Wayne State University men's basketball weekly game notes

2010-11 RECORDS:

Wayne State 2-0, 0-0 GLIAC
Bellarmine 0-0, 0-0 GLVC
Marygrove 1-3

SERIES:

WSU leads Bellarmine 2-1
WSU leads Marygrove 5-0

* GAMES 3-4 STORYLINES

The Wayne State University men's basketball squad continues it season-opening stretch of four games in eight days with two contests in three days this week.

Wayne State began its 93rd season of intercollegiate basketball with a pair of home victories last week.

The Warriors defeated Central State, 70-53, on Tuesday before downing Lewis, 79-66, on Thursday.

Sunday's contest at Bellarmine is WSU's lone road game in November as the Warriors will not hit the road again until a Dec. 9 game at Saginaw Valley.

On Tuesday, Wayne State will conclude its November schedule with a home match against Marygrove.

* ON THE BENCH

David Greer, just the ninth head coach in school history, is in his 10th season at WSU with a 129-121 record. He is the fifth-longest tenured coach at WSU.

Scott Davenport is entering his sixth season with the Knights with an overall mark of 92-56.

Marygrove's David Sichterman compiled a 60-99 mark in five years as the varsity head coach with the Mustangs.

* ALL-TIME SERIES

Wayne State defeated then No. 1 Bellarmine, 84-74 in double overtime, in Detroit last season to take a 2-1 lead in the all-time series. The teams played a home-and-home series during the 2005-06 campaign with each school emerging victorious on its home court.

This will be the sixth meeting in the last seven years between WSU and Marygrove. Last year's 20-point margin (79-59) was the closest game in the series.

* SCOUTING BELLARMINE

The Knights were ranked fourth in the national pre-season polls and had a 63-61 win at Xavier on Nov. 6.

Bellarmine returns a veteran lineup from last year's 23-9 team that won the GLVC tournament, including Braydon Hobbs and Jeremy Kendle who are both on the watch list for preseason All-America by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

* SCOUTING MARYGROVE

The Mustangs snapped a three-game losing streak with a 99-78 win on Wednesday over Great Lakes Christian College. Their first three contests were against Eastern Michigan, Oakland and Grand Valley.

Darryl Dixon scored a team-best 20 points in the loss at GVSU.

* RETURNING WARRIORS

Eight returning letterwinners including three starters will lead the 2010-11 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.

* 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/.

* WEEK 1 RECAP

Bryan Smothers led the Warriors in scoring in both wins last week pouring in 16 points against the Marauders and 20 versus Lewis.

Ike Udanoh had 11 points in the win over CSU, while Mike Hollingsworth contributed 10 points.

Udanoh and Jerry Oden each tallied 13 points in the victory against Lewis, with Hollingsworth adding a career-high 12 points and a team-best eight rebounds.

WARRIOR ALL-ACCESS

Streaming video of Wayne State's home basketball games is available via Warrior All-Access for $5.95 per game, while a WSU Monthly All-Access Pass is available for $9.95.