The Shockers spent their post-game news conference speaking frankly. They defeated Southern Mississippi 63-60 in front of 9,356 fans at Intrust Bank Arena, but nobody appeared to feel great about the performance.
Wichita State (6-4) built a 16-point lead with 10:46 to play. That seemed forgotten in the assessments because of the mistakes that allowed Southern Miss to take a 60-59 lead with 53 seconds to play.
"We look good, then the next thing you know it's like we lose our mind," Wichita State senior Markis McDuffie said.