Shockers Fall, 77-54, at SIU

Box Score

54 Wichita State 6-9, 0-4 MVC 77 Southern Illinois 8-8, 2-3 MVC Score By Periods Team 1 2 3 4 Total Wichita State 18 9 16 11 54 Southern Illinois 19 16 23 19 77 CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Wichita State (5-10, 0-4) dropped a 77-54 loss at Southern Illinois (8-8, 2-3) as the Salukis converted on 13-of-24 three-pointers Friday night at SIU Arena.

WSU had a hot shooting start and was down one, 19-18, after the first quarter, before SIU closed the door by winning the second quarter, 16-9, the third quarter, 23-16, and the fourth quarter, 19-11.

WSU was led in scoring by TaQuandra Mike's 14 points. Rangie Bessard had 12 for WSU, but SIU's Kylie Giebelhausen had 22 points to lead all scorers,…