WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Cleanthony Early scored 21 points as Wichita State beat Western Carolina 79-63 in the first round of the Cancun Challenge on Thursday night.
Early was 6 of 11 from the field and had eight rebounds. Carl Hall scored 16 points and Evan Wessel added 11 for the Shockers (3-0).
Wichita State led at halftime 46-27.
Trey Sumler scored 18 points, including four 3-pointers, for the Catamounts (1-2). Tom Tankelewicz added 12 points. Brandon Boggs and Tawaski King scored 11 each. King led the team with seven rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Western Carolina (1-2) | 27 | 36 | 63 |
| Wichita State (3-0) « | 46 | 33 | 79 |
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| Western Carolina Catamounts | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. King, F | 34 | 5-13 | 1-1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| T. Tankelewicz, F | 22 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| T. Sumler, G | 40 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| B. Boggs, G | 30 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| P. Ross, G | 15 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Sinclair | 24 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| J. Mendenhall | 12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| K. Hall | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Brown | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Harrelson | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Brummitt | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-60 | 1-4 | 24 | 16 | 19 | 63 | |
| 43.3% | 25% | ||||||
| Wichita State Shockers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Hall, F | 30 | 5-9 | 6-6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| E. Orukpe, C | 14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| R. Baker, G | 26 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| E. Wessel, G | 23 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| M. Armstead, G | 20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Early | 21 | 6-11 | 8-8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| F. Van Vleet | 17 | 0-2 | 7-8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| D. Williams | 17 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| N. Wiggins | 10 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. White | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Cotton | 7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| C. Lufile | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 24-50 | 26-27 | 39 | 14 | 11 | 79 | |
| 48% | 96.3% | ||||||
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