The Shockers looked at the box score as they sat at the table in the Koch Arena interview room. Dexter Dennis turned it over and said "Not going to look at that too much." Erik Stevenson realized the numbers signaled a difficult practice coming Monday.
"We survived," Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall said. "We did not play particularly well. They really defended us well. They knew exactly what we were doing."
There are reasons the Shockers struggled so much in Saturday's 69-63 win over Texas Southern.
They are down two starters to injury and they miss both the scoring and the understanding of the offense that center Jaime Echenique and point guard Jamarius Burton offer.