WICHITA – Tyson Etienne scored five of his 20 points in the final minute to lift Wichita State to a seesaw win over Temple, 70-67, Sunday afternoon at Charles Koch Arena.
Etienne’s three-point play with 42 seconds remaining provided the last of 20 lead changes – most since Charles Koch Arena’s 2003 renovation – and tied for the sixth-most in Shocker history (WSU’s archive of box score play-by-play dates back to 1975).
The sophomore was 4-of-8 from three and handed out five assists en route to his third-straight 20-point game.
Trey Wade (12 points), Morris Udeze (11 points, seven rebounds) and Dexter Dennis (10 points) also finished in double-figures.
WSU (11-4, 7-2 American) remains even in the loss column with first-place Houston (10-2) but needs to make up three more wins.
Redshirt freshman Damian Dunn made all 12 free throw attempts for 22 points to pace Temple (4-7, 3-7).
WSU shot 41.8 percent but made 9-of-21 threes and 15-of-18 foul shots.
The Shockers held Temple to 38.5 percent from the field, marking the eighth time in 15 games that they’ve held an opponent under 40 percent.
The Owls scored 40 of their 67 points in the paint but made just 3-of-19 shots from beyond the arc.
Following Etienne’s basket, Clarence Jackson drew a charge on Temple’s J.P. Moorman II with 25 seconds to go, and Alterique Gilbert made both ends of a 1-and-1 to push the lead to 68-64.
Dunn kept Temple’s hopes alive with a three-point play that pulled to Owls to within 68-67 with 18 seconds left.
Temple immediately fouled Etienne, but the sophomore made two more 1-and-1 free throws to get the lead back up to three.
The Owls grabbed three offensive rebounds on a wild possession that started with a missed three and was followed by two errant putbacks. Neither side could corral the last rebound, and Temple was awarded the ball out of bounds with 0.6 seconds on the clock.
Battle got off a quick shot for the buzzer to force overtime, but it rimmed out.
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