WICHITA, Kan. -- A 12-minute, 46-second scoring drought doomed Wichita State in a 62-52 loss to North Texas on Saturday afternoon at Charles Koch Arena.
Morris Udeze scored a team-high 17 points for the Shockers (8-3), including a basket with 18:10 to play that gave the hosts a comfortable 39-29 lead.
North Texas (7-3) scored the next 20 points to flip a 10-point deficit to a 10-point lead.
A Mean Green squad that came in ranked sixth nationally in scoring defense (55.4 ppg), hounded the hosts in 12-straight misses and nine turnovers during that stretch, which mercifully ended with Udeze's three-point play at the 5:24-mark.