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India Hawkins vs. Lake Erie 2018
India Hawkins scored a career-high 25 points in the playoff loss at GVSU.
50
Wayne State WSW 13-16
73
Winner Grand Valley State GV 27-2
Wayne State WSW
13-16
50
Final
73
Grand Valley State GV
27-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wayne State WSW 12 7 20 11 50
Grand Valley State GV 25 19 17 12 73

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

Women's Basketball Falls 73-50 At Top-Seeded GVSU

Hawkins scores a career-high 25 points.

ALLENDALE, Mich. – The eighth-seeded Wayne State University women's basketball team (13-16 overall) was unable to sustain its early momentum and fell 73-50 at top-seeded Grand Valley State University (27-2 overall) Tuesday evening in a GLIAC Quarterfinal contest.  GVSU entered the contest ranked seventh in the nation this week by the WBCA.

The Warriors raced out to a 9-3 lead in as senior India Hawkins (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) scored the game's first field goal.  After a GVSU layup, Hawkins responded with a triple for a 5-3 lead only 67 seconds into the game.  Freshman Sam Cherney (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington), who entered the contest with the third-most rebounds by a freshman in program history, grabbed an offensive board which led to a bucket by classmate Grace George (DeWitt, Mich.).

Following a defensive rebound by Cherney, junior Nastassja Chambers (Ypsilanti, Mich. / Arbor Prep) connected on a jumper for the 9-3 advantage at the 7:30 mark.  After five straight points by the host Lakers, senior Ja'Nae Williams (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King) split a pair from the charity stripe keeping WSU in front 10-8.  A Williams' layup ended a 10-0 spurt by Grand Valley State.  GVSU concluded the quarter with seven consecutive points to end the stanza on a 17-2 run and lead 25-12 after 10 minutes.

After being held scoreless on its first three possessions of the second quarter, Hawkins scored on a layup to make it 27-14.  A pair of free throws by Williams snapped a 7-0 spurt by the Lakers.  A bucket by Hawkins 40 seconds later cut the deficit to 18 (36-18).  Grand Valley State scored eight of the final nine points prior to intermission to lead 44-19 at halftime.

GVSU scored four of the first six points of the second half, before Hawkins made two free throws then drained a triple to make it 48-26.  With just eight seconds remaining in the third quarter, Hawkins made a layup to equal her career-high of 22 points.  Wayne State had a 20-17 scoring advantage in the third period.

Each team scored three points in the first 3:20 of the final stanza, before Hawkins connected from long range to set a new career-high with 25 points.  Grand Valley State tallied nine of the final 14 points for the 73-50 final score.

TEAM STATS

Wayne State shot 31 percent (16-of-51) from the floor, compared to 45 percent (25-of-56) for GVSU.  WSU was just 5-of-20 from three-point range (25 percent), while the Lakers were 5-of-15 (33 percent) from beyond the arc.  The Warriors were just 13-of-22 (59 percent) from the charity stripe with Grand Valley State making 18-of-22 free throw attempts (82 percent).  GVSU had a 41-33 edge in rebounding, a 22-8 advantage in points off turnovers along with a 38-20 points in the paint margin.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Hawkins and Williams, in their final collegiate contests, were the lone Warriors in double figures with 25 points and 13 points, respectively.  Cherney grabbed a team-best 10 rebounds.

LEADING THE LAKERS

Maddie Dailey had game-high totals of 28 points and 11 rebounds, while Natalie Koenig contributed a game-best six blocks.  Cassidy Boensch chipped in with 13 points, with Jenn DeBoer and Victoria Hedemark adding 11 points each.

UP NEXT

In addition to the two aforementioned seniors (Hawkins and Williams), guard Daejia Hill (Muskegon, Mich.), guard/forward Jessica Murphy (Oxford, Mich.) and forward Paige Villemure (Flat Rock, Mich.) played in their final collegiate game.

Wayne State has already signed two recruits for 2019-20 in Becca Fugate (Holly, Mich.) and Mercedes Wagner (Sherwood, Ohio / Fairview).


 
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