WSU Women's Basketball Game Notes (PDF)

DETROIT, Mich. -- The Wayne State University women's basketball team hosts eighth-seeded Hillsdale College at 7 p.m. Wednesday for a GLIAC Tournament Quaterfinal game at the Matthaei Center. WSU won its first conference title in 33 years last week and are the No. 1 seed for the tournament.

Setting the Stage	Wayne State Women's Basketball
Opponent	Hillsdale (GLIAC Tournament Quarterfinal)
Time	Wednesday / 7 PM
Location	Detroit, Mich. (Matthaei Center - 1,331 capacity)
Web	Twitter: @WayneStWarriors | Live Stats | #WarriorWBB
Video/Audio	Warrior All Access ($)
Television	Comcast CN 900 (Statewide)
Radio	WDTK Radio - 1400 AM / 92.7 FM
Opponent Information	Hillsdale Women's Basketball

GAME STORYLINES
The Warriors are playing in their second straight GLIAC Tournament, and for the first time in program history, as the No. 1 seed in the tournament.  Wayne State wrapped up the GLIAC regular-season championship on Thursday, securing the best record in the league (17-5) with a victory over Lake Superior.
    
WSU made history with its conference title, earning the first outright championship since the 1980-81 season, when the Warriors went 13-1 to win the conference crown.  The Warriors also earned win No. 500 as a program in their regular-season finale.  Wayne State has its first back-to-back 20-win seasons in program history and matched the 2012-13 team for most league wins in a season.

GLIAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
WSU is 1-1 in the GLIAC Tournament under head coach Carrie Lohr.  It's Wayne State's 11th appearance overall in the GLIAC postseason tournament, which the Warriors have never won.
    
The Warriors earned a quarterfinal home victory last season as the No. 3 seed in the tournament, defeating Ferris State, 68-59.  WSU fell in its semifinal game in 2013 against Findlay, 67-60.
    
It's just the second time that Wayne State has qualified for the GLIAC Tournament in the past six seasons.
    
Overall, the Warriors are 3-11 in GLIAC Tournament contests and have never reached the title game.
    
SCOUTING HILLSDALE
Hillsdale finished third in the GLIAC South with a league record of 11-11, but dropped three of its last four contests.  The Chargers were 6-6 on the road this season.
    
The Chargers have one of the top players in the conference in center Megan Fogt.  The junior from Anna, Ohio finished first in the nation in rebounding (16.2 rebounds per game) and second in the GLIAC in scoring (20.2 points per game).  She also finished second to WSU center Shareta Brown in field goal percentage (60.6 percent) and led the league in blocked shots per game (2.6).
    
Senior forward Angelo Bisaro started all 26 games alongside Fogt and was second on the team at 5.3 rpg.  Sophomore guard Kelsey Cromer ranks second in the GLIAC in three-point shooting, knocking down 44.7 percent of her attempts.
    
Hillsdale head coach Claudette Charney is in her 12th season at Hillsdale.  She has more than 500 wins in a coaching career that has spanned more than two decades, which has included stops at Saginaw Valley and Grand Valley.

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. HILLSDALE
Wayne State won in Hillsdale earlier this season, winning 88-85 on Jan. 9.  WSU shot 53.7 percent from the field and five players scored in double figures led by Shareta Brown's 18 points.  Megan Fogt had 26 points and 13 rebounds and Kayla Geffert scored a career-high 27 points for Hillsdale in the meeting.
    
WSU is 33-35 all-time against Hillsdale.  WSU's 33 wins against Hillsdale are the most over one program in program history.  Wayne State has won four of the last five meetings, while coach Lohr is 3-1 against the Chargers.  The Warriors are also 20-13 at home against Hillsdale.  The two teams have met in the GLIAC Tournament twice before, with the teams splitting.  Wayne State earned a 67-64 quarterfinal win in Hillsdale on March 1, 2008.

IN THE RANKINGS
The Warriors received 12 votes in the most recent USA Today Sports' Coaches Poll, released on March 4, putting them in a tie for 33rd in the national rankings.  WSU had been in the top 25 for six straight weeks earlier this season.
    
The Green and Gold are also ranked No. 31 in the Massey Ratings and No. 64 in the Bennett rankings.

GLIAC/NATIONAL LEADERS
Wayne State has been at or near the top in both scoring offense and field goal percentage all season.  Entering Wednesday's quarterfinal contest, the Warriors are third in the country in field goal percentage (47.5 percent).  WSU is also 20th in the nation in points per game (78.8) and 16th in rebounding margin (+7.2).
    
Junior center Shareta Brown ranks first in the nation in field goal percentage (63.6 percent), eighth in rebounding (11.8 boards per contest) and 16th in points per game.  She is also tied-for-sixth in double-doubles with 16 this season.  Brown won the GLIAC regular-season scoring title, leading the conference with her 20.5 points per game average.  She also leads the GLIAC in steals per game (2.3) and ranks second in rebounding, field goals made, free throws made, total points and total rebounds.
    
Junior guard Jackie Jones is first in the GLIAC and 22nd in the nation in assists per game (5.0).  She is also first in the conference and 11th in the country in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.19).  Senior Imari Redfield is fourth in the GLIAC in field goal percentage (55.2), while junior Kayla Bridges is seventh in the conference in field goal percentage (53.4).

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
WSU is 10-2 at home this season and the Warriors are 22-5 in their last two seasons when playing at the Matthaei Center.  Wayne State had a 17-game win streak over two seasons before falling against Saginaw Valley at home on Feb. 8.

IN THE RECORD BOOKS
The Warriors are taking aim at a few team records this season.  Wayne State is averaging 78.8 points per game, above the old mark of 77.3 set by the 2002-03 squad.  WSU has a better field goal percentage (47.5) to this point than the current team record of 45.3 percent set during the 1994-95 campaign.

WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU
Shareta Brown became just the seventh player in program history to record 500 points in a season, after scoring 22 points against Grand Valley on Feb. 22.  Her 513 points this season is sixth all-time in a season.  The record for points scored in a season is 586 by Monice Thomas in 1980-81.  
    
Brown has also set the WSU single-season record for free throws made (134) and has the top field goal percentage to date in a single season (63.6 percent).  Her 294 rebounds this season ranks fourth for a single-season total.  Trena Sanders set the WSU single-season rebounds record with 340 in 1989-90.
    
Brown has 1,838 points during her three-year college career (including two seasons at Detroit Mercy).

LAST TIME OUT
The Warriors scored 50 points in the second half Thursday, Feb. 27 to defeat Lake Superior State at home in the Matthaei Center.  With the victory, the Warriors clinched the No. 1 seed for the GLIAC Tournament.
    
Five players scored in double figures for Wayne State led by Kayla Bridges' 21 points.  Jackie Jones matched a season-high with 10 assists and was just three rebounds away from a triple-double (13 points, 10 assists, seven rebounds).  Imari Redfield (14 points, 11 rebounds) notched her fourth double-double of the season, while Shareta Brown (10 points, 14 rebounds) posted her 16th double-double of the season.
    
WSU trailed at halftime, 37-30, but tied the game just five minutes into the second half.  There were 13 ties during the game, the last of which came with 1:05 left on the clock.  With the score tied 74-74, Brown scored on a feed from Redfield with 25 seconds left and WSU nailed four free throws in the remaining seconds to clinch the game on a 6-0 run.

COACH LOHR
Carrie Lohr, who was named the 12th head coach in the history of women's basketball at WSU on May 11, 2011, is in her third season guiding the Warrior program.  She was voted the 2012-13 GLIAC Coach of the Year by her peers after leading Wayne State to a share of the GLIAC North Division regular-season title, the first for the WSU women's basketball program since the 1980-81 season.  Lohr also guided the Warriors to their first NCAA tournament victory (63-58 over Findlay) as well as the school's inaugural appearance in the NCAA Regional Championship game.  
    
She recorded her 200th collegiate coaching victory on March 16, 2013, with WSU's 70-60 triumph over Wisconsin-Parkside in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.  BCAM selected Lohr as the 2012-13 Women's College Coach of the Year.

COMCAST/XFINITY
Ryan Ermanni, Kevin Brechmacher and Joe Abramson will call the action on Comcast CN 900 for WSU's GLIAC Tournament Quarterfinal.  All of WSU's home playoff contests will be broadcast on Comcast.

WDTK RADIO
Former WSU women's basketball standout Shay Lewis and play-by-play broadcaster Russ McNamara will call of WSU's postseason games on WDTK Radio.  The radio broadcast is available at 1400 AM and 92.7 FM in Detroit.  Fans may also listen online at wdtkam.com.

WARRIOR ALL-ACCESS
Video and audio of the game will also be provided through Warrior All-Access.  The service is available for online subscribers at WSUAthletics.com/showcase.  Fans may purchase a 24-hour pass for $5.95 or a monthly re-occurring subscription for $9.95.

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