NORMAL, Ill. (AP) – Cleanthony Early scored 23 points at No. 5 Wichita State erased a halftime deficit to defeat Illinois State 70-55 Wednesday night.

Early added 10 rebounds as the Shockers (20-0, 7-0 Missouri Valley) remained one of three unbeaten teams in college basketball, along with top-ranked Arizona and No. 2 Syracuse.

Ron Baker added 15 points as Wichita used a 22-6 surge out of halftime to quiet a crowd of 9,510, Illinois State’s largest in three years.

ISU (11-8, 4-3) had won 10 of 13.

Wichita State passes the 1906 Kansas and 1963 Cincinnati teams and joins Larry Bird’s 33-1 Indiana State team as the only Missouri Valley schools to start the season 20-0.