Wayne State Weekly Release

2009-10 RECORDS:
Wayne State 10-10, 8-8 GLIAC
Hillsdale 8-12, 8-8 GLIAC
Findlay 16-5, 12-4 GLIAC

SERIES:
WSU leads Hillsdale 41-31
Findlay leads 20-13

LAST MEETINGS:
HC won 71-60 at home on 1/9/10
UF won 88-65 at home on 1/7/10

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* GAMES 21-22 STORYLINES

Wayne State begins a four-game homestand to conclude its home schedule. Thursday's contest against Hillsdale will be televised statewide on Comcast Channel 900.

The Warriors lost twice on the road last week and have suffered setbacks in seven of the last 10 games.
WSU is tied-for-sixth in the GLIAC with Hillsdale.

* SAGINAW VALLEY RECAP

The host Cardinals led 4-1 until Bryan Wright drained a triple at the 15:56 mark as the Warriors were held without a field goal for the first four minutes. SVSU's Chris Webb hit his own three-pointer 30 seconds later and the game would never be tied again. A layup by Jerry Oden at the 14:31 mark pulled WSU within one at 7-6.

The Cardinals scored the next five points until a jumper by Dale Brundidge.

Wayne State trailed 14-8 at the midpoint of the first half but outscored the hosts 10-7 over the next five minutes to make it a three-point contest at 21-18.

Six straight SVSU points appeared to seal the deal (64-53), but Wayne State responded with a 10-2 run to pull within three (66-63) on Wright's fifth triple with 16.1 seconds left.

Wright tallied a game-high 21 points (5-8 3-PT, 6-6 FT), while Mike Hollingsworth added 11 points.

* LAKE SUPERIOR RECAP

WSU struggled from the foul line in the second half (7-of-16) in falling at Lake Superior.

The Lakers scored seven of the first nine points. A triple by Bryan Smothers at 17:29 followed by a three-pointer from Larry Edwards gave WSU its only lead of the game at 8-7.

LSSU went on a 19-5 run over the next 11 minutes to grab a 26-13 advantage with 5:32 left before intermission. Wayne State had an 11-5 run to pull within seven (31-24) at halftime.

Late in the game, Ike Udanoh made the first free throw and then Hollingsworth put in the offensive rebound of the missed foul shot cutting the deficit to two at 53-51.

After a Laker missed shot, Udanoh made the second of a double bonus but LSSU's Kyle Hunt hit two foul shots with 6.2 seconds left giving the hosts a 55-52 lead. Dale Brundidge was fouled but only sank the second foul shot. Hollingsworth fouled Hunt with 2.7 seconds left. Hunt missed both free throws and Udanoh's shot from Laker foul line went off the rim.

* ON THE BENCH

David Greer, just the ninth head coach in school history, is in his ninth season at WSU with a record of 123-118.  He is the fifth-longest tenured coach in 92 seasons of WSU basketball.

Hillsdale's John Tharp has a 38-37 mark in his third year with the Chargers.

Ron Niekamp has compiled a 566-179 record in his 25th year with the Oilers.

* SCOUTING HILLSDALE

The Chargers had their six-game winning streak end with a six-point setback last Saturday at Grand Valley.

Brent Eaton (13.7 points per game) leads a trio of players averaging in double figures.  Luke Laser (11.9) and Tyler Gerber (10.9) are the other two.

Eaton has made a team-high 55 triples, while Laser has made 71 free throws.

Brad Guinane leads HC in rebounds (121), while Nick Washburn has a team-high 13 blocked shots.

Gerber leads in both assists (95) and steals (41).

* SCOUTING FINDLAY

The Oilers enter Thursday's game against Northwood on a two-game losing streak.  However, Findlay had won its previous 13 games before last weekend.

Nathan Hyde leads UF in scoring at 15.8 points per game and three-pointers made (56).

Marcus Parker is second in both scoring (14.2) and three-pointers made (44) but first in assists (57).

Both Parker and Hyde have 43 steals to lead the Oilers.

Tyler Sparks is averaging 11.2 ppg and leads the squad in rebounding (87).