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Nastassja Chambers
Nastassja Chambers scored 19 points against the Eagles.
101
Winner Ashland AU 21-0, 13-0 GLIAC
84
Wayne State WS 14-5, 9-4 GLIAC
Winner
Ashland AU
21-0, 13-0 GLIAC
101
Final
84
Wayne State WS
14-5, 9-4 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Ashland AU 14 29 38 20 101
Wayne State WS 23 15 21 25 84

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Mike Feld, Sports Information Graduate Intern

Women's Basketball Falls to #1-Ashland

Warriors upended 101-84.

DETROIT – The Wayne State University women's basketball team (14-5 overall, 9-4 GLIAC) saw its seven-game win streak come to an end Thursday night, as #1-Ashland (21-0 overall, 13-0 GLIAC) defeated the Warriors 101-84 at the Matthaei Center.

The Warriors led by as much as 13 – 31-18 with 4:42 remaining in the second quarter – giving Ashland the biggest deficit it had seen this season.  The Eagles earned their 58th consecutive win on Thursday, setting a new Division II record in both men's and women's basketball.  Wayne State scored more points than any other Ashland opponent during the 2017-18 regular-season campaign (the last team to score more than 78 points vs. AU was UConn in a 119-56 exhibition game victory against the Eagles).

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Warriors fell behind 6-4 in the first 1:23 of the game, but rattled off a 7-0 run to take an 11-6 lead.  Ashland's Sarah Hart hit two free throws, but senior Payton Birchmeier (Corunna, Mich.) and junior Ja'Nae Williams (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King) hit layups on back-to-back possessions to push the advantage to 15-8 in favor of Wayne State.  Later in the quarter, Williams hit a three-pointer to give WSU a 20-10 lead.  The Eagles hit two field goals to pull within six (20-14), but sophomore Alex Matus (Millbury, Ohio / Toledo Central Catholic) drained a triple with two seconds left in the first period, ending the quarter with a 23-14 lead for the Warriors.

WSU didn't slow in the second frame.  Near the midway point of the quarter, Hart hit a layup to make it 25-18.  Wayne State countered with a 6-0 run, fueled by buckets from Birchmeier, Williams and sophomore Nastassja Chambers (Ypsilanti, Mich. / Arbor Prep).  AU countered with a 6-0 run of its own, cutting the Wayne State to eight (32-24) with 3:38 to play in the half.

Ashland found its own in the final 2:52 of the second stanza.  After India Hawkins (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) made a jumper to increase the Warrior lead to 36-26, the Eagles rattled off a 15-0 run.  That not only gave AU the lead, but pushed it to 41-36.  Senior Shannon Wilson (West Bloomfield, Mich. / Bloomfield Hills) ended the Warrior drought by hitting a layup with 25 seconds left in the half, but Ashland's Renee Stimpert countered with a layup of her own. That field goal, with nine seconds on the game clock, sent AU into the half with a 43-38 advantage.

The Eagles weren't done out of the break. AU started the third quarter on an 11-0 run, exploding to a 58-42 to lead with 5:54 left in the period.  The Eagles outpaced the Warriors 38-21 in the third frame, taking an 81-59 lead into the final 10 minutes.  Wayne State outscored Ashland 25-20 in the final quarter, but the late effort was not enough to hold off the Eagles.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 43.9 percent against the Eagles (29-of-66), including 39.1 percent from beyond the arc (9-of-29).  The Warriors went 17-of-21 (81.0 percent) from the free throw line.

Ashland shot 56.3 percent (40-of-71) from the field and 31.6 percent (6-of-19) from behind the three-point line.  The Eagles made 15 of their 19 free throw attempts (78.9 percent).

Ashland won the rebound battle 36-35, and topped WSU in assists, 27-16.  Ashland had 15 steals to Wayne State's five.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Wilson scored 20 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out four assists.  Williams and Chambers contributed 19 points each, with Williams chipping in six rebounds and seven assists.  Chambers had four rebounds.

LEADING THE EAGLES
Jodi Johnson and Laina Synder both scored 24 points to lead all scorers.  Snyder finished with a double-double, grabbing 12 boards.  Maddie Dackin added 17 points, and Renee Stimpert contributed 10 assists.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will hit the road for the first of two games away from Matthaei on Saturday.  The Green & Gold will travel to Tiffin for the final regular-season meeting as a GLIAC opponent of the Dragons.  Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m.


 
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