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Carmelo Harris 2023 vs. William Jewell
Denny Sinnock
Carmelo Harris had 15 points and four assists as WSU won in its new home uniforms.
72
William Jewell WJC 6-4,1-2 GLVC
76
Winner Wayne State WSM 5-4,0-2 GLIAC
William Jewell WJC
6-4,1-2 GLVC
72
Final
76
Wayne State WSM
5-4,0-2 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
William Jewell WJC 28 44 72
Wayne State WSM 37 39 76

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

Men's Basketball Notches Win On Opening Day Of Quincy Tournament

Warriors upend William Jewell 76-72

QUINCY, Ill. -- The Wayne State University men's basketball squad (5-4 overall) started its second weekend of back-to-back long road trips with a 76-72 triumph over William Jewell College (6-4 overall) in the opening game of the 2023 Quincy University Hansen-Spear Funeral Home Classic on Saturday afternoon.

Last weekend, the Warriors dropped a pair of road games in the Upper Peninsula, but rebounded after another eight hour road trip to claim an in-region win over the Cardinals of the GLVC.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
WSU had a pair of two point leads early (2-0, 4-2) on a lay-up by sophomore Matt Coffey (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King) and two foul shots by sophomore Tamario Adley (Detroit, Mich. / Warren De La Salle), but each time the Cardinals evened the score.

Junior Colin Golson, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Ferndale) had an offensive rebound and put-back plus a free throw to give the Warriors a 7-4 advantage.

Leading by one (9-8), Wayne State scored the next nine points for a 10-point margin at 18-8.  Senior Kaimen Lennox (Kansas City, Mo. / Truman High School) started the spurt with a lay-up, senior Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) had a conventional three-point play, Coffey contributed a dunk, and freshman Jordan Briggs (Muskegon, Mich.) concluded the run with a jump shot.

Following seven straight points by WJC, Coffey scored from down low off a feed from sophomore Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher), then Golson connected on a jumper for a 22-15 lead.  William Jewell answered back with six consecutive points by Isaac Patterson and a lay-up from Eli Wingert for its lone lead of the contest at 23-22.

On the ensuing possession, Golson put in his own missed shot which started a 6-0 run by the Warriors.  Kobe McKinley drained a triple to pull the Cardinals within two (28-26) with under three minutes remaining in the first, but WSU would end the opening 20 minutes on a 9-2 run to lead 37-28 at intermission.

WSU out-scored William Jewell 11-0 on second-chance points in the first half, and 12-4 on points off turnovers.

Second Half
Wayne State increased its advantage to 13 (41-28) early in the second half on lay-ups by Coffey and Golson.

A triple by Harris regained the 13-point margin at 44-31.  After the Cardinals were within eight (46-38), Harris connected on a jumper, but WJC responded with a 7-2 run cutting the WSU lead to five (50-45).

Wayne State's advantage was reduced to three (55-52) just past the mid-point of the second half, but Williams tallied an old-fashioned three-point play for a six point lead at 58-52.

After William Jewell was within four (58-54), the Warriors tallied the next six points on a pair of buckets by Coffey, and a jumper by freshman Rob Lee, Jr. (Flint, Mich. / Beecher).  Patterson connected on a triples, but Lee answered with back-to-back lay-ups for an 11-point lead (68-57).

The Warriors advantage was down to five (68-63) with three minutes to play, but a triple from Williams and two free throws by Briggs extended the lead back to 10 (73-63).  WJC recorded the next seven points to pull within three (73-70) in the final 40 seconds.  Harris made both foul shots in a one-and-one situation, and Lee finished off the Wayne State scoring splitting a pair from the charity stripe.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 57 percent (30-of-53) from the floor, while WJC connected on 49 percent (24-of-49) of its field goal attempts.  WSU was just 4-of-14 (29 percent) from three-point range, with the Cardinals making nine of their 24 three-point attempts (38 percent).  The Warriors were 12-of-14 (86 percent) from the charity stripe, with William Jewell shooting 68 percent (15-of-22) from the foul line.  Wayne State held a 33-20 edge in rebounding, and finished with a 13-2 advantage in second-chance points.  Even though, WSU had 17 turnovers to 11 miscues by the Cardinals, the Warriors had a 16-15 edge in points off turnovers.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Golson lead WSU in points (16), rebounds (8) and blocks (2), while Harris chipped in with 15 points and four assists, which tied Lennox for the team lead.  Lennox also notched a team-best three steals.  Coffey contributed 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting.

LEADING THE CARDINALS
McKinley tallied a team-high 16 points, while Grant Stubbs tallied 15 points, and Patterson added 10 points off the bench.  Jordan Jermain dished out a game-best seven assists, while grabbing a team-high five rebounds.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will play tournament host Quincy University in the final game of the classic on Sunday.  Tip-off is slated for 4 p.m. Eastern following the William Jewell vs. East-West contest.
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