FORT WORTH – No. 8 seed Wichita State never trailed en route to a 71-61 first round win over No. 9 Temple Monday afternoon in the opening game of the American Athletic Conference Championship.
Wichita State (17-13) advances to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Championship where the top seed South Florida Bulls await Tuesday at 12 p.m. CT.
scored a team-high 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting to go with a career-high tying six assists and four rebounds. went for 15 points and six rebounds. and both added 11 to round out the double figure scorers.