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Shockers Stay Alive with First Round Win over Rice

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scored 20 points for the fourth straight game, including two dagger three-pointers in the final minute to move No. 12 Wichita State past No. 13 Rice, 88-81, in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Championship Wednesday afternoon.

Wichita State (14-18) advances to the second round of the American Athletic Conference Championship and will face No. 5 seed Memphis Thursday at 1:30 p.m. on ESPNU.

Rogers was 5-for-9 from beyond the arc, marking his fourth straight game with 5+ three-pointers. He finished with a team-high 22 points on the same day he broke the single season school record for three-pointers.