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Tyler Hardy had scored in double-digits in six of the Warriors seven games.

Women's Basketball

Warriors Look to Make it Two Straight at SVSU

WSU has won four straight, including 10 of the last 14, over the Cardinals

Game Notes

* 2010-11 RECORDS
Wayne State (1-6, 1-1 GLIAC South)
Saginaw Valley State (2-4, 0-1 GLIAC North)

* SERIES
SVSU leads Wayne State 33-26

* LAST MEETING WITH SVSU
Feb. 4, 2010: WSU 73, SVSU 62

* LIVE STATS
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* GAME STORYLINES
Coming off its last-second upset win over then-undefeated Ashland, the Wayne State women's basketball team looks to continue its winning ways at Saginaw Valley State on Thursday night at 8:00 p.m.

* ON THE BENCH
Gloria Bradley, the longest tenured women's basketball coach in Wayne State University history, is in her 11th season at WSU and her 18th as a head coach. Bradley's record at Wayne State is 117-162, while her career record stands at 231-231. Her 231 wins ranks 47th amongst active coaches in Division II.

Shannon Baugh is in her third season as the head mentor for the Saginaw Valley State women's basketball program.

Baugh is 12-48 since taking over on June 6, 2008.

* SERIES NOTES
Wayne State and Saginaw Valley State are set to meet for the 60th time.

The Cardinals hold a 33-26 advantage in the series, but the Warriors have won four straight, including 10 of the last 14 contests.

In the teams' last meeting at Saginaw Valley State, the Warriors jumped out to a 42-28 halftime lead and coasted to a 73-62 win. Deanna Crumpton led four freshmen in double-figures with a career-high 22 points on 11-of-16 shooting.

* WARRIOR NOTEBOOK
­-- Sophomore Tyler Hardy has been a spark off the bench this season, scoring double-figures in six of Wayne State's seven games. Hardy scored 18 points in both games last week, vs. Ashland (12/4) and Lake Erie (12/2). She had a career-high 24 points on 8-of-16 shooting at Northern Kentucky (11/27). Her former career-best of 17 points was set earlier in the season at Kentucky Wesleyan (11/14). Hardy leads the Warriors in scoring at 14.3 ppg.

-- After being held out of the starting line-up for the first time in her career, Crumpton responded by scoring 22 points vs. Ashland (12/4), which tied a career-high set last season at Saginaw Valley State (2/4).

­-- Junior Kiara Smith's 15 points versus Lake Erie (12/2) was the fourth time Smith has hit the double-digit mark this season. She set career-high point totals at Lewis (11/19) and Wisconsin-Parkside (11/21). Smith started the two-game trip by tallying a then career-high 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting, and then in her first start of the season against the Rangers, she put in a 17-point effort. Her previous high was 15 last season at Hillsdale College (1/9/10). Smith is the second-leading scorer (10.8 ppg.).

­-- Making her first career start, sophomore Lathosha Beasley scored a career-high 12 points and collected five rebounds vs. Ashland (12/4). Beasley leads the Warriors in rebounding at 5.0 rpg.

* SCOUTING SAGINAW VALLEY STATE
Saginaw Valley State (2-4, 0-1 GLIAC North) lost its GLIAC opener at home to Lake Superior State (12/2), 76-64.

Briitany Burkhardt scored a team-high 15 points and Kristen Greene added 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Cardinals.

Prior to their setback at home to the Lakers, the SVSU won at Virginia Union, 73-65. Greene led with a team-high 18 points. The win came after a 65-59 loss at Elizabeth City State. Kelley Wesphad had 13 points for the Cardinals in defeat.

SVSU's 1-1 start to the year included a 75-70 triumph over Lewis (11/12) in the season-opener.

The Cardinals were picked to finish seventh in the GLIAC North Division coaches' poll.

* UPSET WIN
Amelia Davis' tip-in as time expired gave the Warriors their first win of the season over then-undefeated Ashland, 77-75.

The Warriors, who were 0-6 on the year, also ended a five-game losing streak to the Eagles, last winning on Dec. 8, 2007.

On top of hitting the game-winner, Davis drilled a three-pointer with 49 seconds left to put the Warriors ahead, 75-72. But, the Eagles' Jena Stutzman answered with a three of her own with 23 ticks left. Stutzman led five Ashland players in double-figures with 19 points and six assists.

Similar to Davis, Crumpton was huge down the stretch, scoring five of her game-high 22 points in the final 1:23. Crumpton tied a career-high in points, while grabbing a season-high seven rebounds.

Wayne State never trailed in the game until Ashland's Rachel Poorman made a lay-up with 3:27 left. The rest of the way, the score would be tied five times and the lead would change twice.

* TOUGH ENDING
Basketball is a game of runs, and it proved to be the Wayne State's women's basketball teams Achilles heal in a 78-72 loss to GLIAC newcomer Lake Erie last Thursday.

WSU had its first win in sight, leading 72-69, in the Warriors' home opener, but the Storm closed the final 2:47 of the game on a 9-0 run, handing the Warriors their sixth straight defeat and first in the GLIAC South.

Hardy led the Warriors with 18 points on 8-of-14 shooting and Smith finished with 15 points and five rebounds.

Lake Erie would climb ahead, 21-16, with 8:19 left in the first 20 minutes, but it would prove to be their largest lead as the Warriors closed the half on an 18-8 run.

It was short-lived as the Storm raged back with a 7-0 run, climbing within one. The teams traded buckets until sophomore Paige Sickmiller's jumper with 13:20 remaining put the home team in front 45-38.

A back-and-forth battle continued and WSU saw its lead shrink to 72-69 with 2:47 left. From there, Sarah Wojciechowksi nailed a triple in the corner with 1:55 left to tie it up, and the rest of the game ended with the Storm hitting six straight from the free-throw line.
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