RICHMOND, Va. – Early foul trouble and cold shooting start to the second-half doomed Wichita State in a 70-54 loss to VCU Saturday afternoon at the Siegel Center.
Markis McDuffie scored a team-high 16 points for WSU (7-5). Jamarius Burton and Samajae Haynes-Jones tacked on 12 and 10 points apiece.
Isaac Vann paced VCU (8-4) with 18 points to go with 15-each from De'Riante Jenkins and Marcus Evans.
Haynes-Jones and McDuffie each picked up two fouls within the first 10 minutes of the game. Freshman Erik Stevenson joined them at the 5:00-mark, forcing Gregg Marshall to dig deep into his bench.