Morris Udeze said the Shockers talked about UCF's defensive approach on Wednesday morning. The Knights were unlikely to allow Tyson Etienne to score 29 points again and Wichita State prepared for an all-out denial on their leading scorer.
"We just had to make the game easier on him," Udeze said. "At practice today, we covered that we knew they were going to double him."
While nothing came easy for Etienne, the other Shockers did indeed help him out in Wichita State's 61-60 win over UCF in Orlando on Wednesday. Wichita State survived a last-second shot from UCF's Darius Perry, too strong off the back of the rim, with big games from guard Alterique Gilbert and forward Dexter Dennis.