Wayne State Men's Basketball Weekly Release

2011-12 RECORDS:    
Wayne State (8-3, 5-0 GLIAC)
Hillsdale (11-1, 5-0 GLIAC)
Findlay (10-2, 4-1 GLIAC)

SERIES:
WSU leads Hillsdale 44-33
WSU trails Findlay 15-22

LAST MEETINGS:
at WSU 79, Hillsdale 62 (3/2/11)
WSU 73, Findlay 64 at Ferris State (3/5/11)

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GAMES 12 & 13 STORYLINES

Wayne State begins 2012 on a two-game losing streak after dropping a pair of in-region non-league road games last week at Wisconsin-Parkside (62-52) and Lewis (52-41).

All 14 contests in the new calendar year will be GLIAC games.

WSU will play its next four games against Hillsdale and Findlay as the Warriors play on the road twice this week then host the Chargers and the Oilers the following week.

ALL-TIME SERIES

WSU snapped an eight-game losing skein at HC with a 66-52 triumph on Jan. 13, 2011.  The Warriors have a 15-21 all-time mark at Jesse Philips Arena.

Wayne State has lost its last 13 meetings vs. the Oilers at Croy Gymnasium and have a 3-16 record at Croy vs. Findlay.

WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE RECAP

Wayne State's eight-game winning streak came to an end on Dec. 29 with a 62-52 setback at Wisconsin-Parkside.

The game started promising for the Warrior defense as it held the host Rangers to one made field goal in the first four minutes.  

In the final 5:30 before intermission, the Warriors made just two field goals and were outscored 12-5 giving the Rangers the largest lead of the game at 40-25 at halftime.

The trademark Warrior defense was on display for most of the second half as WSU only allowed one made field goal in the first 8:40 after intermission, while Ian Larkin scored seven consecutive points to cut a 14-point deficit in half.  Cole Prophet hit a jumper to conclude the 9-0 Warrior run.

Stacey Waters keyed a 7-0 WSU streak by scoring four consecutive points.  Gerald Williams-Taylor split a pair from the charity stripe and Prophet scored to make it a two-point game with 4:24 left.  The Warriors had another apparent bucket about 30 seconds before Williams-Taylor went to the line, but an “interesting” offensive goaltending call on Ike Udanoh did not make it a three-point game.

Udanoh recorded his sixth double-double of the campaign with a team-high 17 points and a game-best 10 rebounds.  

LEWIS RECAP

Three lead changes and four tied scores highlighted the first half in Romeoville, Ill.

A jumper by Prophet tied the game at 25 and 20 seconds later Udanoh split a pair from the foul line.  A jumper by Lewis was answered with a triple by Waters with 17:14 remaining giving the Warriors a 29-27 lead.  Lewis went on an 11-0 run as Wayne State was unable to score for the next 10:24 of the contest.

WSU made four triples compared to one for Lewis.  However, the Flyers were the beneficiaries as the officials granted Lewis 26 free throw attempts to eight for Wayne State.

Prophet was the lone Warrior in double figures with 11 points, while Dale Brundidge added nine points and five rebounds.

ON THE BENCH

David Greer, just the ninth head coach in 94 years of WSU basketball, is in his 11th season at WSU with a 157-132 record.

He is the fifth-longest tenured coach at WSU. The 22 victories by the Warriors in 2010-11 were the most since the 1998-99 NCAA qualifying squad compiled a 25-5 record.

Wayne State's 14 GLIAC wins last year are the most since the same 1998-99 team took first place with a 16-3 mark.

John Tharp has a record of 77-45 in his fifth year with the Chargers.  Charlie Ernst has compiled a 10-2 record in his first year with the Oilers after serving the previous 20 years as an assistant to Ron Niekamp.

SCOUTING HILLSDALE

The Chargers have won seven straight games since a 62-52 setback at Lewis on Nov. 26.

HC is 5-0 in league play including wins in the last three home conference games.

Brent Eaton leads four Chargers averaging in double figures (14.4 ppg) and has team-high totals of 31 triples.

Tyler Gerber is second in scoring (12.0), but leads the squad in assists (60), steals (21) and minutes played (388).

Senior Brad Guinane has a team-high 82 rebounds and is fourth in scoring at 11.0 ppg.

Nick Washburn leads Hillsdale with 15 blocked shots and is third in scoring (11.6).  He also leads the team in field goal percentage (51.5).

SCOUTING FINDLAY

The Oilers have won four straight since a 75-69 setback at Hillsdale on Dec. 8.

Greg Kahlig is averaging a team-high 13.8 points per game.  He also leads UF in rebounds with 71 and steals with 19.

Kyle Caiola is averaging 13.0 ppg and has team-best totals of 19 triples and 44 assists.

Mark Frilling leads the Oilers with 13 blocked shots.

Brad Piehl, who is averaging 11.3 ppg, is shooting a team-best 60.5 percent from the floor (49-81).

Aaron Robinson has played a team-high 337 minutes and is second on the team in three-pointers made with 17.