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    Wichita State beats Southern Illinois 83-73

    The Associated Press – Sat, Jan 7, 2012 5:35 PM EST

    CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) Joe Ragland scored 20 points and Wichita State beat Southern Illinois 83-73 on Saturday.

    Four Shockers were in double figures. Garrett Stutz had 16 points, Toure Murry scored 15 and Demetric Williams scored 11 points for Wichita State (12-3, 3-1 Missouri Valley), which never trailed and led by as many as 19.

    Mamadou Seck had 15 points, 12 rebounds and four assists to lead the Salukis (5-10, 2-2). Southern Illinois cut the Shockers' lead to 65-60 on Seck's basket with 6:26 left but Wichita State scored the next nine points to put the game out of reach.

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    Team Comparison

    TeamRecordConfDivision/PlacePFPAFG%3 Pt%FT%Streak
    Southern Ill.8-235-139th Missouri Valley62.769.241.428.264.0Lost 7
    Wichita St.27-616-21st Missouri Valley77.162.448.237.174.8Lost 2
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    Team Stat Leaders

    Points

    Kadeem Coleby, Wich
    9.5
    Jeff Early, SIU
    8.6

    Rebounds

    Carl Hall, Wich
    5.0
    D. Daniels, SIU
    4.9

    Assists

    K.B. , SIU
    2.4
    D. Williams, Wich
    2.3
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