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RH: Senior Thinks Less About Scoring And Scores More

Related Topics: Gus Okafor, Isaac Brown

By Paul Suellentrop

Scoring is the most important part of basketball and Wichita State coach Isaac Brown considers it the hardest part of the game.

It is then counterintuitive – and successful – for the Shockers to think less about putting the basketball in the basket. The latest proof of that mind trick is senior forward Gus Okafor, who scored 27 points on 9-of-11 shooting in Saturday's 83-71 win over Tarleton State at Koch Arena.

"You've got . . . everybody telling you you've got to score," Brown said. "That's putting a lot of pressure on you.