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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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

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