It wouldn’t be accurate to say any one play led to Wichita State’s 73-57 victory over East Carolina in the opening round of the American Athletic Conference tournament Thursday night at the FedExForum.
The Shockers, who have now won 10 of their last 12 games, led for 35 minutes and led by double figures for the final 23 minutes to earn a rematch with Temple in Friday’s quarterfinals.
But if there is one takeaway from Thursday’s rout of East Carolina it was one play midway through the first half when Rod Brown dived to steal the ball, Jamarius Burton dived to save it, then Dexter Dennis capped the sequence off with a three-pointer that put WSU up by six points with still more than 29 minutes left.