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Carlos Paul III - 2024 vs. UM-Dearborn
Marissa Krynak
Carlos Paul III scored a season-high 20 points, which tied his career best, on 9-of-12 shooting with seven rebounds.
77
Mich.-Dearborn Mia-D 0-1
85
Winner Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 3-5,1-1 GLIAC
Mich.-Dearborn Mia-D
0-1
77
Final
85
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
3-5,1-1 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Mich.-Dearborn Mia-D 32 45 77
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 44 41 85

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Cooper Weidenthaler, Sports Communications Specialist

Men's Basketball Holds On for 85-77 Triumph Over Michigan-Dearborn

Wayne State shot 51.5 percent from the field, the team's third game of at least 50 percent this season.

DETROIT -- Hosting Michigan-Dearborn (3-10 overall) for just the second time in the last seven seasons, the Wayne State University men's basketball team (3-5 overall) took care of business on Wednesday night inside the Fieldhouse, 85-77.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
Michigan-Dearborn enjoyed a lead for the first nearly 10 minutes of the game and was up by as many as six (14-8) in that span.  Wayne State then countered with 13 straight points over the course of nearly four minutes, a stretch in which it went 6-of-9 from the field with three different scorers.

Warriors contributing to that run included Carlos Paul III (Southfield, Mich. / Cornerstone Lincoln-King [Missouri State - West Plains]) with six, Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) with four and Kareem Aburashed (West Bloomfield, Mich. / Detroit Country Day [Macomb CC]) with three.

Trailing by seven at that point (21-14), the Wolverines shrunk the deficit to as little as four on a pair of occasions (23-19 and 25-21), the second coming with just over six and a half minutes to play in the stanza.

WSU's Harris then drained his lone three-pointer and Tamario Adley (Detroit, Mich. / Warren De La Salle [Macomb CC] cashed a layup to extend the margin back to nine (30-21).

From there until the intermission, UMD was as close as six (30-24 and 32-26), but the hosts utilized a 10-0 spurt for their biggest advantage of the half at 14, 40-26.  Heading into the locker room, the two squads were separated by 12 points, 44-32.

Second Half
Coming out of the break, Michigan-Dearborn continued to chip away at Wayne State's lead.  Through the initial nearly eight minutes of the half, the Wolverines outscored the Warriors by seven (18-11) and were within five (55-50) for the first time since the 6:36 mark of the first half.

WSU showed great resolve though pushing its advantage back to nine twice, 59-50 on an Aburashed dunk and 61-52 on a Paul III deuce. 

UMD seemed to be up to the task thinning the deficit down to six at 61-55 and 63-57, but the home team was just as resilient.  Wayne State rattled off 14 of the next 18 points to open up its biggest lead of the night at 16, 77-61.  The Warriors' 14 points came from Paul III with five, Harris with four, Aburashed with three and Adley with a pair.

The closest the visitors could get after that point was six (81-75), but the clock said just 40 seconds remaining at that juncture.  Jordan Briggs (Muskegon, Mich.) converted a quartet of free throw attempts to Michigan-Dearborn's standalone layup, and Wayne State had won by eight.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 51.5 percent (34-of-66) from the floor to Michigan-Dearborn's 43.9 percent (29-of-66).  The Warriors won the rebounding battle by just one (35-34) but cranked out 21 assists to just nine turnovers while the Wolverines accounted for 15 dimes and 13 giveaways.  WSU dominated in points in the paint (56-26) and bench scoring (35-5) as UMD used just one player off the bench.  Michigan-Dearborn had the upper hand in points off turnovers (14-8) and fast-break points (8-4).

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Five Warriors scored in double-figures including Paul III (20, tied career high), Harris (16), Adley (15), Briggs (10) and Aburashed with 10, his first game with that many this season.  Adley stuffed the stat sheet once again thanks to those 15 points, eight rebounds, six assists and two steals, the last three of which paced the team.  Wayne State's lone block was tallied by Harris, his first of the season.

LEADING THE WOLVERINES
Only six Wolverines saw the court, three of which scored 17 or more points including Jackson Reynolds (23), Joshua Warren (18) and Collin Miller (17).  Warren also finished with eight boards, six assists and four steals, each of which led his team.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will travel to Northwood for an in-region affair with the Timberwolves on Thursday, Dec. 19 beginning at 7 p.m.

 
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