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Carmelo Harris 2024 at Lake Superior State - GLIAC Tournament
LSSU Sports Information
Carmelo Harris connected on four triples in scoring 16 points.
87
Winner Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 14-14,7-11 GLIAC
78
Lake Superior St. LSSU 21-8,13-5 GLIAC
Winner
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
14-14,7-11 GLIAC
87
Final
78
Lake Superior St. LSSU
21-8,13-5 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 35 52 87
Lake Superior St. LSSU 31 47 78

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

Men's Hoops Advances To GLIAC Semifinals With 87-78 Win At LSSU

Lee and Golson combined for 45 points and 15 rebounds.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. -- The Wayne State University men's basketball squad (14-14 overall) won its first GLIAC Tournament game since 2012, and its first opening round GLIAC Tournament game either on the road (or neutral site) since Feb. 25, 1999, with a near wire-to-wire 87-78 triumph at Lake Superior State University (21-8 overall) Wednesday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
Wayne State led for 18:13 of the opening half compared to just 27 seconds for the Lakers.  LSSU's Kingsley Perkins scored the opening bucket of the game in the first 20 seconds, but that would be the only lead of the game for the hosts.  Junior Colin Golson (Detroit, Mich. / Ferndale) tied the game on the ensuing possession, then drained a triple 45 seconds later. 

WSU led 12-7 at the first media timeout, then remained in front 16-12 with 11:38 left.  Lake Superior tallied eight of the next 15 points to pull within three 23-20 with just under six minutes remaining before intermission.  Over the next three-plus minutes, the Warriors held a 9-5 scoring advantage to extend their margin to seven at 32-25.

Wayne State managed just three points over the final four minutes of the first half, but still led 35-31 at halftime.

Second Half
Wayne State started the second half by out-scoring the hosts 10-5 in the first 3:30 to lead 45-36.

Over the next five minutes, WSU totaled 15 points compared to 13 for the Lakers, which put the Warriors ahead 60-49 with 11:37 remaining.

WSU increased its lead to 70-58 over the next 3:30, then had its biggest lead of the game (15 / 73-58) following Carmelo Harris' (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) fourth triple of the contest.

Wayne State's last 10 points came at the charity stripe as WSU made 10 of its final 11 foul shots to seal the victory.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 51 percent (27-of-53) from the floor, compared to LSSU's 49 percent (29-of-59).  WSU made 12-of-20 (60 percent) from beyond the arc, while the Lakers were 8-of-19 (42 percent).  The Warriors were a magnificent 21-of-22 (96 percent) at the foul line, with Lake Superior connecting on 12-of-16 from the charity stripe (75 percent).  LSSU won the battle of the boards 31-28, and out-scored WSU 38-16 in the paint.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Freshman Rob Lee, Jr. (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) notched a career-high again this time with 23 points, including 10-of-10 from the foul line.  He also grabbed seven boards, to finish one behind Golson for the team lead.  Golson was 9-of-12 from the floor and finished with 22 points.  Harris drained four triples to finish with 16 points and six assists to zero turnovers with three steals.

LEADING THE LAKERS
All five starters scored in double figures with Devin Womack recording a team-high 17 points.  Hunter Soper grabbed a game-best nine boards and added 10 points.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will travel to Marquette and face Ferris State (23-7 overall) in the GLIAC Semifinals on Saturday with tip-off slated for 3 p.m.

 
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