OKLAHOMA CITY
Wichita State trailed 35-27 at halftime and cut the deficit to five points early in the second half.
Perhaps, the game wasn't really that close. It would not be again.
The Shockers pointed to a bad mindset from the start of Saturday's 80-48 loss to Oklahoma in Chesapeake Energy Arena. The rest of the second half bore that out with the Sooners turning a 35-30 lead into a 56-36 rout within eight minutes.
"We weren't executing, so we felt we had to force up shots," Wichita State forward Markis McDuffie said.