Wayne State Women's Basketball Weekly Game Notes

2011-12 RECORDS:
Wayne State (7-5, 2-3 GLIAC)
Hillsdale (5-6, 2-3 GLIAC)
Findlay (9-3, 3-2 GLIAC)

SERIES:
WSU trails Hillsdale 34-30
WSU trails Findlay 16-14

LAST MEETINGS:
at WSU 76, Hillsdale 75 (2/26/2011)
at UF 66, WSU 62 (1/15/2011)

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GAMES 13 & 14 STORYLINES

Wayne State concluded the non-conference portion of its schedule with a home split, falling to St. Joseph's (91-82) on Thursday but upending Southern Indiana (77-58) on Friday.  The Warriors finished with a 5-2 non-GLIAC slate.

Wayne State's final 14 contests are against league rivals.  The Warriors enter the stretch drive in a four-way tie for seventh in the GLIAC.

The top three teams in each division and the next two teams with the best records will be seeded #1-8 regardless of division for the GLIAC tournament.

ALL-TIME SERIES

WSU ended its five-game overall losing streak vs. Hillsdale in the 2010-11 season finale.  The Warriors are 11-22 all-time at Jesse Philips Arena and have lost in 17 of the last 18 in Hillsdale (lone win was a 67-64 victory on March 1, 2008, in the GLIAC tournament).

The Oilers won both meetings last year and four of the last five.  WSU has a 4-11 record at Croy Gymnasium, including setbacks in the last four trips to Findlay.

SAINT JOSEPH'S RECAP

In a contest which saw seven lead changes and nine ties, the Pumas defeated the Warriors by nearly the same score as their Dec. 10 meeting (90-82) to sweep the home-and-home series.

Leading six Warriors in double-figures was Juanita Cochran, who had nine rebounds to go with her 18 points.  Cochran shot 8-for-10 from the field.

Deanna Crumpton finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double, while Phaebre Colbert just missed one with 10 points and nine rebounds.

The Warriors controlled the boards (57-34) but allowed 19 points off 20 turnovers.  St. Joseph's also went to the free throw line 35 times (made 19) compared to 19 trips for Wayne State (16).

SOUTHERN INDIANA RECAP

Wayne State was aggressive right out of the gates, jumping out to a 14-0 lead and holding USI without a field goal for the first 5:07 of the game.  The Warriors out-shot the Screaming Eagles, 46.3-26.9 percent, in the opening 20 minutes.

Leading the charge was Paige Sickmiller who had team-highs in points (15) and rebounds (7).  Sickmiller shot 7-for-14 from the field and finished two points shy of her season-high.

Colbert and Crumpton totaled 10 points and six rebounds apiece.  Stefani Munro contributed in all aspects, finishing with seven points, six rebounds, six assists and six steals.

The Warriors led by as many as 32 in the second half before the Screaming Eagles chipped away late in the game.

WSU was again dominant on the boards, out-rebounding USI by a 59-32 margin.  The Warriors have won the rebounding battle in every game this season, and did so by a combined 116-66 margin over the two games last week.

ON THE BENCH

Carrie Lohr is 7-5 as the head mentor of the women's basketball program. She was named the 12th head coach in program history on May 11 after serving as the head coach at St. Clair County Community College (SC4) in Port Huron for nine seasons (2002-11).  Lohr had a record of 166-106 (.610) in her nine years with the Skippers.

Hillsdale's Claudette Charney is in her 10th season with the Chargers and has an overall record of 173-89.  In 28 years as a collegiate head coach, she has a record of 481-276.

Sixth-year Findlay head coach Kate Cummings has compiled a 77-73 record with the Oilers.  Her 17-year overall coaching mark stands at 277-217.

SCOUTING HILLSDALE

The Chargers have lost three straight since posting back-to-back GLIAC wins over Findlay (71-57) and Lake Superior (84-51) on Dec. 8-10.

Chelsea Harrison is averaging a team-best 15.5 points per game, which is sixth in the GLIAC.  She also leads HC in minutes played (405) and field goals made (58).

Marissa DeMott (12.6 ppg) and Angela Bisaro (12.1 ppg) are also averaging in double digits.  DeMott is the team's leading three-point shooter (39.2 percent/29-74), while Bisaro is the team leader in field goal percentage (45.5/50-110).

Lea Jones leads Hillsdale in rebounds (64), assists (42) and steals (31).  Her 2.8 steals per game is best in the conference.

SCOUTING FINDLAY

The Oilers have won four straight since a 74-65 loss at Tiffin on Dec. 15.  Findlay travels to Ashland on Thursday.

Kayla Brown has been UF's leading scorer in seven games this season and leads the team in scoring at 14.1 ppg (ninth in the GLIAC).  Clare Aubry is the only other Oiler averaging in double figures (12.3), which ranks 16th in the league.

Brown is the team leader in field goals made (60), three-pointers made (22), rebounds (67) and minutes played (343).

Saira House has a team-high total of 51 assists and is tied with Brown for the club lead in steals with 30.

Kaitlyn Nelson has blocked 2.5 shots per game, which ranks fourth in the GLIAC.