Hillsdale, Mich. – The Wayne State women's basketball team fell to Hillsdale Saturday afternoon 70-56. The loss drops WSU's record to 2-11 overall and 0-8 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Hillsdale improved to 6-6 overall and 6-2 in the GLIAC with the victory.

Sophomore guard Kiara Smith (Detroit, Mich./Renaissance) set a new career-high for the second consecutive game with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting to go with a team-best four assists. Sophomore guard Felicia Thomas (Kalamazoo, Mich./Central) added nine points in the defeat.

Defensively, senior guard Brooke Bowers (Delphos, Ohio/Jefferson) had a game-high five steals with freshman forward Chelsea Davis (Canton, Mich./Plymouth Salem) also achieving a game and career-best three blocks.

As a team, WSU shot 37.9 percent from the field while forcing 20 turnovers.

After a 15-4 Hillsdale run to begin the game, the Warrior offense was ignited by Smith who scored eight straight points for Wayne State to pull WSU to within nine points at 23-12. Smith showed a little bit of everything in scoring her eight points; she connected on a pair of foul shots, drove to the basket for a layup, put back an offensive rebound and capped it all off with a jumper deep into the shot clock.

In addition to Smith's scoring, WSU made four consecutive defensive stops to force Hillsdale to call a 30 second timeout with 8:04 to play.

The Chargers came out of the timeout and extended its lead back into double digits (32-16) before WSU once again fought back to outscore Hillsdale 14-10 the remainder of the half. The Wayne State run featured three-pointers by sophomore guard Chelsea Kouri (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) and freshman guard Tyler Hardy (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron) with field goals by Bowers, freshman guard Phaebre Colbert (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern) and Smith.

Wayne State and Hillsdale played even through the first media timeout of the second half with WSU holding a slight 8-7 advantage to keep within striking distance at 49-36. Thomas scored four of the Warriors' eight points to begin the period.

However, HC used a 13-5 spurt to go up 23 points and break the game open 64-41. The Chargers kept its lead above 20 points through much of the second half before Tyler Hardy scored four consecutive points to make it an 18-point contest (68-50). The game ended with WSU on an 8-2 run en route to the 70-56 defeat.

Emily Anderson scored 15 points to lead Hillsdale who remains tied with Findlay for first place in the GLIAC South.

WSU will return home to play Saginaw Valley State on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.