Wayne State University Athletics

Wayne State WSU-M 3-14,2-12 GLIAC

Northwood NW 4-14,2-9 GLIAC

Wayne State WSU-M

3-14,2-12 GLIAC

Final

Feb. 07, 2022

Northwood NW

4-14,2-9 GLIAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Wayne State WSU-M	36	41	77
Northwood NW	31	49	80

Summary
Box Score

Jose Juarez

Brailen Neely joined WSU's 1,000-point club on Monday night.

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 2/7/2022 10:03:00 PM | Cameron Weidenthaler, Assistant Media Relations Director

Men's Basketball Falls at Northwood

MIDLAND, Mich. -- The Wayne State University men's basketball program (3-14 overall, 2-12 GLIAC) lost 80-77 at Northwood (4-14 overall, 2-9 GLIAC) on Monday night. Brailen Neely (Detroit, Mich. / Western International) became the 21st member of the 1,000-point club late in the first half.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Wayne State jumped out to 10-4 lead at the 16:19 mark following a dunk by Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy). NU used a three-point play from Desean Munson to pull within one, 12-11. WSU responded with its own three-point play from Neely to give the Warriors a 17-11 lead and Neely stayed hot with a triple on the next trip down the court. A long-ranger jumper from Kylin Grant (Detroit, Mich. / Renaissance) extended WSU's lead to 23-15 at the 9:25 mark.  Northwood took advantage of a Wayne State scoring drought and trimmed the WSU lead to two, 27-25, before Neely collected his milestone-setting basket at the 3:30 mark.  Antonio Marshall (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King) made a pair of free throws to give WSU a 31-28 lead with 2:30 to play before halftime. The Timberwolves' Christian Smith connected from deep just before the first-half buzzer to put the halftime score at 36-31 in favor of the Green & Gold.

Northwood scored the first five points of the second half to tie the game at 36-36 at the 18:31 mark. Jack Ammerman gave NU a 53-47 lead with 11:54 to play with a three-pointer. Northwood led 60-53 at the 9:24 mark, but WSU would make it a two-point game with a slam. A Marshall three-pointer cut the home advantage to 62-61 with 7:35 remaining. A triple from Neely tied the game at 66-66 with 5:52 left in regulation. The game remained tied at 68-68 after a layup from Williams at the 5:05 mark.  David Hughes (Southfield, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) put the Warriors on top 70-68, but NU tied the game at 70-70 on its next possession. Two points at the charity stripe from Darian Owens-White (Detroit, Mich. / River Rouge) deadlocked the game again at 72-72 with 2:26 to play. NU went on a 7-2 run to lead 79-74 with 20 seconds to play. The T-Wolves would hold on for an 80-77 victory.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Neely led WSU with 16 points, while Williams had 13 points and Hughes added 12 points. Marshall chipped in with 10 points.

LEADING THE TIMBERWOLVES
Ammerman scored a game-high 21 points, while Munson tallied 17 points. Smith posted 15 points and Ramelle Arnold contributed 14 points.

UP NEXT
WSU will host Purdue Northwest on Thursday night inside the Wayne State Fieldhouse. Tip-off will be approximately 30 minutes following the conclusion of the women's game, which starts at 5:30 p.m.

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