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ROMEOVILLE, Ill. -- The Wayne State University men's basketball team (1-1) dropped a non-conference game at Lewis (4-0) 78-57 inside Neil Carey Arena on Saturday afternoon. The Flyers never trailed and shot 63.6 percent in the second half; taking advantage of a seven-minute scoring drought by the Warriors to collect its third straight win over a GLIAC foe.

Lewis ties the all-time series at 4-4 with the home team winning the last five meetings. Gavin Toma (Troy, Mich. / Southfield Christian) matched a career high with 19 points to lead all scorers. Toma also scored 19 points in the win over Wilberforce to begin the season.

The Flyers jumped out to 10-2 lead within the first three minutes. A triple from Chene Phillips (Detroit, Mich. / Renaissance) trimmed the deficit to 18-16 at the nine-minute mark. A 10-0 Lewis run would give the Flyers a  28-16 lead with 5:44 to play before halftime.

Toma capped a 7-0 Warrior run with a layup to cut the Flyers' lead to 31-28 at the 3:18 mark. Lewis led 36-31 at halftime. Toma led all scorers with 12 points at break. The Flyers collected seven second-chance points in the first 20 minutes.

Bryan Coleman (Southfield, Mich. / Lathrup) connected on a three-pointer to open the scoring in the second half and pulled WSU within two at 36-34 but that would be close as WSU would come all night. The Flyers went on an 18-0 run to take a 54-34 lead. Lewis lead by as many as 28 in the second half and would cruise to a 78-57 win.

Also in double figures for the Warriors was Phillips with 11 and Coleman with 10. Coleman also grabbed nine rebounds. Ryan Jackson led Lewis with 16 points. The Flyers were helped by 28 points off its bench.

WSU will return to Midtown to begin conference play against Tiffin on Thursday at 7:30 PM following the women's game. The game will be televised live throughout the state of Michigan on Comcast/Xfinity channel 900.