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Antonio Marshall 2018 exhibition at Detroit
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Antonio Marshall with one of his team-high three blocks.
76
Wayne State WSM 0-0
79
Winner Detroit Mercy DETMERCY 0-0
Wayne State WSM
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Final
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Detroit Mercy DETMERCY
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wayne State WSM 40 36 76
Detroit Mercy DETMERCY 40 39 79

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Jeff Weiss, Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Media Relations

Men's Basketball Falls 79-76 At Detroit On Late Bucket

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's basketball squad dropped a 79-76 exhibition contest Saturday night at Detroit Mercy's Calihan Hall.

The Warriors made more field goals (31-26), more triples (10-7), had more assists (23-9), nearly had the same number of rebounds (44-47), and equaled the Titans mark of 28 points in the paint, but Detroit was awarded 32 free throw opportunities compared to seven for WSU.

Despite trailing 31-20 with just under eight minutes remaining before intermission, Wayne State scored 20 of the final 29 points of the opening half to knot the contest at 40-40 at halftime on a three pointer by senior Latin Davis, Jr. (Ypsilanti, Mich. / Milan).  Sophomore Darian Owens-White (Ypsilanti, Mich. / River Rouge) led the Warriors with 11 points at the break, while junior Xavier Cochran (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Huron) contributed 10 points.

After an Owens-White jumper started the second half scoring, the Titans went on a 16-7 run to take a 56-49 lead with just under 13 minutes left.

WSU pulled within two (56-54) on a conventional three-point play by junior Karim Murray (Detroit, Mich. / Western International).

Detroit led by eight (73-65) with just 61 seconds remaining, but a jumper by senior Javon Henderson (Detroit, Mich. / University Prep) preceeded three consecutive triples by the Warriors from Davis, Jr, freshman Antonio Marshall (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King) and sohomore Jacob Joubert (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington), which knotted the contest at 76-76 with 13.2 seconds remaining.

Detroit's Josh McFolley connected on a three-pointer with 1.8 on the clock to give the hosts the victory.

TEAM STATS

Wayne State shot 44 percent (31-of-71) from the floor, compared to 37 percent (26-of-70) for the Titans.  The Warriors were 10-of-28 (36 percent) from beyond the arc, while Detroit was 7-of-25 (28 percent).  As mentioned earlier, the Titans were 20-of-32 (63 percent) from the charity stripe, with WSU making 4-of-7 (57 percent) free throws.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Owens-White had a team-high 18 points, while Davis, Jr. chipped in with 15 points and tied Owens-White for game-high assist honors with six.  Cochran added 12 points, while Murray nearly had a double-double with nine points and 12 rebounds.

LEADING THE TITANS

Antoine Davis led Detroit with 20 points on 6-of-17 shooting from the floor, with McFolley adding 17 points and four steals.

UP NEXT

Wayne State will begin regular-season play on Friday, Nov. 9 with a contest at Ohio Dominican as part of the GLIAC/G-MAC Challenge.  The Warriors will entertain Lake Erie at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11.


 
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