Wichita State rolls to 17-point win in BracketBuster game




Shocker report

Saturday’s box score

Wichita State (91)

Percentages: FG .636, FT .762. 3-Point Goals: 5-9, .556 (Ragland 3-4, Smith 1-1, Kyles 1-3, Stutz 0-1). Team Rebounds: 1. Blocked Shots: 6 (Stutz 3, Kyles 2, Williams). Turnovers: 10 (Stutz 4, Murry 2, Hall, Williams, Ragland, Kyles). Steals: 3 (Kyles, Hall, Murry). Technical Fouls: None.

Davidson (74)

Percentages: FG .435, FT .688. 3-Point Goals: 9-27, .333 (Cohen 3-5, Czerapowicz 3-10, Cochran 2-3, Brooks 1-3, Kuhlman 0-2, Kalinoski 0-4). Team Rebounds: 2. Blocked Shots: 2 (Brooks, Mann). Turnovers: 8 (Brooks 2, Reigel, Kuhlman, Czerapowicz, Droney, Mann, Cohen). Steals: 4 (Mann, Kalinoski, Cohen, Cochran). Technical Fouls: None.

Att.–5,223. Officials–Gerry Pollard, Randy Heimerman, Jeff Malham.

Marshall Mr. 300

Shocker Coach Gregg Marshall enjoyed his 300th win for many reasons, including the groups of 70 or more friends and family at the game.

“I had people from every phase of my life, not just Winthrop and Wichita State,” he said. “We had people that supported me from grammar school on up. My uncle said “’I’m glad you finally made something out of that basketball, because you used to wear me out rebounding for you.’”

Marshall, born in Greenwood, S.C., coached nine season at Winthrop, located about 50 miles from Davidson. He went 194-83 there and is 106-59 in five seasons at WSU.

Marshall’s lone regret was that Lynn, his wife, and children Kellen and Maggie had obligations in Wichita.

“Lynn is a trooper for taking care of that,” he said.

Ragland runs it up

WSU guard Joe Ragland grabbed the spotlight again in a big game. He scored 30 points, one off his career high against then-No. 18 UNLV.

A week ago, he dented then-No. 17 Creighton for 24 points and six assists.

“It feels great, but a lot of my teammates demand the attention that I get open,” Ragland said. “I worked on my game enough to make the defense pay every time I’m wide open and I had a lot of wide-open opportunities.”

Ragland scored those 30 points on 11-of-14 shooting, 3 of 4 from three-point range.

“Unbelievable,” Marshall said. “You talk about efficiency.”

In those three wins, Ragland is 29 of 38 from the field, 13 of 17 from three-point range and 14 of 15 from the foul line with 10 assists and two turnovers.

Take a look

WSU assistant Coach Greg Heiar took advantage of the trip to watch North Rowan (N.C.) guard Oshon West score 20 point in Friday’s 62-60 win over South Davidson in his conference tournament title game in Biscoe, N.C.

West, a 6-foot-3 junior, returned the favor on Saturday, driving 90 minutes from Spencer, N.C., to watch the Shockers. He wants to visit WSU later this spring.

“I like the way they play,” West said. “I like the way they run.”

West said he is also considering Ohio, Charlotte, North Carolina-Greensboro, North Carolina-Wilmington and LSU.

Worth noting

WSU improved to 3-6 in BracketBusters games with its first win in the series since beating Cleveland State in 2009. WSU is 1-3 in road games.… Fans can vote for WSU’s David Kyles to compete in the dunk contest on March 29 in New Orleans at Facebook.com/collegeslam. Kyles advanced through the first round and is one of eight players remaining. He is matched against Jason Landry of Ashford (Iowa) University in the voting booth.… Davidson students trotted out the obligatory “You’re not in Kansas anymore” sign.… Missouri Valley Conference commissioner Doug Elgin attended Friday’s Northern Iowa at Virginia Commonwealth game in Richmond and Saturday’s WSU game. WSU president Don Beggs and Shirley sat in the front row behind the WSU bench with a group of about 30 WSU fans. Other WSU fans sat throughout the arena.… WSU’s 80-percent accuracy in the second half falls far short of an NCAA record. North Carolina made 16 of 17 shots (94.1 percent) in the second half against Virginia in a 1978 game.… WSU’s bench outscored Davidson’s bench 20-2.

— Paul Suellentrop

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Article source: http://www.kansas.com/2012/02/18/2221117/wichita-state-dominates-second.html

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