In an absolute must-win game at home against a struggling Connecticut team, Wichita State responded with a lack of urgency that troubled coach Gregg Marshall headed into the first media timeout of the second half.
WSU had just given up 10 points in four minutes and fallen behind by nine points.
“I was not happy and I didn’t like our life and the way we were going about it,” Marshall said. “It appeared we were kind of glazed over. I got into them pretty good during that timeout.”
Eventually the Shockers snapped out of their funk, winning 65-63 Thursday on a left-handed floater from Samajae Haynes-Jones at the buzzer.