National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Wichita St. 85, Tennessee St. 71
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 16, 2013
Where: Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas
Officials: # Sean Casey, # Rod Dixon, # Marques Pettigrew
Attendance: 10506
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No. 16 Wichita State 85, Tennessee State 71: Tekele Cotton scored 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting as the host Shockers pulled away from the upset-minded Tigers in the second half.

Cleanthony Early added 16 points and seven rebounds for Wichita State (4-0), which trailed by four less than a minute into the second half. Ron Baker pitched in nine points, eight assists and seven rebounds.

Patrick Miller led Tennessee State (0-4) with 23 points. M.J. Rhett added 16 points and a game-high 11 rebounds while Jaleel Queary scored 10 for the Tigers, who made just 4-of-16 attempts from 3-point range.

Miller's 3-pointer with three seconds left in the first half gave Tennessee State its second lead of the game and a 29-28 edge going into the break. Alex Bates' three-point play pushed the cushion to 32-28 with 28 seconds gone in the second half.

Early's layup reclaimed the lead for Wichita State with 16:36 left as part of a 9-0 run. Early's three-point play and Cotton's 3-pointer pushed the Shockers lead to 10 with 13:07 to play and the Tigers were unable to get closer than eight from there.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Wichita State reserve Nick Wiggins added 12 points and fellow backup Kadeem Coleby registered eight rebounds. … The Shockers shot 42.9 percent from 3-point range. … Tennessee State entered the game ranked second-to-last in the country in scoring at 54 points per game.

Top Game Performances
 
Tennessee St.   Wichita St.
Patrick Miller 23 Scoring Tekele Cotton 18
Kennedy Eubanks 4 Assists Ron Baker 8
M.J. Rhett 11 Rebounds Kadeem Coleby 8
M.J. Rhett 6 Free Throws Made Ron Baker 4
Patrick Miller 3 Steals Fred VanVleet 4
M.J. Rhett 3 Blocks Cleanthony Early 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Tennessee St. 71 44.8 4-16 15-24 9 30 3 7 15
Wichita St. 85 45.2 9-21 20-30 18 36 3 8 11