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Wayne State University Athletics

2019-20 WBB Seniors
The four women's basketball seniors surrounded by coaches, family and teammates.
92
Winner Ashland AU 28-0,20-0 GLIAC
61
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 15-13,9-11 GLIAC
Winner
Ashland AU
28-0,20-0 GLIAC
92
Final
61
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
15-13,9-11 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Ashland AU 26 25 27 14 92
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 14 11 13 23 61

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

Women's Basketball Falls To Second-Ranked Ashland

DETROIT – The Wayne State University women's basketball squad (15-13 overall, 9-11 GLIAC) closed out the 2019-20 regular-season by hosting second-ranked Ashland University (28-0 overall, 20-0 GLIAC) on Thursday evening at the Matthaei.  There were eight lead changes in the first 6:25, before the visiting Eagles went on a 10-0 run and defeated the host Warriors 92-61.

Seniors Sadia Johnson (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Central) and Nastassja Chambers (Ypsilanti, Mich. / Arbor Prep) combined for nine of WSU's first 11 points in helping Wayne State to an 11-10 lead.  Johnson's conventional three-point play with just over 90 seconds remaining in the opening stanza cut the Warrior deficit to six (20-14), which would be as close as the game would be the rest of the evening.  Johnson had eight of WSU's 14 first quarter points.

Wayne State was outscored 25-11 in the second period and trailed 51-25 at intermission.  Johnson tallied five points in the stanza to lead the Warriors at halftime with 13 points.

Ashland had a 27-13 scoring edge in the third quarter.  Johnson again led WSU in scoring tallying six points in the third period.

The Warriors won the fourth period, outscoring Ashland 23-14.  Chambers had five points, while sophomores Grace George (DeWitt, Mich.) and Alexis Miller (Howell, Mich.) each recorded four points.

TEAM STATS

Wayne State shot 34 percent (22-of-65) from the floor, compared to 62 percent (39-of-63) for the Eagles.  WSU was 4-of-17 (24 percent) from beyond the arc, with Ashland making 56 percent (9-of-16) of its three-point attempts.  The Warriors were 13-of-18 from the charity stripe (72 percent), with AU connecting on 56 percent (5-of-9) of its foul shots.  Ashland had a 41-31 edge in rebounding.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Johnson tallied a game-high 21 points, while Chambers contributed 11 points.  Cherney notched a double-double with 10 points and a game-best 12 rebounds.

LEADING THE EAGLES

Renee Stimpert led six AU players in double figures with 15 points.  Sara Loomis and Hallie Heidemann each scored 14 points, with Heidemann recording a team-high eight rebounds.

UP NEXT

Wayne State will play a GLIAC Quarterfinal contest on Tuesday, March 3rd.



 
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