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Avery Lewis 2022 vs. Tiffin
Avery Lewis tallied a game-high 23 points in the win over the Dragons.
77
Tiffin Tiffin 0-4,0-0 G-MAC
83
Winner Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 2-2,0-0 GLIAC
Tiffin Tiffin
0-4,0-0 G-MAC
77
Final
83
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
2-2,0-0 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Tiffin Tiffin 31 46 77
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 40 43 83

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

Men's Basketball Upends Tiffin 83-77

Lewis and Harris combine for 43 points.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's basketball squad (2-2 overall) won its second consecutive contest with an 83-77 triumph over visiting Tiffin University (0-4 overall) Sunday afternoon at the Wayne State Fieldhouse.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
The opening 20 minutes was back-and-forth with seven ties and nine lead changes.  A triple by freshman guard Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) with just over six minutes remaining until intermission knotted the score at 27 (for the seventh tie of the half).

After a steal by freshman center Bryce Esman (Metamora, Mich. / Oxford) led to a lay-up by junior Kaimen Lennox (Kansas City, Mo. / Truman HS) and a 29-27 lead.  Following a free throw by the Dragons, Lennox, Harris and senior forward Avery Lewis (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Huron) scored consecutive baskets giving the hosts a 35-28 advantage.  Two foul shots by Tiffin ended the Warrior run, but Lewis had one of his four first half offensive rebounds and put back, before TU split a pair from the charity stripe.  Redshirt senior guard Antonio Marshall (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King) drained a triple just before the first half ended giving Wayne State its largest lead at 40-31.

Second Half
A Harris jumper 62 seconds after halftime, extended the margin to 11 (42-31).  The Warriors led 46-37 following a pair of free throws by Marshall at the 16:24 mark.  Tiffin went on a 16-0 run over the next 4:16 to take a 53-46 lead.  The Dragons had their largest lead of the game at eight points (58-50) with 10:38 remaining following a conventional three-point play by TU's Joshua Rivers.

Four straight points by Lewis preceded a triple by junior guard Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) and two foul shots by Marshall, which gave the Warriors a 59-58 lead with 9:04 left.  Tiffin regained the lead on a triple by Trent Williams.  The game was tied at 61-61, 63-63, 65-65 and 67-67, the final tie coming on a offensive rebound and put-back by Lewis, which ignited a 7-0 spurt by WSU.  Williams, Jr. had the final five points of the run with a jumper and three-pointer.

Following a jumper by Tiffin's Morgan Taylor, Lewis made a pair from the charity stripe, then Williams made the second of two foul shots for a 75-69 lead with 1:39 remaining.  A lay-up by Lewis with just under a minute left preceded a lay-up by Dragon Carius Key, which made it a two possession game at 77-71.

Williams split a pair of foul shot, and Key scored from inside again making it a five-point contest with 32 seconds left.  Harris was fouled on the inbounds and made two free throws to seal the win.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 47 percent (27-of-58) from the floor, while the Dragons were 28-of-54 (52 percent).  WSU made 7-of-21 triple tries (33 percent), compared to Tiffin's 36 percent (4-of-11).  The Warriors shot 85 percent (22-of-26) from the charity stripe, with TU making 17-of-25 free throws (68 percent).  Both teams grabbed 32 rebounds, including 10 offensive boards.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Lewis totaled a game-high 23 points, and tied for the team lead at seven rebounds with Marshall.  Harris contributed 20 points, with Marshall adding 18 points and four assists.  Lennox chipped in wtih 10 points and four assists, along with a team-best +19 (plus/minus rating).

LEADING THE DRAGONS
All five starters scored in double figures led by Rivers with 17.  Taylor garnered 14 points and a game-high five assists, while Trent Williams and Key each added 13 points.  Key had a game-best eight rebounds.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will conclude its month of November schedule with a Tuesday contest at Lewis.  The start time has been moved up 30 minutes, with opening tip-off now slated for 8 p.m. Eastern.


 
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