WICHITA, Kan. -- and scored 14-points each and (rv/rv) Wichita State rode a fast start to a 73-63 win over (rv/25) VCU on Saturday afternoon at a sold-out Charles Koch Arena.
WSU (10-1) knocked off its second USA Today Coaches Poll Top-25 opponent in three weeks, having previously upset No. 25 Oklahoma State in Stillwater on Dec. 8.
The Shockers won their 10-straight at home and ended VCU's seven-game road winning streak (tied for the nation's second-longest coming into the day).
Echenique scored 12 of his 14 points in the first half for the Shockers, who led 18-6 less than five-minutes into the game and maintained a 42-30 halftime cushion.