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25 roundup: Wichita State punches NCAA ticket
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[March 06, 2017]
The Sports Xchange
ST. LOUIS -- No. 21 Wichita State left
nothing to chance Sunday.
Getting a game-high 19 points from Conner Frankamp and 16 from
Markis McDuffie, the second-seeded Shockers beat top-seeded Illinois
State 71-51 in the championship game of the Missouri Valley
Conference tournament at Scottrade Center.
The result clinched a sixth straight bid to the NCAA Tournament for
Wichita State (30-4). Meanwhile, the Redbirds (27-6) might have to
sweat things out over the next week despite an RPI of No. 26 as they
hope for an at-large berth.
MVC Player of the Year Paris Lee paced Illinois State with 18 points
but didn't get enough help from his teammates. Struggling to create
and then make their shots, the Redbirds canned just 29.3 percent of
their field goals and 21.4 percent on 3-pointers.
No. 16 Purdue 69, Northwestern 65
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Vincent Edwards scored 25 points and Caleb
Swanigan added 20 points and 14 rebounds as the Boilermakers held on
for a victory over the Wildcats.
The Big Ten regular-season champion, Purdue (25-6, 14-4) also got 13
points from Dakota Mathias.
Bryant McIntosh scored 25 points, Sanjay Lumpkin had 13 and Dererk
Pardon added 11 for Northwestern (21-10, 10-8). The Wildcats are
looking for a first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.


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No. 18 Cincinnati 67, Connecticut 47
STORRS, Conn. -- Gary Clark recorded 17 points and 14 rebounds, and
swingman Jarron Cumberland added 15 points as the Bearcats crushed
the Huskies.
Jacob Evans contributed 12 points for Cincinnati (27-4, 16-2
American Athletic Conference).
Rodney Purvis celebrated his Senior Day at Connecticut (14-16, 9-9)
with 15 points. Amida Brimah had 11 points and six rebounds.

No. 22 Wisconsin 66, Minnesota 49
MADISON, Wis. -- Bronson Koenig scored a game-high 17 points -- all
in the second half -- as Wisconsin defeated Minnesota at the Kohl
Center.
Koenig was 5 of 8 from 3-point range for the Badgers, who got 12
points each from Zak Showalter and Nigel Hayes. Not only did the
victory snap a three-game losing streak for the Badgers (23-9, 12-6
Big Ten), it also gave Wisconsin the No. 2 seed for the Big Ten
tournament.
Nate Mason scored 17 points for the Gophers (23-8, 11-7), whose
eight-game winning streak was snapped. Amir Coffey added 13.
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