WSU guard Joe Ragland scored 31 points vs. UNLV on Sunday.
Individual scorers are not in fashion in recent seasons at Wichita State. Coach Gregg Marshall and predecessor Mark Turgeon preached team basketball and lot of passing. So it’s rare to see a Shocker break 20, let alone 30.
Guard Joe Ragland scored 31 points in Sunday’s win over UNLV. He made 8 of 9 three-pointers and didn’t seem to force a shot. Thirty-point nights used to be common. His was the first since Paul Miller scored 30 against Southern Illinois in 2006. It was WSU’s first 31-point game since L.D. Swanson vs. Indiana State in 1996.
A decade breakdown of WSU’s 30-point games:
2010: 1
2000-09: 5
1990-99: 11
1980-89: 26
1970-79: 16
1960-69: 43
1950-59: 15
1920-29: 1
1910-19: 1
1900-09: 2
Most 30-point games in a career
Dave Stallworth (1962-65) – 20
Xavier McDaniel (1981-85) – 16
Cleo Littleton (1951-55) – 9
Greg Carney (1967-70) – 8
Antoine Carr (1979-83) – 6
Ron Washington (1965-69) – 5
Maurice Evans (1997-99) – 5
Jason Perez (1996-2000) – 4
WSU’s single-game marks from three-point range:
Jason Perez – 9 vs. Missouri State (2000)
Joe Ragland – 8 vs. UNLV (2011)
Maurice Evans – 8 vs. Illinois State (1998)
Terrell Benton – 7 vs. Drake (2000)
13 Shockers made six in a game, most recently Clevin Hannah at Drake in 2009.