National Basketball Association
Wichita St. 77, Detroit 68
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 13, 2014
Where: Calihan Hall, Detroit, Michigan
Officials:
# Terry Davis, # Randy Heimerman, # Bert Smith
Attendance:
4110
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No. 11 Wichita State 77, Detroit 68: Ron Baker scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds as the visiting Shockers rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit.
Darius Carter finished with 18 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds and Tekele Cotton and Fred VanVleet each added 11 points for Wichita State (7-1). VanVleet also had eight rebounds and seven assists for the Shockers, who improved to 39-9 on the road since the start of the 2010-11 season, the best mark in Division I.
Juwan Howard Jr. scored a game-high 27 points and Paris Bass and Matthew Grant each chipped in with 12 points for Detroit (6-4). The Titans struggled with Wichita State's press down the stretch and finished with 13 turnovers.
Wichita State connected on its first four 3-point tries, including a pair by Baker, to jump out to a 16-5 lead in the first five minutes. Detroit chipped away at the lead and closed to within two on a 3-pointer by Howard before Carter hit a jumper just before the buzzer to give the Shockers a 35-31 halftime edge.
Detroit, paced by five points by Howard, opened the second half on a 12-2 run to take 43-37 lead with 15:54 to go, and led by as many as 54-44 after a 3-pointer by Brandan Kearney. But Wichita State regained control with an 18-6 run over the next seven minutes, capped by a 3-pointer by Baker, and Detroit never got closer than five points the rest of the way.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Howard, the son of former NBA and Fab Five star Juwan Howard, became the 39th Titan to score 1,000 points in a career when he connected on a jumper early in the first half. ... Wichita State has led at halftime in 18 consecutive games dating back to a Feb. 11, 2014 contest against Southern Illinois. ... The Shockers won despite connecting on16-of-25 free throws.
Top Game Performances
| Wichita St. |
|
Detroit |
|
Ron Baker 19 |
Scoring |
Juwan Howard Jr. 27 |
|
Fred VanVleet 7 |
Assists |
Paris Bass 3 |
|
Darius Carter 11 |
Rebounds |
Paris Bass 8 |
|
Fred VanVleet 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Paris Bass 3 |
|
Ron Baker 2 |
Steals |
Juwan Howard Jr. 2 |
|
N/A |
Blocks |
Patrick Ackerman 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Wichita St.
|
77 |
41.3 |
9-28 |
16-25 |
13 |
39 |
0 |
9 |
10 |
| Detroit
|
68 |
44.8 |
9-24 |
7-10 |
12 |
33 |
4 |
5 |
13 |
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