Tim Dalger scored a career-high 24 points in leading Tulsa’s comeback effort in an 86-75 loss against the Wichita State Shockers (12-11, 5-6 AAC) Sunday afternoon in front of 3,764 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. Tulsa dropped to 5-16, 1-10 AAC.

Dalger made 7-of-14 field goals and knocked down a career-high 5-of-7 three-pointers enroute to his 24-point performance. The junior tallied 20 of those points in the second half. Sam Griffin added 14 points and freshman BB Knight had his first double-digit scoring game with 13 points

The Shockers had four starters score in double-figures, led by Jaron Pierre with 19 points, while Jaykwon Walton and James Rojas added 17 points apiece.

“We knew Wichita State coming in was playing good basketball,” said Tulsa head coach Eric Konkol. “It just seems like they’ve come together, and we saw that first-hand today. Credit to coach (Isaac) Brown and their group. It was too much for us to stop. I thought that we played harder in stretches late, but not throughout enough to give them enough resistance, especially around the paint. I know that’s what we were most concerned about – their ability to get it around the rim. We just didn’t have enough resistance there today.”

Tulsa will play on the road next at UCF on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m., and then at home against the University of South Florida, Wednesday Feb. 15, at 7 p.m.