Boxscore

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. -- Despite dropping a two-point contest, 72-70, at Lake Superior State University (14-12 overall, 11-11 GLIAC) Saturday afternoon, the Wayne State University men's basketball squad (17-8 overall, 16-6 GLIAC) still earned a share of the GLIAC regular-season title along with the No. 1 seed for the upcoming league tournament.

The Warriors will host eighth-seeded Lake Superior at 6 p.m. on Wednesday in a GLIAC quarterfinal contest.

WSU took an early 2-0 lead, but the Lakers responded with a 9-0 run as the Warriors went over three minutes without a point.

Each team scored seven points over the next four minutes, until a jumper by senior guard Cole Prophet (Sandusky, Ohio) cut the deficit to three at 16-13 with just under 12 minutes left.  A dunk by senior Ian Larkin (Detroit, Mich./Renaissance) on the ensuing possession made it a two-point game at 17-15.

A 6-0 Laker run pushed the lead to eight.  With LSSU leading 27-19, Wayne State answered with a 9-2 spurt to pull within one 29-28 on a triple by Larkin with just under five minutes remaining.

Lake Superior had an 8-6 scoring edge the rest of the half for a 37-34 lead at intermission.

The Lakers had tallied five of the first seven points to start the second half to open a 42-36 lead.  A 5-0 Warrior run made it a one-point game (42-41) on a lay-up by junior guard Mike Hollingsworth (Utica, Mich.).

A 9-2 LSSU run increased its lead to eight (51-43), then a 6-4 spurt by the Lakers made it a 10-point contest at 57-47 with just under 12 minutes left.

Lake Superior led by 11 (65-54) before a 10-3 Warrior run cut the deficit to four (68-64) with 2:36 left.  A triple by LSSU's Alex Williams with 5:02 remaining was the last made field goal for the hosts.

During the field goal drought for the Lakers, they had seven turnovers and were 3-of-6 from the foul line as WSU rallied to within two points (71-69) when Hollingsworth was fouled with 7.3 seconds left.  He made the first free throw but missed the second.  A WSU foul with 5.1 seconds left sent Rashaun Carroll to the line in a double bonus situation.  He made the first, which gave the Warriors one last chance, but a triple try by Chene Phillips (Detroit, Mich./Renaissance) at the buzzer was off the mark.

Prophet led WSU with 16 points and five assists, , while Larkin added 14 points.  Gerald Williams-Taylor (Flint, Mich./Northern) chipped in with 13 points, with Bryan Coleman (Southfield, Mich./Lathrup) contributing 11 points and a team-high six rebounds.

Derek Kinney had a game-best 24 points for LSSU with Williams adding 10 points.