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Carmelo Harris 2022 vs. Michigan-Dearborn
Carmelo Harris scored a game-high 19 points vs. Michigan-Dearborn.
41
Mich.-Dearborn Mia-D 0-2
93
Winner Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 3-4,0-1 GLIAC
Mich.-Dearborn Mia-D
0-2
41
Final
93
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
3-4,0-1 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Mich.-Dearborn Mia-D 24 17 41
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 44 49 93

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

Men's Basketball Defeats Michigan-Dearborn

Harris leads four Warriors in double figures with 19 points.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's basketball team (3-4 overall) hosted the University of Michigan-Dearborn (1-12 overall) in a non-conference affair on Tuesday evening at the Wayne State Fieldhouse with the Warriors claiming a 93-41 victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
Wayne State had leads of 3-0 and 10-5, but each time the Wolverines rallied back to knot the score.  WSU scored eight of the next nine points with four different Warriors making baskets.  UMD pulled within four at 23-19 with 7:06 remaining before intermission as Jimmy Breaux split a pair from the charity stripe.  Freshman Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) connected from beyond the arc with just under six minutes left to reach double digits.  After a lay-up by Breaux made it 26-21, Wayne State ended the opening 20 minutes on an 18-3 run to lead 44-24 at the break.

Second Half
Michigan-Dearborn went nearly 11 minutes without a made field goal (3:29 left in the first half, until 12:32 left in the game) as WSU extended its lead to 69-25 on an offensive rebound and put-back by junior Kaimen Lennox (Kansas City, Mo. / Truman HS).  A Maurice Anderson lay-up ended the shooting drought for UMD.  The Warriors out-scored the visitors 34-14 over the final 12-plus minutes.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 45 percent (36-of-80) from the floor, compared UMD's 23 percent (15-of-64).  WSU made 9-of-29 (31 percent) from three-point range, while the Wolverines were 3-of-16 (19 percent) from beyond the arc.  The Warriors connected on 12 of 16 foul shots (75 percent), with Michigan-Dearborn shooting 53 percent (8-of-15) from the charity stripe.  Wayne State had a 51-49 edge in rebounding.  WSU had 14 turnovers, while the Wolverines had 27 miscues.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Harris scored a game-high 19 points, which included three triples.  Avery Lewis (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Huron) grabbed a team-best 12 boards, while also contributing 10 points in 19 minutes for a double-double.  Lennox chipped in with seven points and a game-high six assists.  Senior Kylin Grant (Detroit, Mich. / Renaissance) notched 13 points, with Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) totaling 12 points.

LEADING THE WOLVERINES
Anderson tallied a team-high 11 points, while Breaux nearly had a double-double with a game-high 14 rebounds and eight points.

UP NEXT
Wayne State resumes GLIAC play on Friday with a home contest vs. Purdue Northwest.  Tip-off is slated for 7:30 p.m. following the women's game.

 
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