Women's Basketball | 12/22/2015 12:42:00 PM

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University women's basketball squad (5-4 overall) will conclude the non-conference portion of its schedule with a Dec. 30 contest at Cedarville.  Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m. at Callan Athletic Center.  The Warriors are 4-1 in non-league games this season, including a 3-0 mark in contests not played in Detroit with neutral site wins over Ohio Valley and Salem International along with a road victory at Indianapolis.

IN THE RANKS
Through games of Dec. 16, WSU was nationally ranked in the top-35 in three statistical categories.  The Warriors were 29th in steals per game (11.1) and 35th in both field-goal percentage (43.8%) and opponent field-goal percentage (35.0%).  Individually, sophomore Shannon Wilson was ninth in assist/turnover ratio at 3.00.

In GLIAC games through Dec. 29, the Warriors are second in offensive rebounds per game (14.2) and fourth in both total rebounds per game (40.0) and opponent field-goal percentage (37.7%),

LAST  TIME OUT
Lewis Recap
Wayne State (5-4 overall) concluded its pre-holiday schedule with a 90-76 setback at home against No. 7-ranked Lewis University (10-1 overall) on Dec. 20.

The visiting Flyers tallied the first 17 points of the contest as the Warriors were held scoreless until a triple by Brittany Streetman with just over five minutes left in the opening period.

LU answered with a lay-up by Jessica Kelliher and a conventional three-point play by Mariyah Brawner-Henley to increase its lead to 19 (22-3).  WSU's Shannon Wilson drained a three, and Streetman added a fast-break bucket off a feed from Wilson.

A 10-5 run by Wayne State cut its deficit to eight (27-19) in the final seconds of the opening stanza with Ashley Wilson leading the way with five points.  Lewis' Tierney Lockett hit a jumper at the end of the period to give the Flyers a 29-19 advantage after 10 minutes.

The Warriors finished the first quarter shooting 6-of-14 after starting 0-for-5 with three turnovers before getting on the scoreboard.

WSU pulled within eight at 31-23 on a fast-break lay-up by Shannon Wilson, but LU responded with a 16-4 run over the final 8:30 of the second period gave the Flyers a 47-27 lead at intermission.  Wayne State made just 1-of-13 from the floor in the second quarter compared to 7-of-15 for Lewis.
LU's Brawner-Henley led all scorers after 20 minutes with 17 points and six rebounds.

Wayne State trailed by at least 17 points until the final 65 seconds.

Streetman totaled a career-high 26 points which included five triples equaling a career-best set against Ferris State on Feb. 21, 2013.

Shannon Wilson set a career-high with five triples in scoring 17 points.

Ajai Meeks grabbed a team-best six rebounds.

Brawner-Henley recorded a game-best 31 points and 11 rebounds, while Kelliher chipped in 19 points to lead for Lewis players in double figures.  Alyssa Siwek dished out a game-high 10 helpers while adding 11 points.

Wayne State shot 43 percent (26-of-61) from the floor, while the Flyers made 62 percent (34-of-55) of its field goal attempts.  The Warriors were 13-of-32 (41 percent) from beyond the arc, while LU was 6-of-9 (67 percent).  WSU made 11 of its 13 free throw attempts (85 percent) with Lewis shooting 67 percent (16-of-24) from the charity stripe.

SCOUTING THE YELLOW JACKETS
Cedarville, coming off an NCAA Tournament appearance a year ago, is 7-4 after splitting a pair of games in Alaska before the holidays.  CU lost at Alaska Anchorage (75-45) before defeating Alaska Fairbanks (73-44) in the Alaska Anchorage Hoops Classic on Dec. 19-20.

The Yellow Jackets, a Midwest Regional opponent, are 1-3 this season against GLIAC schools with a 72-43 triumph at Ferris State along with setbacks to Ashland (62-43), Ohio Dominican (81-74 2-OT) and Tiffin (79-68).  The one common opponent is Indianapois as CU posted a 47-44 victory at UIndy two days prior to WSU's 93-71 win on Nov. 19.

Sophomore guard Abby Wolford leads three Yellow Jackets averaging in double figures at 11.6 points per game.  Senior guard Kaysie Brittenham leads the squad in both steals (28) and three-pointers made (20), and is second in scoring (11.3 ppg).  Senior forward Kayla Linkous is third in scoring (10.8 ppg), while sophomore forward Emily Williams has a team-best 69 rebounds (6.3 rpg) to go along with her team-high 10 blocked shots.  Senior guard Taylor Vander Plas leads CU with 40 assists.
 
THE SERIES
This will be the first women's basketball contest between Wayne State and Cedarville.

STREETMAN HITS A MILESTONE
Brittany Streetman connected for her 100th career three-pointer on Dec. 13 against Michigan Tech.  The senior became the 11th player in program history to accomplish this feat.  The last person to join this elite group was Paige Sickmiller (2009-13) three years ago.

Streetman equaled a career-high with five triples vs. Lewis on Dec. 20 to move past Sickmiller and trails Chastidy Miller (2005-09) by two for ninth place.

This season, Streetman is averaging a team-best 14.0 points per game and is shooting 35.9 percent (14-for-39) from beyond the arc.  She has scored in double figures seven times this year and tallied a career-high 26 points against Lewis.  It was her third game this year of at least 20 points.  Streetman ranks 12th in school history (min. 30 made) with a 33.5 career three-point field goal percentage (105-313).

CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP
Head coach Carrie Lohr is in her fifth season and has an 85-41 (.675) record at WSU, along with 251-147 (.631) career mark.  The Jan. 2 game at Grand Valley State will be her 400th as a collegiate head coach (272 at SC4 and 126 currently at WSU).  Lohr is the second coach to lead the Warriors to the NCAA Tournament, but the first coach to have its squad earn an NCAA Tournament bid three straight seasons, including a trip to the Midwest Regional Championship game in 2013 and 2014.

COMCAST/XFINITY
Every women's basketball home game in 2016 will be broadcast live throughout the state of Michigan on Comcast CN900.  Sean Baligian, Rod Beard, and Joe Abramson will call the action.

WARRIOR ALL-ACCESS
All Wayne State home women's basketball games can be watched via Warrior All-Access for a $5.95 per game fee.  All nine home contests in 2016 will be available on All-Access from the Comcast feed.

NEXT UP
Following the Cedarville contest, the Warriors will have just two days two prepare for back-to-back road GLIAC games at Grand Valley State (Jan. 2) and Ferris State (Jan. 3).

After the match-up against the Yellow Jackets, Wayne State's final 18 games will all be GLIAC contests.