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Kate Sherwood had 17 points and four steals in the win at Detroit.
73
Winner Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 1-0,0-0 GLIAC
66
Detroit Mercy UDM 0-1,0-0 Horizon
Winner
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
1-0,0-0 GLIAC
73
Final
66
Detroit Mercy UDM
0-1,0-0 Horizon
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 OT 1 F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 18 18 14 13 10 73
Detroit Mercy UDM 15 18 11 19 3 66

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

Women's Hoops Wins Exhibition Contest In Overtime At Detroit Mercy

Sherwood leads five Warriors in double figures with 17 points.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University women's basketball squad played its lone exhibition contest of the pre-season Thursday evening at Detroit Mercy's Calihan Hall.  A put-back in the final seconds of regulation by freshman Shea Tripp (Jackson, Mich. / Michigan Center) forced overtime and the Warriors outscored the Titans 10-3 in the extra session to post a 73-66 triumph.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Quarter
The Warriors started strong grabbing a 15-6 lead at the media timeout of the opening quarter.  WSU led 18-8, before Detroit scored the final seven points of the period to pull within 18-15.  Junior Becca Fugate (Holly, Mich.) connected twice from long range in scoring six points in the opening stanza.

Senior Kate Sherwood (Canton, Mich. / Belleville) tallied five points, while classmate Sam Cherney (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington) contributed four points, and senior Alexis Miller (Howell, Mich.) drained a triple.

Second Quarter
The Titans began the stanza on a 13-4 run over the first 4:30, before Cherney made a jump shot.  Following a UDM bucket, Miller drilled another three pointer.  With UDM leading 33-29 with just under three minutes remaining in the first half, WSU tallied the final seven points of the period on baskets by Fugate and Cherney, and a triple by Tripp.

Third Quarter
Wayne State maintained its advantage and led 45-39 following a steal and fast-break lay-up by Sherwood about 2:30 into the period.  WSU extended its lead to nine points (50-41) after two foul shots by Tripp.  UDM's Tori Powell drained a triple cutting the Warrior margin to six (50-44) after 30 minutes.

Fourth Quarter
Two free throws by Sherwood put Wayne State ahead 52-44 with 9:49 left in regulation, but the Titans tallied the next 11 points to grab a 55-52 lead with 5:42 remaining.  After WSU took a 56-55 lead on a lay-up by Sherwood, Detroit scored the next eight points for a 63-56 advantage for the hosts with 1:56 left in the fourth period.  Tripp's triple made it a four-point contest with under a minute remaining, before Sherwood stole the ball at mid-court and made a lay-up with 42 seconds left.  Powell missed two free throws for UDM, and WSU forced overtime with the aforementioned put-back by Tripp.

Overtime
Detroit's drought carried over into the extra frame as the Warriors scored the first nine points as UDM went 6:05 without a point (last 1:56 of regulation and first 4:09 of overtime).  Fugate's old-fashioned three-point play was followed by back-to-back lay-ups from Tripp.  Fugate made two foul shots to end the 16-0 run by Wayne State.  Following the triple by Pruitt, which ended an 0-for-11 streak by UDM (0-for-7 on FG, and 0-4 on FT), the last point of the game was a free throw by Miller.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 43 percent (27-of-63) from the floor, compared to UDM's 35 percent (24-of-68).  WSU was 8-of-28 (29 percent) from beyond the arc, with the Titans making 5-of-25 (20 percent) from three-point range.  The Warriors shot 61 percent (11-of-18) from the charity stripe, which included a 4-of-10 mark in the extra period.  Detroit was 13-of-20 (65 percent) from the foul line.  WSU had a 45-43 edge in rebounding.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Sherwood tallied a game-high 17 points, while Cherney notched a double-double with 15 points and a game-best 11 rebounds.  Tripp contributed 14 points, nine rebounds and three assists off the bench, with Fugate adding 13 points.  Miller chipped in with 11 points and senior Tori Perez (Belleville, Mich.) dished out a game-best five assists.

LEADING THE TITANS
Monique Pruitt had a team-best 15 points, with Janna Lewis adding 14 points.  Both Sydney Searcy and Powell tallied 11 points.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will host the GLIAC/GMAC Challenge at the brand new WSU Fieldhouse on Nov. 13-14.  WSU faces Lake Erie at 7 pm following the Ferris State vs. Walsh contest.

 
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