SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. -- The Wayne State University men's basketball team (1-1 Overall, 1-1 GLIAC) was unable to complete the road sweep falling 75-64 at Lake Superior State University (1-1 Overall, 1-1 GLIAC) Saturday afternoon.

FIRST HALF RECAP
Junior guard Antonio Marshall (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King) scored on WSU's opening possession, but the host Lakers answered with a 7-0 run before senior guard Brailen Neely (Detroit, Mich. / Western International) drained a triple to pull the Warriors within two at 7-5.

LSSU extended its lead to 14 (27-13), its largest of the game, following a three-pointer by David Wren with just over eight minutes remaining in the first half.  Wren's shot from beyond the arc concluded a 20-8 spurt by Lake Superior State.

Marshall tallied five consecutive points to cut the Wayne State deficit to seven at 27-20.  Following a basket by Laker Nigel Colvin, sophomore transfer Jackie Harris (Sylvania, Ohio / Toledo St. Francis de Sales) totaled five points, while sophomore transfer Avery Lewis (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Huron) chipped in with a bucket.  After a field goal by Lake Superior State's Kemon Bassett, freshman Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) made a jumper to ignite a 7-0 run, which concluded with Harris's second long-range jumper of the half.

Harris scored the final points of the first half on a lay-up giving him a 10-point performance in the opening 20 minutes, and the Warriors a 36-33 advantage at intermission.

SECOND HALF RECAP
The game was back-and-forth for the first eight-plus minutes of the second half with neither team having a lead greater than three points.

A pair of free throws by Williams, Jr. with 11:40 left put WSU ahead 49-48.

Two minutes later, Lewis split a pair from the charity stripe ending a 6-0 Laker run.

Five straight points by LSSU's Malek Adams gave the hosts a nine-point advantage (59-50) with 8:30 remaining.

Wayne State went on a 5-0 spurt as junior Darian Owens-White (Ypsilanti, Mich. / River Rouge) connected from three-point range, and Lewis made two foul shots pulling WSU within four at 59-55.

Lake Superior responded with a 7-0 run, which included five points from Adams, for a double-digit margin of 11 (66-55).

A lay-up by Lewis and a Marshall triple cut the Warrior deficit to six (66-60).

WSU made just one field goal in the final four minutes in falling 75-64 at Cooper Gymnasium.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Lewis tallied a team-high 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting from both the field and the foul line.  Marshall contributed 14 points, while Owens-White (12 points) and Harris (10 points) each scored in double figures.

LEADING THE LAKERS
Bassett notched a double-double with game-high totals of 23 points and 10 rebounds.  Adams chipped in with 16 points and Fischer added 10 points.

ONE BIG THING
Both teams attempted 54 field goals with LSSU making 27 compared to 22 for WSU.

UP NEXT
Wayne State returns to the Matthaei to host GLIAC rival Davenport University at 6 p.m. on Friday.  The game can be heard on WDTK (1400 AM/101.5 FM) with Kevin Brechmacher on the call.  The contest will also be streamed on Warrior All-Access.

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