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Marcus Moore
Marcus Moore led Wayne State with 16 points on Thursday night.
60
Ashland AU 15-6, 8-5 GLIAC
69
Winner Wayne State WSM 10-8, 8-5 GLIAC
Ashland AU
15-6, 8-5 GLIAC
60
Final
69
Wayne State WSM
10-8, 8-5 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Ashland AU 30 30 60
Wayne State WSM 38 31 69

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Cameron Weidenthaler, Assistant Media Relations Director

Men's Basketball Handles Ashland for Key Conference Victory, 69-60

The Warriors led by as many as 20 in the second half and held on for a nine-point win.

DETROIT -- In a battle that will go a long way in determining a home playoff quarterfinal game at the end of the month, the Wayne State University men's basketball program (10-8 overall, 8-5 GLIAC) hosted Ashland (15-6 overall, 8-5 GLIAC) on Thursday night and the Warriors held off a late Eagles' rally to win 69-60.  WSU moves into a tie for fourth place overall in the GLIAC standings after the victory.  The Eagles had won 10 of their last 12 games coming into the week.  WSU had lost six of its last seven meetings in the all-time series against Ashland.  The victory avenges a 22-point defeat when Wayne State played at Ashland on Dec. 7th.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Two points from George Spencer (Detroit, Mich. / Belleville) at the 15:46 mark pulled Wayne State within one, 5-4, early in the first half.  Spencer followed with a triple to give the Warriors a 7-5 advantage with 14:46 left in the stanza.  A trey from Marcus Moore (Lansing, Mich. / Waverly) and a bucket from Karim Murray (Detroit, Mich. / Western International) pushed WSU's lead to 12-8.  Moore's second three-pointer of the night pushed the lead to seven and forced AU's head coach John Ellenwood to take a timeout at the 11:33 mark.  Latin Davis, Jr. (Ypsilanti, Mich. / Milan) connected from deep, giving WSU an 18-14 lead with 9:20 remaining.  After the Eagles tied the game at 18-18, the Green & Gold rattled off six straight points to regain a six-point advantage at the 5:21 mark.  Chuck Key (Detroit, Mich.  Cass Tech) knocked down a 17-foot jumper and followed with a turnaround layup to give WSU a 28-21 lead with 4:40 left to play.  A tip-in from Murray pushed WSU's lead to eight, 34-26, at the 1:55 mark and a jumper from Spencer, gave WSU a then game-high nine-point advantage, 38-29, with 28 seconds remaining.  At halftime, WSU held onto a 38-30 lead.

- The Warriors opened the second half on a 9-2 run to take a 47-32 lead at the 16:43 mark.  Four straight points from Spencer pushed the home advantage to 51-33 with 15:17 left to play.  AU's Wendell Davis scored eight consecutive points to trim the deficit to 12, 53-41, at the 12:34 mark.  A triple from Phil Frentsos made it 57-46 in favor of the Warriors with 8:24 left to play.  Another trey from Frentsos with 6:51 remaining, pulled AU within nine, 60-51.  The Warriors went without a field goal from the 12:27 mark to the 6:07 mark.  A  clutch three-pointer from Ronald Booth (Detroit, Mich. / Consortium) pushed the lead back to 10, 65-55, with four minutes left in the contest.  A three-point play from Ben Haraway made it a seven-point game and another Haraway basket cut the deficit to five, 65-60.  However, a jumper from Moore at the 2:54 mark slowed the Ashland rally.  AU's Davis missed a pair of key free throws to keep WSU ahead by seven with under 90 seconds left to play.  Two free throws from Booth and a steal from Moore sealed the victory for WSU.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
- Moore led the way with 16 points, while Booth finished with 15 and Spencer contributed 13 points.  Latin Davis, Jr. chipped in 10 points.

LEADING THE EAGLES
- Wendell Davis scored 16 points, while Frentsos tallied 10 points.

TEAM STATS
- WSU used 30 points in the paint and 20 points off 14 AU turnovers to win its second straight game.  The Warriors went 12-for-13 from the free throw line.  Ashland notched 19 bench points.

UP NEXT
- The Warriors will travel to Tiffin on Saturday for a 1:00 p.m. tip-off.  It will be the final GLIAC regular-season meeting between the schools as the Dragons are on their GLIAC farewell tour before they join the G-MAC for the 2018-19 season.

 
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