Centenary vs. WSU

Final: WSU 65. CC 44

1:50 remaining: WSU 63, CC 37. Deep subs are in. Shockers hold Gents to 17 points in the second half. Stutz is out with 22. Murry has 13.

7:45 remaining: WSU 52, CC 33. WSU 6 for 6 from the line. The reserves are coming. Bret Michael has his warmup off. That is an early victory cigar. Marshall is definitely giving people chances to show what they can do.

MVC score: UMKC 73, Bradley 61. Ouch.

11:29 remaining: WSU 50, CC 30. WSU’s best stretch of the young season. The Shockers forced turnovers, rebounded, took good shots and made them. And they are 5 for 5 from the line. Stutz has 18. The lineup of Stutz-Clemente-Hawkins-Hannah-Murry made a statement. Now we will see how the others fill in. The Gents are working on six straight empty possessions.

14:59 remaining: WSU 39, CC 28. Murry scores five straight to force the Gents to call timeout. Defense helped produce both baskets. After a miss, Hannah pushed the ball and found Murry open for a three on the wing. After a steal by Hannah, he passed to Murry for a layup. Murry has 13, all in this half. Redus is back for the Gents.

15:38 remaining in the game: WSU 34, CC 28. Murry has eight of WSU’s 10. Two threes and a lovely backdoor layup from Stutz. Defense is now the issue. The Gents scored on three straight possessions.

Hannah replaces Hatch in the lineup to start the second half.

Break almost over. Volleyball team introduced and coach Chris Lamb stumps for fans to come out this week. It will be interesting to see how roles get defined in this half. Other than Stutz scoring and Ramon rebounding, this team lacks definition. Stutz’s 15 first-half points are two more than any Shocker has scored in a game.

Halftime: WSU 24, CC 20. Don’t buzzer-beaters seem to fall against WSU unusually often? Centenary’s Nick Stallings made one to end the half despite good defense. Eleven turnovers is the story for WSU. Stutz has 15 points on 7 of 10 shooting. Chamberlain has five and Hannah and Kyles two each. Strange, strange box score. WSU coach Gregg Marshall played 11. I would expect him to narrow that down in the second half.  WSU is up in rebounds 22-10. It seems like a game the Shockers should be dominating. They are not because of turnovers.

3:37 remaining: WSU 22, CC 15. Stutz scores six of WSU’s eight to give it a little cushion. WSU is getting the ball inside against the zone defense. The Gents are shooting 28.6 percent. Reggie Chamberlain has give for WSU. Gary Redus, a starter for the Gents, is icing his right ankle. His return looks iffy.

7:57 remaining: WSU 14, CC 11. Both teams heat up when they quit throwing the ball away. Stutz has seven for the Shockers. He improves each time out. Nothing fancy. He uses his height and good hands.

11:43 remaining: WSU 8, CC 3. Three more turnovers for WSU, which cannot take advantage of miserable shooting by the Gents. Centenary is 1 of 10 and 0 for 5 from three. Mantas Griskenas is in for the first time this season. Durley, Kyles, Ellis and Hannah complete the lineup.

15:04 remaining: WSU 5, CC 2. Four turnovers for the Shockers. Defense looks better than Wednesday. Centenary is 1 of 6 with three turnovers. Stutz has all of WSU’s points.

Garrett Stutz in the starting lineup for J.T. Durley. Graham Hatch also starts, moving Toure Murry to the point.

Fifteen minutes until tip here at Koch Arena.

We know who is joining WSU in the CBE CLassic next season in Kansas City’s Sprint Center: Texas, Pitt and Iowa.

Looking ahead to the Old Spice Classic

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