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Battie’s 22 lead Wichita State past Florida Atlantic 88-70

By The Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Dillon Battie’s 22 points helped Wichita State defeat Florida Atlantic 88-70 in a regular-season finale on Saturday.

Battie added 12 rebounds for the Shockers (21-10, 13-5 American Athletic Conference). Kenyon Giles added 17 points while going 6 of 16 (3 for 8 from 3-point range) and had four steals. Emmanuel Okorafor finished 8 of 11 from the floor to finish with 16 points. It was the sixth win in a row for the Shockers.

Kanaan Carlyle finished with 26 points and two steals for the Owls (17-14, 9-9). Niccolo Moretti added 10 points, six rebounds and six assists for Florida Atlantic. Amar Amkou finished with nine points and two steals.

Wichita State carried a slim two-point lead into halftime, as Battie led the way with 13 points. Wichita State took the lead for what would be the final time on Karon Boyd’s layup with 11:30 left in the second half. His team would outscore Florida Atlantic by 16 points in the final half.

The conference tournament runs Wednesday through March 15 in Birmingham, Alabama.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Cheryl Reeve steps away from the WNBA grind for a Hall of Fame induction

By The Associated Press
Cheryl Reeve is taking a break from her busy WNBA season to head to Knoxville this weekend and be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She's only the second WNBA coach to enter the Hall of Fame, joining former Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor, who was inducted in 2001. “(I appreciate) the magnitude of this recognition of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the great work that has gone into this institution,” Reeve said. “To walk around and see the history of how much has been done years before I could ever have this opportunity to coach. Grateful to the WNBA because I think there was some consideration given schedule wise.” Reeve will be joined by WNBA greats Candace Parker and Elena Delle Donne in this year's class. Parker and Delle Donne also will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame later this year. Other inductees include ESPN broadcaster Doris Burke, Kirkwood Community College coach Kim Muhl, Spanish star Amaya Valdemoro, French great Isabelle Fijalkowski and Clemson's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, Barbara Kennedy-Dixon.
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