WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Carl Hall notched a double-double for Wichita State on Saturday, scoring 17 points and pulling 13 rebounds in a 71-57 victory over North Carolina Central in the season opener for both squads.
Ron Baker, a red-shirt freshman from Scott City, Kan., led the Shockers with 18 points including a 4 for 7 effort from behind the arc. Cleanthony Early scored 10 points and had five rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench.
After Stanton Kidd hit a jump shot with 10:44 remaining in the first half to bring North Carolina Central within a point at 12-11, Wichita State answered back with a 24-7 run to take a 36-18 lead at half time.
Wichita State's biggest lead came at 18:55 in the second half when Hall hit two free throws to put his team up 40-18 but North Carolina Central didn't go away, outscoring the Shockers 39-31 the rest of the way.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Carolina Central (0-1) | 18 | 39 | 57 |
| Wichita State (1-0) « | 36 | 35 | 71 |
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| North Carolina Central Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Kidd, F | 40 | 8-16 | 4-7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| J. Copeland, Jr., F | 18 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| R. Willis, G | 40 | 4-12 | 0-1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| E. Chapman, G | 22 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Anyaorah, G | 20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Ingram | 36 | 6-15 | 3-3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| D. Ferguson | 19 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Houston | 4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| A. Galaya | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-56 | 10-16 | 30 | 12 | 19 | 57 | |
| 37.5% | 62.5% | ||||||
| Wichita State Shockers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Hall, F | 28 | 4-10 | 9-11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| E. Orukpe, C | 16 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| M. Armstead, G | 27 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| R. Baker, G | 24 | 5-8 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| E. Wessel, G | 22 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Early | 22 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| T. Cotton | 15 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| F. Van Vleet | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Williams | 12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| J. White | 9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| C. Lufile | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| N. Wiggins | 6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-56 | 15-22 | 45 | 18 | 14 | 71 | |
| 44.6% | 68.2% | ||||||
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