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Avery Lewis 2023 vs. Ferris State
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Avery Lewis led the Warriors with 18 points against FSU.
74
Winner Ferris St. FSU 15-5,6-3 GLIAC
55
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 7-9,4-5 GLIAC
Winner
Ferris St. FSU
15-5,6-3 GLIAC
74
Final
55
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
7-9,4-5 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Ferris St. FSU 39 35 74
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 31 24 55

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

Men's Basketball Unable To Keep Up With Bulldogs In 74-55 Setback

Lewis leads WSU with 18 points.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's basketball team (7-9 overall, 4-5 GLIAC) concluded the first half of the conference schedule with a 74-55 home court loss to Ferris State University (15-5 overall, 6-3 GLIAC) Saturday afternoon at the Wayne State Fieldhouse.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
There were three ties in the first three minutes before the Bulldogs tallied seven of the next eight points for a 13-7 advantage.  A triple by freshman guard Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) pulled the Warriors within three (13-10).  WSU was able to knot the score at 18-18 on a conventional three-point play by junior guard Kaimen Lennox (Kansas City, Mo. / Truman H.S.) at the 12:56 mark.

FSU responded with six consecutive points for a 24-18 lead, prior to a lay-up from Lennox and a triple by senior Kylin Grant (Detroit, Mich. / Renaissance) cutting the deficit to one (24-23) with 9:32 remaining.  Wayne State was again within one (26-25) following a lay-up by Harris.  Senior guard Antonio Marshall (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King), who was limited to 18 minutes in the contest due to foul trouble, connected from long range making it 31-28 in favor of the visitors at the 5:20 mark.  An 8-1 spurt by the Bulldogs extended their advantage to 10 (39-29) before a turnaround jumper by senior Avery Lewis (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Huron) just before intermission trimmed the margin to eight (39-31).

FSU's Solomon Oraegbu had a game-high 11 points in the first half.

Second Half
The Bulldogs increased their margin to 13 (44-31) by scoring the first five points of the second half, but the Warriors answered with an 8-0 run to cut the difference to five (44-39) at the 15:12 mark.  Lewis tallied the first four points of the spurt for WSU, then Harris and Lennox each made buckets.

Ferris State then had a 15-0 run to put the game out of reach as Wayne State went scoreless for over 6:30.

WSU would only get as close as 17 points the rest of the way.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 36 percent (22-of-62) from the floor, while FSU took one less attempt (61) but made seven more (29) for 48 percent.  WSU was just 5-of-25 (20 percent) from beyond the arc, with the Bulldogs making 4-of-15 (27 percent) from three-point range.  The Warriors made six foul shots in 12 attempts (50), while Ferris State was 12-of-20 (60 percent) from the charity stripe.  FSU had a 50-31 edge in rebounding.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Lewis tied for game-high scoring honors with 18 points, with Harris chipping in with 10 points and a team-best seven rebounds.

LEADING THE BULLDOGS
Oraegbu scored 18 points to lead four FSU players in double figures.  He also tied for game-high rebounding honors with Ben Davidson, who also added 12 points and five assists.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will conclude its three-game homestand next Saturday (Jan. 28) with a 3 p.m. tip-off against Saginaw Valley State at the Wayne State Fieldhouse to start the second half of the double round-robin GLIAC schedule.




 
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