Official Site of the Shockers · Jan 12, 2020
Shockers Turn Back UConn in Double-Overtime
HARTFORD, Conn. – No. 23/23 Wichita State let a nine-point lead slip away in the final minute of regulation but regrouped to beat UConn in double-overtime, 89-86, on Sunday afternoon at the XL Center.
Jaime Echenique scored 19 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds for Wichita State (15-1, 3-0), which won its ninth-straight game and now sits alone in first place as the American Athletic Conference's lone unbeaten.
Erik Stevenson (16 points), Dexter Dennis (16) and Jamarius Burton (13) joined him double-figures.
The Shockers will take the nation's second-longest true road winning streak (8) to Temple on Wednesday night (8 p.m. CT, ESPNU).