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Ja'Nae Williams
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Ja'Nae Williams had a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
59
Lake Superior LSSUWBB 3-4, 0-2 GLIAC
73
Winner Wayne State WSW 3-4, 1-1 GLIAC
Lake Superior LSSUWBB
3-4, 0-2 GLIAC
59
Final
73
Wayne State WSW
3-4, 1-1 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Lake Superior LSSUWBB 11 21 16 11 59
Wayne State WSW 23 15 14 21 73

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Lauren Bryne, Sports Information Graduate Intern

Women's Basketball Tops Lake Superior State, 73-59

Williams notches a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University women's basketball squad (3-4 overall, 1-1 GLIAC) notched a 73-59 victory at home against Lake Superior State (3-4 overall, 0-2 GLIAC) on Saturday.

The Warriors led in the entire first quarter.  Senior Ja'Nae Williams (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King) came out strong with a three-pointer in the opening 40 seconds.  Freshman Sam Cherney (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington) grabbed an offensive rebound before making a layup and free throw with 8:28 on the clock.  Williams drained another triple, extending the lead to 11-4 with 5:54 left in the stanza.  Senior Paige Villemure (Flat Rock, Mich.) snagged an offensive board before making a bucket.  After LSSU's Lexie Khon connected from beyond the arc with 47 seconds left in the period, freshman Alexis Miller (Howell, Mich.) immediately answered 16 seconds later with a triple of her own.  Williams split a pair from the charity stripe with 16 seconds remaining giving WSU a 23-11 lead after 10 minutes.

Williams tallied two layups for the Warriors in the first 2:40 of the second quarter, extending the lead to 27-13.  Wayne State's advantage remained between 10 and 14 points for nearly five minutes before Cherney made a jump shot with 2:41 left.  Laker Courtney Jacobsen's triple cut the WSU margin to nine (36-27) and started and 8-2 Lake Superior State run to end the first half.

Cherney scored WSU's first four points of the third quarter, pushing the Warrior lead to eight (42-34) with 8:27 on the clock.  Junior Alex Matus (Millbury, Ohio / Toledo Central Catholic) made her first three pointer of the game at the 6:58 mark, while Miller's second triple pushed the advantage to 11 (48-37).  The Lakers closed the gap to two points (48-46) with a 9-0 run, but Villemure and Kate Sherwood (Canton, Mich. / Belleville) both made a layup giving WSU a 52-48 lead heading into the final quarter.

Lake Superior State's Sadie Dewildt made a triple on the opening possession of the stanza to make it a one-point game.  A Villemure bucket on the ensuing possession was followed by a free throw from each team.  Another Villemure bucket was answered by a triple from Khon.  Matus then made back-to-back triples in a span of 25 seconds extending the Wayne State lead to nine (64-55) wth 7:00 remaining.  The Warrior defense held Lake Superior without a made field goal for the final 6:30 and just two free throws in that span.  Meanwhile, the WSU offense tallied nine points during that time.

TEAM STATS

Both teams shot 43 percent from the floor as WSU was 26-of-60 and LSSU making 21 of its 49 attempts.  Wayne State was 8-of-17 (47 percent) from beyond the arc, while the Lakers connected on 35 percent (8-of-23) from the three-point range.  The Warriors grabbed 41 total rebounds in the contest, including 15 offensive boards which led to a 14-4 advantage in second-chance points.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Williams had a double-double with a game-high 18 points and 10 rebounds.  Cherney nearly had a double-double, tallying 15 points and nine rebounds.  Matus and Villemure also scored in double digits, each recording 11 points.

LEADING THE LAKERS

Kohn and Jenna Gregory tied for team-high scoring honors with 12 points apiece.  Gregory also had a team-high four assists.  Claire Radke grabbed a team-high five rebounds.

UP NEXT

Wayne State will travel to Grand Rapids on Thursday, Dec. 6, to face Davenport in its first road GLIAC contest of the season.  Game time is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.


 
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