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Wichita St. tops Illinois St. 66-51 to reach final

ST. LOUIS (AP) Carl Hall scored 16 points, Malcolm Armstead added 15 and Wichita State advanced to the Missouri Valley Conference tournament final with a 66-51 victory over Illinois State on Saturday.

Hall was 7 of 10 from the floor and added eight rebounds, while Armstead was 5 of 9 and grabbed nine boards, for the No. 2 seed Shockers (26-7), who will play top-seeded Creighton in Sunday's final. The Bluejays beat fifth-seeded Indiana State 64-43 earlier Saturday.

Jackie Carmichael had 22 points for the sixth-seeded Redbirds (18-15), who beat No.3 seed Northern Iowa on Friday but couldn't continue their tournament run. Illinois State shot just 29 percent.

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Redbirds Headlines
Leaders
Points: T. Brown18.1
Rebounds: J. Carmichael9.3
Assists: K. Keane3.2
FG%: J. Carmichael52.7%
FT%: T. Brown80.6%
3P%: T. Brown39.0%
Steals: T. Brown1.4
Blocks: J. Carmichael2.1
Missouri Valley Standings
 ConferenceOverall
  W-L W-L
22 Creighton 13-5 28-8
Wichita State 12-6 30-9
UNI 11-7 21-15
Evansville 10-8 21-15
Indiana State 9-9 18-15
Illinois State 8-10 18-15
Bradley 7-11 18-17
Drake 7-11 15-17
Missouri State 7-11 11-22
Southern Illinois 6-12 14-17
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Offense (Rank)
Points: 74.5 (27)
Rebounds: 10.4 (222)
Assists: 14.8 (41)
FG%: 45.5% (66)
FT%: 72.3% (78)
3P%: 34.7% (131)
Defense (Rank)
Points: 68.6 (225)
Rebounds: 24.8 (89)
Assists: 13.1 (212)
FG%: 42.4% (155)
FT%: 70.2% (224)
3P%: 33.4% (165)
AP Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 Gonzaga32-3
2 Louisville35-5
3 Kansas31-6
4 Indiana29-7
5 Miami (FL)29-7
6 Duke30-6
7 Ohio State29-8
8 Georgetown25-7
9 Michigan State27-9
10 Michigan31-8
10 New Mexico29-6
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Coaches Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 Louisville35-5
2 Michigan31-8
3 Syracuse30-10
4 Wichita State30-9
5 Duke30-6
6 Ohio State29-8
7 Indiana29-7
8 Kansas31-6
9 Florida29-8
10 Miami (FL)29-7
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