WICHITA, Kan. – A pair of 20-point, 10-rebound double-doubles from Jane Asinde and Curtessia Dean powered Wichita State to a 79-67 win over Temple Saturday afternoon in Charles Koch Arena.
Wichita State (16-12, 6-9) closed out its regular season home schedule with a win on Senior Day for Dean and Trajata Colbert.
Dean saved her best game for Senior Day, as she poured in a career-high 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting to go with 10 rebounds. Asinde logged her 11th double-double behind 22 points and 10 boards. She also added three assists and three steals.
Trajata Colbert chipped in 13 points and Shamaryah Duncan added 11 to round out the double figure scorers.
Wichita State shot 51 percent from the floor, and was nearly perfect from the free throw line, going 17-for-18. Temple shot 45 percent despite going 5-for-20 from beyond the arc.
Wichita State built a 20-11 lead after 10 minutes behind 13 combined points from Dean and Asinde. The Shockers' defense forced Temple into difficult shots, as the Owls finished the quarter just 5-of-16 from the floor.
The Shockers pushed the margin to 11 on the first possession of the second quarter, but Temple would fight back to tie the game at 26 behind a trio of three-pointers.
A quick 7-0 spurt for the Shockers made it 33-26 only to see Temple close the half on its own 8-0 run to grab the lead, 34-33. The Owls outscored the Shockers 23-13 in the second period.
Temple's slow start on the offensive end didn't last long. The Owls shot 55.6 percent from the field in the second quarter and 3-of-5 from beyond the arc to steal the lead before halftime. Eight Wichita State turnovers led to 12 points for the Owls.
Asinde led Wichita State with 12 first half points, followed by Dean with nine. Only four Shockers scored in the first half.
A fast and furious third quarter saw Wichita State put up 30 points and Temple, 25. The Owls began the period extending the lead to six near the midway point, but that's when Dean went into takeover mode.
Dean scored nine straight for Wichita State to tie the game at 51 with 4:27 remaining. After a DJ McCarty fast break layup gave the Shockers the lead, Dean scored two more to make it 11 of Wichita State's last 13 points.
Wichita State would eventually take a 63-59 lead into the final 10 minutes.
As high scoring as the third quarter was, the fourth quarter was about defense. Wichita State held Temple to just eight points in the deciding 10 minutes.
A corner triple from Nhug Bosch Duran with 5:42 left, essentially put the nail in the coffin. Bosch Duran's trey put the Shockers up by seven, and Temple would not come any closer than five the rest of the way.
Four free throws from Colbert in the final minute pushed the margin to double digits for good measure.
Up Next
Wichita State travels to Houston for the regular season finale on Wednesday, March 1 at 7 p.m.