Jan. 19, 2011

Game Notes

* 2010-11 RECORDS:
Wayne State (3-11, 3-5 GLIAC)
Tiffin (10-5, 5-4 GLIAC)
Ohio Dominican (4-10, 2-6 GLIAC)

* SERIES WITH TU AND ODU:
Wayne State leads TU, 5-4
Wayne State leads ODU, 1-0

* LAST MEETING WITH TU AND ODU:
12/18/10: WSU 65, at TU 48
12/16/10: at WSU 70, ODU 64

* LIVE STATS:
livestats.prestosports.com/waynestate

* LIVE VIDEO:
Warrior All-Access via wsuathletics.com

* GAME STORYLINES
After dropping its fourth straight contest on Saturday to Findlay, 66-62, the Wayne State women's basketball team looks to jump back into the win column this week against Tiffin and Ohio Dominican.

The Warriors defeated the Dragons, 65-48, on Dec. 18, and will host TU at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday night (1/20). 

From there, WSU heads to Columbus to play Ohio Dominican at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Warriors won the first-ever meeting between the two schools, 70-64, at  the Matthaei on Dec. 16.

* 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 WSU is 119-166, while her career record stands at 233-235. Her 233 wins ranks 47th amongst active coaches in Division II.

Pam Oswald is in her fourth season as the head mentor of the Tiffin women's basketball team. Oswald has guided the Dragons to a 43-80 record.

Nathan Bellman, in his fifth season as the head coach at Ohio Dominican, has compiled a 81-54 record since taking over in 2006.

* WARRIOR NOTEBOOK
-- Since entering the starting line-up at home versus Findlay (1/8), sophomore Phaebre Colbert is averaging 9.0 ppg and 9.3 rpg. Colbert turned in career-highs in points (12) and rebounds (14) at Findlay (1/15). She grabbed a team-high nine rebounds to go along with five points at Hillsdale (1/13). In her first start, Colbert had eight points and tied for a team-high with seven boards.

­- Junior Kiara Smith tied a career-high with 17 points versus Findlay (1/8). It was the seventh time Smith has hit double-figures this season. She tallied eight points and five assists at Findlay (1/15), and had six points, three assists, and three rebounds at Hillsdale (1/13). Her first 17-point effort took place at Wisconsin-Parkside (11/21). Smith is the Warriors second-leading scorer (10.1 ppg.) and leads the team in assists per game (3.1).

-- Sophomore Amelia Davis made a career-high five field goals on her way to a career-high 11 points at Hillsdale (1/13). Davis also added six rebounds, three assists and two steals in the game.

-- Freshman Alison Bouman put together a career night at Hillsdale (1/13). Bouman tallied season-high totals in minutes played (22), field goals made (5), points (10) rebounds (8), and recorded her first career blocked shot.

* WEEK IN REVIEW
Despite shooting 48.2 percent from the floor, the Warriors dropped their fourth straight contest, 66-62, at Findlay.

A week after shooting a season-low 25.4 percent at home versus the Oilers, the Warriors turned it around by nearly doubling their effort on Saturday (1/15). WSU shot 55.2 percent in the first half to take a 35-31 halftime lead.

However, the Warriors saw their lead dwindle in the second half as they shot 40.7 percent and were outscored 35-27.

Wayne State increased its four-point halftime lead to seven, 42-35, on a Paige Sickmiller three-point bucket with 16:23 remaining.

After trading buckets the next couple possessions, Findlay took control, using a 27-10 run over the next 10:41 to take a 64-54 lead with 5:04 left.

The Warriors climbed back to trail, 65-62, with 1:24 to go, but were unable to overcome the deficit.

Trailing by one at halftime, Wayne State was outscored, 39-29, in the second half in a 72-61 loss at Hillsdale (1/13).

Hillsdale used a 10-3 run in the first five minutes to take a 43-35 advantage. The next five minutes saw more of the same as the Chargers put together a 13-5 run to lead 56-40 with just under 10 minutes remaining.

* SCOUTING TIFFIN
After losing at home to Wayne State, Tiffin has won four of its last five games.
In that game, the Dragons' leading scorers, Mandy Jaeb and Karli Mast, were held to a combined 19 points.
Since, the duo has went on to average a combined 31.6 ppg.

Jaeb's 15.7 ppg ranks fifth in the GLIAC, while Mast's 12.9 ppg is good enough for 15th. Their teammate, Jessica Harris, is tallying 9.7 ppg and has led the team in scoring on two different occasions. In its last contest, Tiffin beat Lake Erie, 69-57. Mast tallied a game-high 21 points. Jaeb had 14 points and 13 rebounds for the Dragons.

* SCOUTING OHIO DOMINICAN
Wayne State will visit Ohio Dominican and Alumni Hall for the first time in school history. The Panthers have gone 3-2 in their past five games after beginning the season 1-8.

Summer Hale (10.0 ppg, 6.3 rpg) and Abby Glover (9.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg) have been the Panthers biggest threats thus far.

On average, ODU makes 6.4 three-point field goals a game, which is fourth-best in the GLIAC.

The Panthers are holding its opponents to 26.5 percent from behind-the-arc, good enough for first in the conference.