Wichita State’s guards used their Final Four experience to pull out an N.C.A.A. tournament play-in game that was dominated by defense, leading the way to a 70-50 victory over Vanderbilt on Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio.
Fred VanVleet — the two-time Missouri Valley Conference player of the year — scored 14 points, and Ron Baker also had 14 as Wichita State (25-8) took control at the start of the second half and held on. VanVleet and Baker, both seniors, were part of Wichita State’s 2013 Final Four team.
The Shockers play Arizona on Thursday in Providence, R.