No. 8 Wichita State, SMU and Tulsa all collected home wins with exceptional offensive performances on Tuesday night. The trio combined for 307 points on the night, with SMU’s 95 being the fewest scored.
No. 8/8 Wichita State 112, Savannah State 66
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Samajae Haynes-Jones scored a season-high 31 points to lead No. 8 Wichita State past Savannah State 112-66 on Tuesday night.
Five other Shockers (5-1) scored in double figures against the fast-paced Tigers (2-6). Leading scorer Landry Shamet did not play in the second half after re-injuring his right ankle.
Darral Willis had 14 points and 12 rebounds for Wichita State, while Rashard Kelly had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Austin Reaves scored 12 for the Shockers, and Conner Frankamp and Rauno Nurger added 10 each.
Savannah State was led by Alante Fenner's 18 points. Austin Dasent scored 15 for the Tigers, and Dexter McClanahan added 10.
Perhaps the most important development came late in the first half, though, when Shamet rolled his right ankle. A preseason All-American Athletic Conference selection, Shamet had to be helped to the bench after halftime, the ankle heavily iced.
The Shockers were already playing without starting guard Zach Brown, out with a sore left knee. Markis McDuffie, the team's leading scorer and rebounder last season, has yet to play this season after surgery on his left foot. He is scheduled to return around Christmas.
Haynes-Jones, a junior college transfer, had already set his season high with 17 points by halftime. He averaged six points in his first five games as a Shocker.
Savannah State entered the game leading the country with 264 3-point attempts this season, nearly 38 a game. The Tigers went 13 of 55 from the 3-point line Tuesday night.
Wichita State outrebounded Savannah State 67-31.
#--/rv SMU 95, UTRGV 64
DALLAS (AP) -- Shake Milton, Jarrey Foster and Jimmy Whitt combined for 59 points as SMU dominated UT Rio Grande Valley 95-64 for SMU's 27th straight victory at home on Tuesday night.
Milton hit 6 of 13 field goals and made 9 of 10 free throws for 22 points, Foster was 7 of 11 from the floor for 19 and Whitt made 9 of 12 field goal attempts to add 18 points while dishing out six assists.
Ethan Charqois chipped in 15 points for the Mustangs, who will host No. 14 USC on Saturday night.
SMU (6-2) shot 55 percent (33-60) from the floor while limiting UT Rio Grande Valley to 23-of-55 shooting (42 percent). The Mustangs also won the rebound battle 36-27. The Mustangs poured in 49 points in the first half, their best point total in a half this season.
Mike Hoffman had 18 points to lead the Vaqueros (3-4), who now have lost three straight.
Tulsa 100, UTSA 96
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Junior Etou scored 20 points and Sterling Taplin added 18 and Tulsa held off UT San Antonio from the free throw line with a 100-96 win on Tuesday night.
Tulsa (4-3) shot 11 of 14 from the free throw line in the final two minutes while the Roadrunners could only knock down a pair of 3-pointers, the last one coming from George Willborn III with three seconds left.
The Golden Hurricane, winners of two straight, led 53-45 at halftime and extended the lead to 86-73 with four straight free throws from Taplin with 4:53 left.
Curran Scott's layup with six seconds remaining was Tulsa's first field goal since the 6:49 mark when Martins Igbanu made a jump shot. Scott scored 16 and Igbanu added 10 points.
Jhivvan Jackson scored a career-high 29 points and missed just one of his 15 free throws for UTSA (4-3). Keaton Wallace scored 17 and Deon Lyle had 14.