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Sadia Johnson vs. Wright State-Lake 2019
Sadia Johnson scored a career-high 33 points in the win at SVSU.
68
Winner Wayne State WS 15-12,9-10 GLIAC
62
Saginaw Valley SV 12-15,8-11 GLIAC
Winner
Wayne State WS
15-12,9-10 GLIAC
68
Final
62
Saginaw Valley SV
12-15,8-11 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wayne State WS 18 18 18 14 68
Saginaw Valley SV 13 11 23 15 62

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

Women's Basketball Clinches Tournament Spot With 68-62 Road Win At SVSU

Johnson tallied a career-high 33 points.

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. -- The Wayne State University women's basketball team (15-12 overall, 9-10) secured a playoff spot with a 68-62 triumph at Saginaw Valley State University (12-15 overall, 8-11 GLIAC) Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The contest was tied four times in the first 7:30, with the last coming at 11-11 following a pair of free throws by senior Sadia Johnson (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Central).  Sophomore Sam Cherney (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington) followed with an offensive rebound and put back on WSU's next offensive possession.  Johnson then connected from long range for a 16-11 Warrior advantage.

A jumper from junior Tori Perez (Belleville, Mich.) off an assist by Johnson increased the lead to seven (18-11).  A jumper late in the opening stanza by the Cardinals cut the Wayne State margin to five (18-13) after 10 minutes.

After an SVSU free throw, Johnson drained three consecutive triples giving the Warriors a 27-14 lead.  Saginaw Valley scored the next three points, before Johnson made all three free throws after being fouled on a three-point attempt.

The Cardinals scored seven of the final 13 points of the first half to trim WSU's lead to 36-24 at intermission.  Johnson had 17 first half points, which included four triples and 5-of-5 from the charity stripe.

Saginaw Valley scored five of the first seven points of the second half to pull within nine (38-29), before a conventional three-point play by Johnson and two free throws by senior Nastassja Chambers (Ypsilanti, Mich. / Arbor Prep).  SVSU responded by scoring the next eight points to cut the Warrior margin to six (43-37), prior to a layup by freshman Rebecca Fugate (Holly, Mich.).

The Cardinals kept chipping away and were within four (51-47) late in the third quarter, but Johnson connected from long range just before the period ended.

Johnson had a steal and layup to start the fourth quarter scoring to restore a nine-point advantage (56-47).  SVSU's Maddie Maloney drained a triple, prior to Wayne State scoring seven of the next nine points for a 63-52 lead with just over six minutes remaining.  An 8-2 run by SVSU over the next five minutes pulled the hosts within five (65-60) with just under a minute remaining, but that would be as close as the Cardinals would get.

TEAM STATS

Wayne State shot 41 percent (21-of-51) from the floor, compared to 42 percent (23-of-55) for SVSU.  WSU was 6-of-19 (32 percent) from beyond the arc, while the Cardinals were just 5-of-24 (21 percent).  The Warriors shot 77 percent (20-of-26) from the charity stripe with Saginaw Valley making 11 of its 15 free throw attempts (73 percent).  Wayne State had a 36-30 edge in rebounding.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Johnson had a career-high 33 points, which included 5-of-8 from three-point range, and 12-of-14 from the foul line.  Perez and Chambers chipped in with 10 points apiece, while Cherney grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds.

LEADING THE CARDINALS

Tori DePerry tallied 23 points, while Maloney added 14 points.

UP NEXT

Wayne State will conclude the regular-season on Thursday with a 5:30 p.m. contest on Senior Night vs. second-ranked Ashland.  The women's basketball program will honor seniors Nastassja Chambers, Sadia Johnson, Alex Matus and Lyndsey Matus prior to tip-off.




 
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