Wayne State Men's Basketball Week 1 Notes

2009-10 RECORDS:
    Wayne State 14-13, 12-10 GLIAC
    Central State 22-6
    Lewis 17-12, 8-10 GLVC

SERIES:
    Wayne State leads Central State 10-5
    Wayne State and Lewis are tied at 2-2
    
* OPENING WEEK STORYLINES

Wayne State begins its 93rd season of intercollegiate basketball with a pair of home contests this week.
The Warriors will open with the Central State Marauders for the second consecutive year.  Last season, CSU claimed a 72-68 home court win over WSU.

On Thursday, Wayne State will battle Lewis University, which won 17 games a year ago including a 61-49 triumph over the Warriors in Illinois last December.  

* SEASON OPENER HISTORY

WSU is 4-5 in season openers under head coach David Greer.  Prior to last year's season-opening setback at Central State, the Warriors won two consecutive season openers (both at home vs. Marygrove in 2008 and 2009).  WSU's last home win in a season opener against an NCAA Division II school was a 91-81 triumph over Saginaw Valley in 2002 as part of a GLIAC Classic tournament.

Ike Udanoh nearly had a double-double in his Warrior debut with 20 points and eight rebounds in only 23 minutes in last year's contest in Wilberforce, Ohio.

* ON THE BENCH

Greer, just the ninth head coach in school history, enters his 10th season at WSU with a 127-121 record.  He is the fifth-longest tenured coach at WSU.

CSU's Donte Jackson is in his first year as a collegiate head coach taking over for Doug Lewis who is now at Northern Michigan.

Scott Trost begins his fifth season with the Flyers with an overall mark of 68-48.

* ALL-TIME SERIES

Wayne State has a 10-5 lead in the all-time series against Central State which began during the 1975-76 campaign.

The Warriors have won the last seven home matches against the Marauders with the most lopsided victory coming in the most recent game at the Matthaei as WSU posted an 80-50 triumph on Nov. 25, 2008.  Bryan Wright led three WSU players in double figures with 19 points.  Shane Lawal nearly had a triple-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds and eight blocked shots.

Wayne State and Lewis have split the four meetings (2-2).  This will be the Flyers first trip to Detroit since a 68-56 Tartar win in January of 1987.

* RETURNING WARRIORS

Eight returning letterwinners including three starters will lead the 2009-10 Wayne State squad.
 
* NEW FACES

Three newcomers consisting of two freshmen and one sophomore transfer will be added to eight returning letterwinners and a redshirt freshman.

* SCOUTING CENTRAL STATE

The Marauders open their 2010-11 campaign at home this Saturday (Nov. 13) against Lincoln (Mo.) University.

CSU has nine returning letterwinners including three starters.

* SCOUTING LEWIS

The Flyers, after a 10-point loss at Illinois on Oct. 29, closed out their exhibition schedule with a 70-68 win at DePaul on Nov. 7. 

Lewis is playing three games this weekend in Anaheim, Calif. as part of the Disney West Coast Classic.

The Flyers return eight lettermen, including six players who averaged over 21+ minutes per game in 2009-10, and return junior forward Lonnie Lawrence (6-foot-5, 215 lbs) to the lineup after he missed last year due to a knee injury.

* THIS AND THAT

All Wayne State men's basketball games can be heard on WDTK Radio (1400 AM) with Russ McNamara calling the action.

Fans can also listen to all WSU men's basketball games online at wdtkam.com.

Every home game will be available online as video webcasts through Warrior All-Acess for $5.95 per contest.

Presto Sports will provide live stats coverage of all Warrior home basketball games (both men and women) at http://livestats.prestosports.com/waynestate/.

* SERIES NOTES - CENTRAL STATE

Wayne State has a 10-5 lead in the all-time series

WSU has a 7-1 mark at home vs. Central State

The Warriors have won the last meetings in Detroit

David Greer has a 5-3 mark against Central State

* SERIES NOTES - LEWIS

Wayne State and Lewis are 2-2 in the all-time series

WSU won the only previous Detroit meeting in 1987

The home team has won three of the previous four meetings

David Greer won his first NCAA tournament game at Lewis