HOUSTON, Texas – Wichita State hung around with No. 1 Houston for more than 30 minutes Thursday evening at the Fertitta Center but eventually succumbed to turnovers, missed free throws and tired legs.
Jamal Shead scored a career-high 25 points and Marcus Sasser tacked on 24 for Houston (28-2, 16-1), which played from behind for most of the first half before outscoring the Shockers 50-35 in the final period.
(17 points), (16) and (12) finished in double-figures for WSU (15-14, 8-9) which played without leading scorer (illness) but still managed to shoot 64.9% from the field against a Cougar team that came in leading the nation in field goal percentage defense (.