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Rob Lee, Jr. scored a team-best 24 points at Lewis.
67
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 1-4,0-0 GLIAC
86
Winner Lewis Lewis 3-2,0-0 GLVC
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
1-4,0-0 GLIAC
67
Final
86
Lewis Lewis
3-2,0-0 GLVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 27 40 67
Lewis Lewis 35 51 86

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

Men's Hoops Upended 86-67 At Lewis

Lee, Jr. leads WSU with 24 points and three assists.

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. -- The Wayne State University men's basketball team (1-4 overall) concluded its November slate with an 86-67 setback at Lewis University (3-2 overall) on Tuesday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
After falling behind early 2-0, the Warriors tallied the next seven points on a driving lay-up by redshirt senior Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy), a lay-up by junior Kelvin Tamakloe (Accra, Ghana / Spring Creek Academy [Blinn College]). and a triple by junior Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher).

The advantage for WSU was six (10-4) following a triple by sophomore Rob Lee, Jr. (Flint, Mich. / Beecher).  However the host Flyers scored the next nine points before sophomore Jordan Briggs (Muskegon, Mich.) connected from beyond the arc to knot the game at 13-13 at the mid-point of the first half.

Lewis then went on a 17-4 spurt to lead by 13 (30-17), before Wayne State responded by scoring 10 of the next 12 points.  Leading WSU was Harris with a pair of free throws, junior Tamario Adley (Detroit, Mich. / Warren De La Salle [Macomb CC]) with a jumper and consecutive triples by redshirt freshman Adam Ayrault (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / Grosse Pointe North) and Lee, Jr.  LU scored the final three points before intermission to lead 35-27 at the break.

Second Half
The Warriors were within eight (37-29) after a lay-up by junior Carlos Paul III (Southfield, Mich. Cornerstone Lincoln-King [Missouri State - West Plains]), but the Flyers answered with nine of the next 10 points to extend their lead to 15 (46-31).

After trimming its deficit to 11 (46-35), WSU allowed the next seven points for an 18-point margin (53-35) with 12:50 remaining.

Wayne State kept battling and was within six (70-64) with just over four minutes left following a triple by Harris.  However, Lewis scored the next seven points and the Warriors were never closer than 11 the rest of the way.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 44 percent (24-of-55) from the floor, compared to LU's 58 percent (29-of-50).  WSU connected on 10 triples in 26 attempts (39 percent), with the Flyers making 11-of-25 (44 percent) from beyond the arc.  The Warriors were 9-of-11 (82 percent) from the charity stripe, while Lewis shot 85 percent (17-of-20).  Wayne State held a slim 28-26 edge in rebounding, but the Flyers turned 13 Warrior turnovers into 20 points.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Lee, Jr. tallied a team-best 24 points, which included four triples, while Harris added 13 points.  Both Harris and Lee, Jr. dished out three assists, while Williams, Jr. had a team-high eight rebounds.  Williams, Jr. also became just the 23rd person in WSU men's basketball history to play 100 career games.

LEADING THE FLYERS
Devon Vanderheydt scored a game-high 27 points, which included 6-of-9 from three-point range.  Paxton Warden contributed 25 points on five triples.  Jaylin Gibson dished out a game-best six assists, while Rob Stroud led LU with eight rebounds.

UP NEXT
After taking a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, Wayne State will begin GLIAC play with home contests against Davenport (Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m.) and Grand Valley State (Dec. 7 at 3 p.m.).
 
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