Make no mistake: Wichita State played well enough offensively to win what turned out to be an 88-85 loss to Memphis on Saturday at Koch Arena.
After all, WSU scored 85 points, made 45.7 percent of its shots, grabbed 11 offensive rebounds and hit 10 three-pointers on 38.5-percent accuracy. From an efficiency standpoint, it was an above-average performance with WSU’s offense pumping out 1.10 points per possession, a slight uptick from the season average of 1.06 points per possession.
But that doesn’t mean the Shockers aren’t facing dilemmas on the offensive end that need to be solved in the season’s final four regular-season games.