Wayne State Weekly Game Notes

2009-10 RECORDS:
Wayne State 4-3, 2-1 GLIAC
Northern Michigan 3-3, 1-2 GLIAC
Michigan Tech 2-6, 1-2 GLIAC

SERIES:
NMU leads Wayne State 33-30
WSU leads Michigan Tech 48-26

LAST MEETINGS:
WSU 67, at Northern Mich. 60 on 12/5/09
WSU 61, at Michigan Tech 58 on 12/3/09

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* GAMES 8-9 STORYLINES

Wayne State, after having its four-game winning streak snapped last week, will look to start a new winning streak heading into the holiday break.

The two conference contests this week will be WSU's last games for 14 days until a Jan. 2 home contest vs. Northwood. Wayne State's final 19 games are all league matches.

* NORTHWOOD RECAP

Wayne State suffered its first GLIAC loss with a 94-85 double overtime setback at Northwood.

The Warriors led by three at intermission (37-24) despite being called for 15 fouls in the opening 20 minutes compared to eight for the Timberwolves. WSU shot 45 percent (13-of-29) from the floor in the first half, while NU made 44 percent (7-of-16) of its field goal attempts and 82 percent (18-of-22) from the charity stripe.

Bryan Smothers and Jerry Oden led WSU in the first half with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

The second half was tightly contested but NU's Dorian Pierce drained a triple to knot the game at 64 with only 1.7 seconds remaining.

WSU shot 34 percent (11-of-32) from the floor in the second half and 3-of-5 from the foul line. Northwood made 42 percent (8-of-19) from the field and 9-of-11 (82 percent) from the foul line.

Each team scored 10 points in the first overtime period with Smothers and Oden each scoring four points. In the second overtime, WSU was only able to make two field goals, while the hosts made five shots from the floor plus 10-of-10 from the foul line.

Oden led WSU with 25 points and seven rebounds, while Smothers contributed 23 points including 14-of-16 from the foul line.

* LEWIS RECAP

The first half was a game of streaks with WSU scoring six consecutive points, but the Flyers had an 8-0 run. LU later had a 13-2 run for a 23-11 lead with 5:52 left.

The Warriors went on a 8-0 run to pull within four at intermission (25-21).

After an offensive rebound and basket by Ike Udanoh on the first possession of the second half, WSU trailed by two. Following a three-pointer by Bryan Wright that made it 28-26, Lewis had a 15-3 run to pull ahead 43-29.

Udanoh had 13 points to lead WSU.

* ON THE BENCH

David Greer, just the ninth head coach in school history, is in his ninth season at WSU with a record of 117-111.  He is the fifth-longest tenured coach in 92 seasons of WSU basketball.

Northern Michigan's Dean Ellis has a 361-291 mark in his 24th year with the Wildcats.

Kevin Luke is in his 16th season at Michigan Tech and has compiled a mark of 276-166.
Greer is 2-4 at home vs. NMU and 3-1 at home vs. MTU.

* SCOUTING NORTHERN MICHIGAN

The Wildcats lost their lone game last week (79-66 to Michigan Tech).  Marc Renelique scored 22 points to lead NMU, which is 1-2 in the GLIAC after three home league games.

Raymont McElory is averaging a team-best 17.0 points per game and has a team-leading 29 assists.

Renelique is averaging 15.5 ppg and has made 20 three pointers in 46 attempts.  He ranks 19th nationally in three-pointers made per game.

Jared Benson has 39 rebounds and eight blocked shots to lead NMU.  He is averaging 8.5 ppg.
Mylan Murphy also has 39 rebounds.

* SCOUTING MICHIGAN TECH

The Huskies snapped a five-game losing streak with the Dec. 12 win at Northern Michigan.

Matt Esters tallied 22 points and Tyler Molesworth grabbed 10 rebounds.

Mike Hojnacki is averaging a team-best 11.8 points per game, while both Ali Haidar (10.9) and Molesworth (10.8) are also averaging in double figures.  Esters improved his scoring average to 9.0 ppg.

Haidar and Hojnacki are 1-2 in rebounding with 41 and 37, respectively.

T.J. Brown leads the team in both assists (28) and steals (11)