Women's Basketball Weekly Release

2009-10 RECORDS:
Wayne State (1-3, 0-0 GLIAC)
#1 Michigan Tech (3-0, 0-0 GLIAC)
Northern Michigan (2-2, 0-0 GLIAC)

SERIES:
Michigan Tech leads 31-15
Northern Michigan leads 27-15

Last Meetings:
12/20/08 at Michigan Tech 73, WSU 58
12/18/08 at Northern Mich. 70, WSU 68

LIVE STATS:
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* WEEKEND STORYLINES
Fresh off a 62-57 win over No. 15 Northern Kentucky, Wayne State will jump right back into action against another top 25 caliber opponent on Thursday when WSU squares off against the No. 1 ranked Michigan Tech Huskies.

WSU will then conclude its trip to the Upper Peninsula on Saturday when the Warriors play at Northern Michigan.

* ON THE BENCH
Gloria Bradley is in her 10th season at WSU and 17th season overall. Bradley's record at Wayne State is 109-140 while her career record stands at 223-209.

In her time at Wayne State, Bradley is 3-8 against Michigan Tech and 7-3 vs. Northern Michigan.

Michigan Tech is coached by two-time GLIAC Coach of the Year John Barnes. In his seventh year at Michigan Tech, Barnes has a career record of 128-52.

Troy Mattson is in his fifth year as the head coach of Northern Michigan and has compiled a record of 40-70 during his time with the Wildcats.

* ALL-TIME SERIES
Michigan Tech currently holds a 31-15 edge over Wayne State including wins in the past four meetings between the two schools. WSU's last win over Michigan Tech came on Jan. 18, 2007, when the Warriors downed the Huskies 62-61 at home.

While Northern Michigan leads the all-time series with Wayne State 27-15, WSU has won four of the past five games by an average of nine points a contest.

* NORTHERN KENTUCKY RECAP
Wayne State earned its first win of the season last Saturday (Nov. 28) against No. 15 Northern Kentucky 62-57.

The Warriors led for the final 8:15 of the second half in what turned out to be WSU's first win over a ranked opponent since the 2007-08 season.

Several individuals stood out for Wayne State against the Norse. Senior guard Brooke Bowers scored a game-high 19 points and freshman forward Chelsea Davis led both squads with nine rebounds. Freshman forward Deanna Crumpton had three blocks while sophomore guard Felicia Thomas tied Bowers with a game-high three steals.

As a team, Wayne State shot 50 percent in the second half (17-34) and forced 19 turnovers while outrebounding the larger Northern Kentucky squad 43-39. WSU also had 13 steals, five blocks and eight assists.

* FAST BREAKS
-WSU has a chance to win back-to-back games for the first time since the 2007-08 season when the Warriors won four games in a row (Mercyhurst, Gannon, Tiffin and Grand Valley).

-Bowers' 38 points in the past two games is the second-best two-game output of her career trailing only the 41 points she scored against Lake Superior and Ferris State last season (1/17 and 1/22).

-A different player has led WSU in assists each game.

* SCOUTING MICHIGAN TECH
Michigan Tech is a veteran squad with a starting lineup of five seniors. Forward Katie Wysocky is averaging 16 points and 13 rebounds per game to lead the Huskies.

Michigan Tech has been ranked No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today Division II Top 25 poll for the past two weeks.

* SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
In their first three games, NMU senior forward Mariah Dunham has shot 50 percent from the field while averaging 16.3 points and 7.3 rebounds a game to lead the Wildcats. Nine players average at least 10 mpg for Northern Michigan.

NMU defeated Finlandia 76-47 on Tuesday (Dec. 1) to improve to 2-2.