Women's Basketball | 1/6/2016 3:45:00 PM

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University women's basketball program will conclude games against GLIAC North Division rivals this weekend with home league contests vs. Hillsdale (Thursday at 5:30 p.m.) and Saginaw Valley State (Saturday at 1 p.m.).  The Warriors enter Thursday's game with a 6-6 overall record along with a 1-5 conference mark.  The Chargers are 6-4 overall and sport a 3-3 GLIAC record.  Thursday's match-up begins a stretch of six home games in a seven-game span over 22 days.  After games this weekend, WSU's last 14 contests will all be versus GLIAC South Division schools.

IN THE RANKS 
Through games of Jan. 4, WSU was ranked in the top-75 nationally in four statistical categories.  The Warriors were 35th in steals per game (10.6), 38th in total steals (127), 69th in fewest turnovers per game (14.9) and 74th in offensive rebounds per game (14.0).  Individually, sophomore Shannon Wilson was 11th in assist/turnover ratio at 2.65, while senior Brittany Streetman was 40th in steals per game (2.58) and 42nd in total steals (31).

In GLIAC games through Jan. 6, the Warriors are second in offensive rebounds per game, third in both total rebounds (474) and steals (127), and fourth in both steals per game (10.6) and three-point field goal percentage defense (28.5%). 

LAST WEEK'S RECAP
Wayne State concluded non-conference play with an 87-78 triumph at Cedarville on Dec. 30.  Ashley Wilson recorded her second double-double of the campaign with 10 points and 12 rebounds.  Brittany Streetman totaled a game-high 24 points, while Christina Green chipped in a career-best 19 points.  

The Warriors resumed conference play with a pair of road losses at Grand Valley State (74-39) and Ferris State (75-71) last Saturday and Sunday.  

Wayne State shot a season-low 25 percent (15-of-59) from the floor against the Lakers.  Kristen Long led WSU with seven points, while Christina Green, Long and Tori Bellamy each pulled down four boards.  

Laker Kayla Dawson scored on the game's opening possession before WSU took its only lead of the contest (3-2) on the first career triple by Nina Foster.  A lay-up by GVSU's Taylor Lutz on the ensuing possession started a 9-0 run by the hosts. Kristen Long drained a three-pointer to end the Laker spurt and make it 11-6.  Two minutes later a driving lay-up by Ashley Wilson cut the Warrior deficit to three (11-8).  After GVSU's Taylor Parmley split a pair from the charity stripe, India Hawkins scored from inside but the Lakers would end the opening stanza on an 8-2 run to lead 20-12 after 10 minutes.

Christina Green scored on the first possession of the second quarter, but Grand Valley State scored five straight points before a triple from Brittany Streetman pulled the Warriors within eight (25-17) at the 6:44 mark.  GVSU tallied the next nine points and the Warriors would trail by double digits the rest of the match.

Wayne State trailed 42-21 at halftime and was outscored 18-11 in the third quarter and 14-7 in the final period.

In the setback at FSU, the Warriors led by 10 in the second quarter and had a chance to win at the end but a three pointer rimmed out.  

Wayne State was a superb 19-of-20 (95 percent) from the foul line with Ashley Wilson making all 10 of her attempts.  Ashley Wilson led four Warriors in double figures with 22 points.  She also had a team-high eight rebounds.  Shannon Wilson contributed 11 points, seven assists and a game-best five steals.  Ajai Meeks totaled a career-high 10 points.

STREAK IN TACT
Ashley Wilson has made her last 20 free throw attempts, which is one shy of the school mark she set from Dec. 18, 2013, through March 4, 2014.  

CENTURY MARK IN GAMES PLAYED
Last Saturday, seniors Brittany Streetman and Kristen Long became just the eighth set of teammates in school history to reach the 100-game played plateau in the same season.  The last duo was Deanna Crumpton and Phaebre Colbert three years ago.  The first set was WSU Hall of Famer Pearly Cunningham and Ann Roy in 1985-86.  The 1994-95 squad had three teammates in Wendy Winter, Missy Cochran and Jennifer Berrios to reach the century plateau.

WSU has played 103 games over the last four seasons compiling a 74-29 record.  Streetman and Kristen Long both played in every game as freshmen, their junior season and this year.  They each missed games as a sophomore -- Long (1/9 vs. Hillsdale, 1/11 vs. Findlay) and Streetman dressed but did not play (12/18 at Ashland).  Last Sunday's game at Ferris State was the 100th game they both had played in together.

According to the NCAA Division II women's basketball active career leader stats, Streetman is tied-for-20th in games played and Long is tied-for-23rd.  The WSU school record is 113 by Lisa Gentry (1981-85).  If Streetman doesn't miss any of the upcoming games, she will equal Gentry's record on Feb. 6 vs. Ohio Dominican at home.

Long needs 53 minutes to become the 31st player in school history to play 2,000 minutes.  Meanwhile, Streetman needs 78 minutes to also reach 2,000.

Streetman is ninth in school history with 111 made three pointers, while Long is 23rd with 159 assists.  

SCOUTING THE CHARGERS 
After starting the season 3-0 in non-conference contests, Hillsdale is 3-4 in its last seven games, including a 3-3 mark in league play.  Senior forward Kayla Geffert leads HC in scoring at 8.2 points per game.  She also has a team-high 50 rebounds. Freshman forward Makenna Ott is second in scoring (7.0 ppg), while junior guard Morgan Blair leads the squad in assists (28), steals (23) and three-pointers made (8).  Fourteen different Chargers have made a triple this season.  Senior forward Sarah Theut has a team-best eight blocked shots.

SCOUTING THE CARDINALS 
Saginaw Valley State has won three straight since a Dec. 12 setback at Ashland (72-57).  Junior forward Emily Wendling, who leads the GLIAC in scoring (21.6 ppg) and is second in rebounding (10.4), is the reigning USBWA National Player of the Week.  She leads SVSU in field goal percentage (63.2 / 98-155) and blocked shots (15).  Freshman forward Halee Nieman is second in scoring (11.4 ppg), while senior guard Danielle Carriere has made a team-high 14 triples.  Freshman guard Anna Hall has team-best totals of 32 assists and 25 steals.

ALL-TIME SERIES
The all-time series between Wayne State and Hillsdale, which began in Feb. 1976, is knotted at 35-35.  WSU won the first 12 meetings including the first two by forfeit.  Wayne State has won the last four meetings and six of the last seven.  The Warriors are 21-13 at the Matthaei vs. the Chargers, including victories in three of the last four match-ups in Motown.

WSU has won five of the last six games against Saginaw Valley State to pull within 31-35 in the all-time series which began in Jan. 1976.  The Warriors are 16-16 at home vs. the Cardinals and had a four-game home court winning streak snapped by SVSU on Feb. 8, 2014 (85-78).  All the contests but one (Dec. 23, 2006) were GLIAC contests.

STREETMAN HITS A MILESTONE
Playing in her 100th career game on Dec. 30, senior Brittany Streetman moved into ninth place on the WSU all-time list for three-pointers made with three triples against Cedarville.

Streetman passed Chastidy Miller (2005-09) and trails Beth Wilson (1988-92) by three for eighth place.

This season, Streetman is averaging a team-best 13.8 points per game and is shooting 33.9 percent (20-for-59) from beyond the arc.  She has scored in double figures nine times this year and tallied a career-high 26 points against Lewis.  The Cedarville contest marked her fourth game this year of at least 20 points.  Streetman ranks 12th in school history (min. 30 made) with a 33.3 career three-point field goal percentage (111-333).

CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP
Head coach Carrie Lohr is in her fifth season and has an 86-43 (.667) record at WSU, along with 252-149 (.628) career mark.  The Jan. 2 game at Grand Valley State marked her 400th as a collegiate head coach (272 at SC4 and 127 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.  Thursday's game against Hillsdale will be replayed at noon on Jan. 10, while the Saginaw Valley State contest will be replayed at 9 a.m. on Jan. 14.

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
Wayne State concludes its three-game homestand with a 5:30 p.m. tip vs. Tiffin on Thursday, Jan. 14, before traveling to Ohio Dominican for a 1 p.m. start on Saturday, Jan. 16.