BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (GoShockers.com) – Wichita State put up 100 points in its third-consecutive victory, defeating CSU Bakersfield 100-69 Wednesday afternoon in the Icardo Center.
The Shockers finished in triple figures for the first time since its 105-38 win over South Carolina State in December 2022. The 31-point victory is the largest margin of victory for the Shockers in the Terry Nooner era and evens the Shockers’ record to 6-6.
Sophomore Salese Blow led the Shockers with her first 20-plus point performance of the season and sixth in her career, scoring 23 points. She was 8-for-11 from the field, including 3-for-6 from behind the arc, and she was 100 percent (4-for-4) from the free throw line.
Redshirt-junior Jayla Murray put up a career-high 19 points with six rebounds and two assists, and Junior Princess Anderson and senior Taylor Jameson also finished in double figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively.
Senior Ella Anciaux led the team in rebounding for the third time this season, tying for a game-high seven boards.
Wichita State recorded its best shooting percentages of the season, shooting 39-for-71 from the field (54.9 percent) and 7-for17 from three (41.2 percent). The Shockers had their second-best game from the free throw line, making 15 of 18 (83.3 percent).
WSU out-rebounded the Roadrunners 46-22 and led for 89.5 percent of the game, leading by as many as 33 points.
The Roadrunners hit a three to open the game and led two more times throughout the first quarter, but the Shockers finished the first quarter on a 7-0 run to take a five-point lead. Blow shot 100 percent in the quarter to contribute nine points.
Blow finished the first half in double figures with 11 points, and Anderson and Murray each had nine in the first half. Jameson hit two first half threes, her seventh game with multiple threes this season, as the Shockers took a 14-point lead at halftime.
Wichita State shot 100 percent through the first six minutes of the third quarter to increase its lead to 20, and three Shockers were in double figures before the final period. (Blow, Jameson, Murray).
The Shockers’ 28 points in the third quarter were the most in a quarter this season.
Wichita State out-scored the Roadrunners 23-14 in the fourth quarter to hand CSUB its 11-straight loss this season. All 11 Shockers who were suited up entered the game and scored.
The Shockers head to Tulsa, Okla. on a three-game win streak, where they will take on Oral Roberts on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 2 p.m. in the Mabee Center.
