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Tamario Adley 2024 at Detroit Mercy
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Tamario Adley totaled team-high totals of 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists.
88
Winner Findlay UF 4-0,0-0 G-MAC
79
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 0-3,0-0 GLIAC
Winner
Findlay UF
4-0,0-0 G-MAC
88
Final
79
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
0-3,0-0 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Findlay UF 45 43 88
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 35 44 79

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

Men's Hoops Out-Scored 88-79 By Visiting Findlay

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's basketball squad (0-3 overall) battled unbeaten and former GLIAC rival the University of Findlay (4-0 overall) Sunday afternoon at the WSU Fieldhouse.  The Warrior defense held the Oilers 20 points below their season scoring average but the guests prevailed 88-79.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
The game was tied three times in the first three-plus minutes with UF's advantage never more than two points.  A triple by junior guard Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) at the 15:53 mark put Wayne State in front for the first time at 9-8.  A defensive rebound by junior Tamario Adley (Detroit, Mich. / Warren De La Salle [Macomb CC]) led to a fast-break dunk by redshirt senior guard Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy).

Findlay knotted the game at 11-11 on a triple by Ian Ioppolo with 14:40 left in the opening half.  The Warriors regained the lead at 14-13 on long-range shot by sophomore Jordan Briggs (Muskegon, Mich.), then 82 seconds later graduate student Jon Brantley (Farmington Hills, Mich. / Brother Rice [Lafayette College]) connected from beyond the arc for a 17-16 lead.

A Briggs defensive rebound and coast-to-coast lay-up tied the contest at 19-19 at the 11:22 mark, but the Oilers went on an 11-0 spurt in a span of 2:20 making all five shot attempts (four two-point field goals and one triple) for its largest lead of the half (30-19) with just under nine minutes remaining before intermission.

Sophomore guard Rob Lee, Jr. (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) drained a triple and Adley made two free throws during a 5-0 run by WSU.  Wayne State pulled within four (32-28) on a lay-up by junior Kelvin Tamakloe (Accra, Ghana / Spring Creek Academy [Blinn College]), but UF answered with six consecutive points for a 10-point margin (38-28).

Redshirt freshman Adam Ayrault (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / Grosse Pointe North) drilled a three-pointer with three minutes left in the first half to cut the deficit to five (40-35).  Findlay concluded the opening 20 minutes on a 5-0 spurt to lead by 10 (45-35) at the break.

Wayne State shot 46 percent (10-of-22) in the opening half, compared to UF's 56 percent (20-of-36).  The Warriors were 10-of-10 at the charity stripe, while the Oilers were 1-of-2.  Eight WSU turnovers led to an 11-0 advantage for Findlay in points off turnovers.

Second Half
After a jumper by junior Carlos Paul III (Southfield, Mich. / Cornerstone Lincoln-King [Missouri State - West Plains]), UF scored the next four points.  Wayne State trimmed its deficit to five (49-44) with a 7-0 run, but the Oilers responded by scoring 12 of the next 18 points to grab a 61-50 lead with just under 12 minutes remaining.

Findlay would have its largest lead of the game (16, 74-58) with 7:54 remaining, but the Warrior offense would rally by scoring 12 of the next 13 points to make it a five-point contest (75-70) with 4:33 left following a steal, a fast-break lay-up and free throw by Ayrault.  UF's Josh Thorbahn would make his only triple of the game on the ensuing possession, but Ayrault answered with his second three-pointer of the afternoon.

With 97 seconds remaining, an offensive rebound by Lee, Jr., and a Harris lay-up from Ayrault cut the margin to four (81-77).  Two field goals and 3-of-4 at the foul line in the final 72 seconds by Findlay sealed its road victory.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 53 percent (26-of-49) from the floor, compared to UF's 52 percent (33-of-63).  WSU went 7-of-21 (33 percent) from beyond the arc, while the Oilers also made seven triples in 24 attempts (29 percent).  The Warriors were an outstanding 20-of-23 (87 percent) from the charity stripe, with Findlay making 15-of-20 (75 percent).  Wayne State had a 32-27 edge in rebounding, but 16 WSU turnovers (to six for UF) led to the Oilers having a 22-5 advantage in points off turnovers.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Adley totaled a team-best 19 points, which included 9-of-10 on foul shots.  He also grabbed a team-high eight boards.  Harris chipped in with 14 points, while Adley and Lee, Jr. each dished out five assists.

LEADING THE OILERS
Will Aljancic tallied a game-high 21 points to lead five Findlay players in double figures.  Steele Meister had a team-best six rebounds (all defensive).

UP NEXT
Wayne State will host another former GLIAC rival Tiffin University this coming Saturday (Nov. 23) at 1 p.m. at the WSU Fieldhouse before closing out its November slate with a Nov. 26 contest at Lewis University.


 
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