DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Nick Wiggins scored a season-high 18 points off the bench and Wichita State beat host Drake 75-63 on Wednesday night to match its best start in 59 years.
Malcolm Armstead added 14 for the Shockers, who are 13-1 for just the second time since starting with 16 wins in 17 tries in 1953-54. The 1982-83 team also started 13-1.
Wichita State broke things open with an 18-3 run at the outset of the second half in winning their second Missouri Valley Conference game in as many tries.
The Bulldogs got within 69-61 with 1:01 left, but Wichita State had little trouble running out the clock.
Freshmen Joey King and Micah Mason combined for 29 points for the Bulldogs (6-7, 0-2), who committed 19 turnovers in falling back below .500.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Wichita State (13-1) « | 34 | 41 | 75 |
| Drake (6-7) | 32 | 31 | 63 |
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| Wichita State Shockers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Early, F | 13 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| E. Orukpe, C | 29 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| T. Cotton, G | 35 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| M. Armstead, G | 33 | 5-13 | 0-1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| D. Williams, G | 31 | 3-11 | 3-6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. White | 17 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| N. Wiggins | 17 | 6-8 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| F. Van Vleet | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| C. Lufile | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-60 | 7-11 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 75 | |
| 46.7% | 63.6% | ||||||
| Drake Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Simons, F | 31 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| J. Clarke, F | 21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. VanDeest, C | 24 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| M. Mason, G | 31 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| C. Hines, G | 27 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. King | 23 | 7-10 | 1-3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| R. Carter | 16 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| G. Ricks Jr. | 15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Ugbede | 12 | 1-3 | 4-5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Totals | 23-52 | 10-14 | 33 | 7 | 14 | 63 | |
| 44.2% | 71.4% | ||||||
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