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Sadia Johnson vs. Central State 2019
Senior Sadia Johnson scored a team-high 19 points.
70
Central St. (OH) CENTST 1-2
78
Winner Wayne State WS 2-1
Central St. (OH) CENTST
1-2
70
Final
78
Wayne State WS
2-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Central St. (OH) CENTST 17 18 20 15 70
Wayne State WS 20 24 14 20 78

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

Women's Basketball Edges Central State in Home Opener

Head coach Carrie Lohr tallied her 300th collegiate win.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University women's basketball squad (2-1 overall) notched a 78-70 victory over Central State (1-2 overall) in the home opener on Wednesday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Warriors trailed the first 6:30, before a layup by sophomore Grace George (DeWitt, Mich.) tied the game at 14-14.  CSU responded with a triple, but the Green and Gold would go on a 13-point run that carried into the second stanza, to lead by 10 (27-17) with 8:46 left on the clock.  George, sophomore guard Alexis Miller (Howell, Mich.) and classmate Kate Sherwood (Canton, Mich. / Belleville) tallied at least four points each during that time.

After WSU's run, the Marauders tallied two points from the charity stripe.  Senior Sadia Johnson (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Central) was next to score, draining a shot from beyond the arc.  A Central State turnover allowed Sherwood to make the next basket at 7:36 to extend the WSU lead to 13 points, the largest of the game at 32-19.  Over the next three minutes, the Warriors only recorded two free throws while allowing six CSU points.  Both teams would score 10 points over the final 4:24 of the first half, to give WSU a 44-35 lead at intermission.

Wayne State was outscored 8-2 in the first 1:34 of the third period.  Both teams would have a scoring drought the next 3:30 before two points from the foul line by sophomore forward Sam Cherney (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington).  After back and forth play, the Marauders tied the game 55-55 with 42 seconds left.  Johnson topped the third quarter off with a triple to regain the Green and Gold lead.

At the start of the fourth period, CSU immediately responded with a three-point shot to tie the game once again.  There would be five lead changes within 1:49, before Wayne State outscored the Marauders 12-5 over the remaining 5:51 of the game.  Head coach Carrie Lohr recorded her 300th collegiate victory following the 78-70 win vs. Central State.

TEAM STATS

Wayne State shot 51 percent (26-of-51) from the floor, compared to 38 percent (26-of-69) for CSU.  Both teams shot 75 percent from the charity stripe; the Warriors were 21-of-28 and Central State was 9-of-12.  WSU's bench scored 45 points, with the Marauders only tallying six bench points.  The Green and Gold led with 41 rebounds, compared to CSU's 32 boards.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Johnson totaled a team-high 19 points, shooting 6-of-6 from the charity stripe.  Cherney notched her first collegiate double-double with 10 points and a game-best 11 boards.  George tallied 16 points and seven rebounds, while shooting 8-of-9 from the foul line.

LEADING THE MARAUDERS

Takyra Gilbert led CSU with 19 points and a game-high five assists.  Brooke Spaulding (14), Bri'elle Johnson (13), and Shania Kelly (12) also scored in double digits.  andra Guilford snagged a team-best seven boards.

UP NEXT

Wayne State will next be in action when it travels to Findlay on Tuesday, Nov. 19th, for a 7:00 p.m. game.


 
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