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Taylor Thompson vs Findlay 2024
Findlay Sports Information
Taylor Thompson earned a double-double with 19 points and a career-high 17 rebounds.
56
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 6-4,1-1 GLIAC
59
Winner Findlay UF 10-3,3-1 G-MAC
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
6-4,1-1 GLIAC
56
Final
59
Findlay UF
10-3,3-1 G-MAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 7 19 20 10 56
Findlay UF 14 10 13 22 59

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Henry Coyle, Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Fourth Quarter Shooting Woes Lead to Three Point Women's Basketball Road Loss at Findlay

FINDLAY, Ohio -- The Wayne State University women's basketball team (6-4 overall, 1-1 GLIAC) fell 59-56 at the University of Findlay (10-3 overall, 3-1 G-MAC) in the final contest of the 2024 portion of the campaign on Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST QUARTER
Both squads started the game slow offensively, as neither team tallied a point until the 8:41 mark when UF's Kate Ellis connected on a pair of free throws.  McKenna Ferguson (Grandville, Mich. / Byron Center) quickly responded with a driving lay-up in the next WSU possession (2-2).  A scoring drought fell upon both teams, as the game remained a stand-still for just over three minutes, until Addisyn Freeman nailed a long range triple to give the Oilers a 5-2 lead.  Janae Hoying extended the Findlay lead to five after a driving lay-up.  Taylor Thompson (Grand Blanc, Mich.) saw her hook shot go through the net, cutting the deficit to three (7-4).  A floater by Gabi Lutchka (Grass Lake, Mich.) and a free throw from Koko Sylvester (Toledo, Ohio / Start) along with seven more Oiler points put the Warriors behind 14-7 after the first 10 minutes of play.

SECOND QUARTER
Ferguson opened the scoring for the Warriors in the second stanza as she connected on two triples that were sandwiched around a UF lay-up, but WSU still trailed 16-13.  A Thompson free throw brought Wayne State within two, before McKenna Stephens and Chloe Callahan knocked down back-to-back long range jumpers, extending the Oiler lead to eight (22-14).  Two free throws from Alyssa Leister (St. Louis, Mich. / Alma) led to a 12-2 spurt for the Green and Gold, putting the Warriors ahead 26-24 entering the halftime break.

THIRD QUARTER
Wayne State tallied the first seven points of the second half, as Leister, Shea Tripp (Jackson, Mich. / Michigan Center), and Lutchka all scored, with Tripp's lay-up pushing her past the 1,000 career point mark, and making her the 20th Warrior to do so.  A pair of Ellis free throws, and an Alyssa Ziehler lay-up brought Findlay within five (33-28), before a Thompson jumper and a Leister three pointer pushed the WSU lead to 10 with 5:20 remaining in the third quarter.  Back-to-back buckets for UF cut the Warrior advantage to six (38-32).  Lexi Boyke (Frankenmuth, Mich.) and Thompson both splashed shots to put the Green and Gold on top by 10 once again.  Findlay outscored WSU 5-4 to close out the stanza, with Wayne State holding a 46-37 advantage over the host Oilers with 10 minutes remaining.

FOURTH QUARTER
The Warriors led by 11 (50-39) with 6:45 remaining after Ferguson split a pair from the charity stripe.  WSU's advantage was 10 (52-42) following a Leister lay-up with just over six minutes left.  Findlay scored the next 11 points to take a 53-52 lead as Wayne State went scoreless for nearly five minutes until Thompson sank both foul shots with 77 seconds remaining, which put the Warriors ahead 54-53.  A jumper by Ellis on the ensuing possession gave UF a 55-54 lead.  WSU missed its next three shot attempts, but the Oilers were only 2-of-4 from the foul line for a three-point advantage.  UF's Ella Meschler made two free throws with nine seconds remaining to seal the win for Findlay.

Wayne State was just 3-of-17 (17.6 percent) from the field in the final period, while Findlay made five field goals and 11 foul shots to out-score the Warriors 22-10 in the stanza.

TEAM STATS
The Warriors made 18-of-55 from the floor (32.7 percent), including 4-of-18 from beyond the arc.  Findlay connected on 33.3 percent (19-of-57) of its shots over the course of the game and made six of its 19 three-point attempts.  Wayne State won the rebounding battle 43-37.  Twenty-nine (29) of UF's 59 points came from bench players, outscoring their Wayne State counterparts by 22.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Taylor Thompson (19), McKenna Ferguson (15), and Alyssa Leister (11) all scored double-digit points for WSU.  Thompson notched her fourth double-double of the campaign, as she nabbed a game-best and career-high 17 rebounds and led the Warriors in assists with three.  

LEADING THE OILERS
Kate Ellis and Chloe Callahan both contributed 13 points for Findlay.  Alyssa Ziehler led the way on the boards, grabbing seven total rebounds and adding six points.  Janae Hoying was UF's leader in assists, dishing out three tho go with her seven points.

UP NEXT
The Wayne State University women's basketball squad will take an 11 day lay-off before resuming on January 2, 2025, at Lake Superior State with tip-off scheduled for 5:30 PM. 


 
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