National Basketball Association
Wichita St. 82, Louisiana State 47
When: 12:00 PM ET, Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Where: Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort, Nassau
Officials:
# Doug Sirmons, # Gary Maxwell, # Bert Smith
Attendance:
1206
By The Sports Xchange
Wichita State scored the first 11 points and never looked back en route to an 82-47 victory against LSU on Wednesday afternoon in an opening-round game in the sixth "Battle 4 Atlantis" tournament at Imperial Arena in Paradise Island, Bahamas.
The Shockers (5-0) will face the winner of the game between Old Dominion and No. 10 Louisville in the championship semifinals at 2:30 p.m. EST on Thursday. The Tigers (3-1) face the OSU-Louisville loser in the consolation semifinals at 9:30 p.m. EST Thursday.
Wichita State, which entered the game with 10 players averaging between 5.5-11.5 points, enjoyed its typical balanced scoring. Landry Shamet led with 16 points and Markis McDuffie scored 13. No one else was in double figures, but 12 Shockers scored.
Antonio Blakeney had a team-high 12 points and Duop Reath scored 11 for LSU, which shot 28.6 percent (18 of 64), including 16.7 percent (4 of 24) on 3-pointers.
The Shockers led by 27 at halftime, but Reath scored four points as the Tigers started the second half with a 9-3 run to get within 49-28.
Wichita State quickly rebuilt the led to 30 as Austin Reaves and Rauno Nurger each made a 3-pointer.
The lead did not shrink under 24 points after that.
Shamet made two 3-pointers, one of which turned into a four-point play after he was fouled, as the Shockers raced to an 11-0 lead.
Craig Victor, making his season debut after being suspended for an unspecified team-rules violation, made a free throw for the Tigers' first point. Jalyn Patterson made a 3-pointer and assisted on Kieran Hayward's 3-pointer as LSU got within 13-9.
Conner Frankamp made two 3-pointers as Wichita State scored 17 consecutive points before Skylar Mays' two free throws ended the run, leaving the Shockers with a 30-11 lead.
McDuffie scored nine points during a 16-8 run that gave the Shockers a 46-19 halftime lead.
The final round of games in the eight-team tournament is Friday. The other first-round match-ups paired No. 20 Baylor and Virginia Commonwealth and No. 24 Michigan State and St. John's.
Top Game Performances
| Wichita St. |
|
Louisiana State |
|
Markis McDuffie 15 |
Scoring |
Antonio Blakeney 12 |
|
Conner Frankamp 7 |
Assists |
Skylar Mays 2 |
|
Shaquille Morris 6 |
Rebounds |
Jalyn Patterson 9 |
|
Markis McDuffie 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Duop Reath 3 |
|
Conner Frankamp 2 |
Steals |
Jalyn Patterson 2 |
|
Zach Brown 1 |
Blocks |
Brandon Sampson 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Wichita St.
|
82 |
44.9 |
9-18 |
11-18 |
16 |
42 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
| Louisiana State
|
47 |
28.1 |
4-25 |
7-13 |
8 |
35 |
6 |
9 |
16 |
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