FORT COLLINS — Colorado State basketball has rode a consistently stingy defense to surprising 6-1 start to the season.
But in their toughest test yet, the Rams were vulnerable on the perimeter in an 82-67 loss to visiting Wichita State on Saturday in front of 6,918 at Moby Arena.
Against a CSU (6-2) team that came in ranked seventh nationally in opponent 3-point percentage (25.0), the Shockers (7-2) went 13 of 27 from behind the arc, using a hot shooting stretch midway through the second half to take control of the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge contest.
The 13 made 3s by the Shockers were four more than any previous CSU opponent had made this season, and their 46.