DETROIT – The Wayne State University women's basketball squad (4-0) produced a strong fourth quarter turning a three-point lead into a 10-point victory, 82-72, over visiting Lawrence Tech (5-1) Sunday afternoon at the Matthaei.

HOW IT HAPPENED
WSU scored the first six points of the game on lay-ups by sophomore Payton Birchmeier (Corunna, Mich.), senior Brittany Streetman (Warren, Mich. / Lincoln) and junior Christina Green (Southfield, Mich. / Lathrup) as the Blue Devils were held scoreless for the first three minutes.
 
A jumper by Streetman off a feed from sophomore Shannon Wilson (West Bloomfield, Mich. /Bloomfield Hills) gave the Warriors their largest lead of the opening period at 12-5 just past the mid-point of the stanza.
 
LTU answered with an 11-2 run sparked by three three-pointers in a span of 2:08 to grab a 16-14 lead.
 
On the ensuing possession, Streetman drained a triple with Shannon Wilson earning the assist to give WSU the lead at 17-16.  Senior Kristen Long (Durand, Mich.) hit a jumper and the teams traded buckets in the final 90 seconds with the Warriors holding a 21-20 lead after 10 minutes.
 
Lawrence Tech scored four of the first seven points in the second quarter to knot the game at 24-24, then again at 26-26.  Two lay-ups by Green sandwiched around a jumper by sophomore Nina Foster (Lansing, Mich. / Everett) pushed the Warrior advantage to six (32-26) with just under three minutes left before intermission.
 
The Blue Devils outscored WSU 7-4 the rest of the half to cut the Wayne State lead to three (36-33).  The Warriors shot 55 percent (17-of-31) from the field in the first half compared to 41 percent (13-of-32) for Lawrence Tech.  Both teams were 40 percent from beyond the arc (LTU 4-of-10, WSU 2-of-5).
 
The lead changed four times in the first four minutes of the second half before WSU went on an 8-0 run to turn a one-point deficit (39-38) into a seven point lead (46-39).  Green, Long, Shannon Wilson and junior Ajai Meeks (Detroit, Mich. / Pershing) all had buckets during the spurt.
 
Lawrence Tech pulled within three on three occasions in the third period (48-45, 51-48 and 53-50), the last coming on a jumper by Allison Kitchen.
 
The Blue Devils went on a 5-2 run to start the fourth period to tie the game at 55-55 on a lay-up by Hali Butler.  A conventional three-point play by LTU's Christina Henry knotted the game at 58-58 with 7:06 remaining.
 
The last tie of the game came at 60-60 with 6:13 left as Kitchen made a pair of foul shots.  Wayne State responded with a 12-0 run over the next 2:50 as Lawrence Tech went over five minutes (7:06 to 1:55) without a made field goal.
 
Shannon Wilson started and ended the stretch with three pointers, while Birchmeier, Long and Streetman all scored from the paint.
 
WSU's advantage was never fewer than seven over the final two minutes.
 
WSU PLAYER NOTES
Shannon Wilson recorded her first collegiate double-double with a team-high 21 points and a game-best 10 assists to lead five Warriors in double figures.

Green totaled 12 points and seven rebounds, while Long contributed 11 points and a team-best eight rebounds.  Streetman added 16 points and three assists, with senior Ashley Wilson (Portage, Mich. / Northern) recording 11 points and six boards.
 
TEAM NOTES
WSU shot 52 percent (34-of-65) from the field, while LTU shot 46 percent (28-of-61).  Both teams attempted 19 three pointers with LTU holding a 7-6 edge on triples.  The Warriors made 8-of-11 (73 percent) from the foul line compared to 60 percent (9-of-15) for the Blue Devils.
 
Wayne State recorded 21 assists to 12 turnovers with Lawrence Tech garnering 12 assists to 19 turnovers.
 
WSU led in points in the paint (52-30), points off turnovers (27-10), fast break points (10-0), while LTU led in second-chance points (18-15) and bench scoring (19-15).
 
LTU PLAYER NOTES
Kitchen led Lawrence Tech with 22 points, while Maegan Branham tied for game-high rebounding honors with eight boards.
 
UP NEXT
Wayne State begins league play with a pair of road contests this week as the Warriors visit Northwood on Thursday (6 p.m.) and Lake Superior State (1 p.m.) on Saturday.