{"id":182698,"date":"2026-03-08T01:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182698\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T01:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:34:17","slug":"batties-22-lead-wichita-state-past-florida-atlantic-88-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182698\/","title":{"rendered":"Battie’s 22 lead Wichita State past Florida Atlantic 88-70"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The conference tournament runs Wednesday through March 15 in Birmingham, Alabama.<\/p>\n

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n

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