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Gabi Lutchka vs Grand Valley State 2024
Marissa Krynak
Gabi Lutchka shot 3-of-7 from beyond the arc and totaled 13 points.
80
Winner Grand Valley St. GVSU 9-0,1-0 GLIAC
59
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 4-3,1-1 GLIAC
Winner
Grand Valley St. GVSU
9-0,1-0 GLIAC
80
Final
59
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
4-3,1-1 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Grand Valley St. GVSU 25 17 22 16 80
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 17 17 12 13 59

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

Women's Basketball Falls to Top-Ranked Grand Valley State at Home 80-59

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University women's basketball squad (4-3 overall, 1-1 GLIAC) fell to top-ranked Grand Valley State (9-0 overall, 2-0 GLIAC) 80-59 on Saturday afternoon at the WSU Fieldhouse.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST QUARTER
Grand Valley State's Abrie Cabana started the contest's scoring, connecting on her first two shots to give the Lakers an early 4-0 advantage.  Baskets by Taylor Thompson (Grand Blanc, Mich.) and McKenna Ferguson (Grandville, Mich. / Byron Center) sandwiched around a GVSU lay-up made it 6-4.  

A 6-2 spurt by the Warriors gave WSU its first lead of the game at 10-8.  Thompson, Alyssa Leister (St. Louis, Mich. / Alma) and Shea Tripp (Jackson, Mich. / Michigan Center) scored during the run.  Ninety seconds later a pair of foul shots by Thompson put the hosts in front 15-13.

GVSU tallied 14 of the final 16 points of the quarter to lead 25-17 after 10 minutes.

SECOND QUARTER
A Tripp lay-up followed by five straight points from Thompson shortened the Laker lead to just one (25-24) with 8:09 remaining in the stanza.  Grand Valley State followed with a 14-6 run to extend its advantage to nine (39-30) with just over two minutes remaining in the half.

A pair of free throws by Ferguson and a lay-up by Lexi Boyke (Frankenmuth, Mich.) brought the Green and Gold to within five (39-34), before Ellie Droste nailed a long-range jumper with 48 seconds remaining to close the half with the Lakers leading 42-34.

THIRD QUARTER
The Warrior offense was unable to replicate back-to-back 17-point quarters as they were held to 12 points in the third period.  Grand Valley State capitalized on this by scoring 22 points, spearheaded by Nicole Kamin's seven.

WSU was within six (42-36) after a lay-up by Thompson on the opening possession of the second half, then again at 46-40 following a triple by Gabi Lutchka (Grass Lake, Mich.).  The Lakers tallied the next nine points prior to a jumper by Koko Sylvester (Toledo, Ohio / Start).  Grand Valley scored nine of the final 13 points of the period over the last three minutes.

WSU entered the final quarter of the contest trailing 64-46.

FOURTH QUARTER
After a free throw by Thompson and a triple from Lutchka, the WSU deficit was 14 (64-50), but the Warriors would never be closer than 15 the rest of the way.

TEAM STATS
The Warriors shot 21-of-56 (38 percent) from the floor, including 3-of-15 from beyond the arc (20 percent).  GVSU went 32-of-67 (46 percent) from the floor, including 5-of-25 (20 percent) from three-point range.  The Lakers won the rebound battle 41-32.  WSU had 26 turnovers leading to a 25-15 edge in points off turnovers for Grand Valley State.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Taylor Thompson nearly recorded her fourth double-double of the campaign, finishing with a game-best 16 points and a team-best nine boards.  Gabi Lutchka went 5-of-9 from the floor, including 3-of-7 from beyond the arc, for 13 points while adding seven rebounds, three assists and three blocks.  McKenna Ferguson notched her fourth double-digit performance in the last five games, finishing with 12 points.

LEADING THE LAKERS
Rylie Bisballe led the charge for GVSU recording a team-high 15 points, along with four rebounds, and a pair of assists and steals.  Nicole Kamin and MacKenzie Bisballe both scored in double figures as well, with MacKenzie Bisballe grabbing a team-high nine rebounds.

UP NEXT
The Wayne State University women's basketball team will host Edinboro on Wednesday, December 11 at the WSU Fieldhouse with tip-off slated for 4:30 p.m.

 
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