichita St. |
|
Bradley |
|
Ron Baker 14 |
Scoring |
Tramique Sutherland 18 |
|
Ron Baker 5 |
Assists |
Josh Cunningham 2 |
|
Tekele Cotton 7 |
Rebounds |
Auston Barnes 9 |
|
Fred VanVleet 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Josh Cunningham 6 |
|
Evan Wessel 3 |
Steals |
Auston Barnes 3 |
|
Shaquille Morris 3 |
Blocks |
Josh Cunningham 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Wichita St.
|
62 |
47.6 |
4-13 |
18-27 |
15 |
28 |
6 |
6 |
14 |
| Bradley
|
59 |
35.7 |
3-10 |
16-22 |
6 |
29 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
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