ISU
vs.
Wichita
January  7th


1st 2nd TOTAL
Illinois State 29 52 81
Wichita 26 45 71

ISU fell behind early 7-0 before going on an 18-3 run to take an 18-10 lead midway through the first half, sparked by the play of Randy Rice at both ends of the floor. Wichita State answered with an 11-1 run over the next 8 minutes to take a 21-19 lead. The Birds outscored the Shockers 10-7, capped of by a 3 point shot by Gregg Alexander with 5 seconds remaining to give ISU a 29-26 half time advantage.

The Birds never looked back, and led by as many as 18 points in the second half. Wichita managed to close the gap to 8, but the Birds held them off from the charity stripe down the stretch. Shawn Jeppson led the charge offensively scoring a career high 27 points. Rice finished with career highs of 16 points, 6 steals and 3 blocked shots. Alexander added 13 points and Baboucarr Bojang added 15 points and a team high 7 rebounds.

 

Wichita St
PLAYER MIN FGM-A FTM-A OFF REB AST PF PTS
C. McFall 32 5-7 0-0 0 5 2 1 11
R. Kampman 28 4-6 1-2 2 7 0 2 12
T. Mack 26 3-5 5-6 3 9 2 4 11
J. Howard 21 3-6 2-2 2 5 2 5 8
R. Burns 26 1-6 2-2 1 2 0 2 5
M. Clark 11 1-2 0-0 0 1 2 0 2
J. Sowers 19 2-5 2-4 0 1 2 0 6
T. Benton 26 6-11 1-1 2 4 2 3 16
C. Steven 11 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 4 0
Totals 200 25-50 13-17 10 34 12 21 71
  .500 .765  
TEAM REBS: 1
TURNOVERS: 22 (Burns 5, Mcfall 4, Benton 3, Howard 3, Mack 3, Kampman 2, Clark, Steven)
BLOCKED SHOTS: 7 (Sowers 3, Mack 2, Burns, Howard)
STEALS: 8 (Burns 3, Mcfall 2, Mack, Sowers, Steven)
3-PT FGS: 8-21, .381 (Mcfall 1-3, Kampman 3-4, Burns 1-4, Benton 3-8, Steven 0-2)

Illinois St
PLAYER MIN FGM-A FTM-A OFF REB AST PF PTS
G. Alexander 33 5-8 0-1 0 2 2 1 13
S. Ford 29 2-8 1-2 3 6 2 3 6
B. Bojang 30 4-12 7-7 1 7 1 4 15
R. Rice 35 4-8 7-9 0 0 3 2 16
S. Jeppson 37 9-15 4-4 1 3 3 1 27
D. Williams 17 1-3 0-0 2 3 0 2 2
A. Strandmark 4 1-1 0-1 0 0 0 2 2
V. Greene 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
C. Reid 10 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 2 0
Totals 200 26-55 19-24 7 22 15 17 81
  .473 .792  
TEAM REBS: 4
TURNOVERS: 10 (Ford 3, D Williams 2, Jeppson 2, Rice 2, Alexander)
BLOCKED SHOTS: 3 (Rice 3)
STEALS: 12 (Rice 6, Jeppson 2, Alexander, Bojang, Ford, Strandmark)
3-PT FGS: 10-16, .625 (Alexander 3-6, Ford 1-2, Rice 1-1, Jeppson 5-7)


Technicals: None
Attendance: 4,776 




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