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Brailen Neely
Brailen Neely now has 1,014 career points.
50
Wayne State WSU-M 0-1,0-0 GLIAC
59
Winner Ashland AU 1-0,0-0 G-MAC
Wayne State WSU-M
0-1,0-0 GLIAC
50
Final
59
Ashland AU
1-0,0-0 G-MAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wayne State WSU-M 26 24 50
Ashland AU 26 33 59

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Cameron Weidenthaler, Assistant Media Relations Director

Men's Basketball Drops Defensive Battle at Ashland

ASHLAND, Ohio -- The Wayne State University men's basketball program (0-1 overall) played its first official game of the season at Ashland (1-0 overall) on Friday afternoon and the Warriors lost 59-50.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Eagles scored the first five points of the game and led 7-2 with 16:11 to play in the opening half.  A layup from Brailen Neely (Detroit, Mich. / Western International) and an Avery Lewis (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Huron) steal led to an easy bucket to give WSU an 8-7 advantage.  Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) kept the game tied, 14-14, with a jumper at the 9:46 mark.  Ashland led 22-17 with 6:02 left before halftime before a Brandon Haraway triple pushed the home lead to 26-21.  Two points from Tyree Martin (Chicago, Ill. / Curie) and a three-pointer with under 10 seconds left in the stanza tied the game at 26-26 as the teams went to the locker rooms.

Neely scored four quick points early in the second half to push the visitor's lead to 30-26 with 18:52 left in regulation.  Lewis connected on one of two free throws to keep WSU on top 33-30 at the 15:48 mark.  Two free throws by Aaron Thompson made it 37-33 in favor of AU with 14:32 to play.  A dunk from Mike Robinson (Ypsilanti, Mich. / Ann Arbor Huron) brought the Green & Gold within one, 38-37, at the 12:26 mark.  Two technical free throws by Neely made it 40-39 at the 11:33 mark.  Neely continued to have the hot hand and poured in four straight points to push the advantage to 43-40 with just over 10 minutes remaining.  Ashland seized the momentum as the Warriors went 6:15 without a field goal.  The Eagles led 49-44 after a layup by Bo Furcron at the 6:05 mark.  Thompson held onto a 52-45 advantage at the arrival of the game's final media timeout with 4:38 left to play.  A three-point play Darian Owens-White (Detroit, Mich. / River Rouge) brought Wayne State within six, 54-48, with 3:39 to play.  Two-points from Lewis kept the deficit at six, 56-50, at the 3:07 mark.  Thompson found room underneath for a layup to push the home lead to 58-50 with 1:54 left in the contest.  Wayne State was unable to find its footing offensively and would go on to lose 59-50.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Neely led all scorers with 21 points, while Lewis notched a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds.  Neely entered the season with 993 career points and surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his career, including his two seasons at Oakland.

LEADING THE EAGLES
Derek Koch led four Eagles in double figures with 16 points, while Thompson finished with 12 points and 13 boards.  Haraway and Furcron both had 10 points.

ONE BIG THING
WSU made just one three-pointer, going 1-of-16 from behind the arc.

UP NEXT
WSU will host Lewis on Wednesday night at the Wayne State Fieldhouse with tip-off set for 7:00 PM.

 
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