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Izzy Rincon
With 15 points on Saturday, Carlos Paul III reached that total for the fourth time this season.
68
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 8-8,4-4 GLIAC
74
Winner Michigan Tech MTU 12-4,7-1 GLIAC
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
8-8,4-4 GLIAC
68
Final
74
Michigan Tech MTU
12-4,7-1 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 27 41 68
Michigan Tech MTU 26 48 74

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

Men's Basketball Bested by Michigan Tech, 74-68

The Huskies outscored the Warriors by seven in a high scoring second half, 48-41.

HOUGHTON, Mich. -- The Wayne State University men's basketball team's (8-8 overall, 4-4 GLIAC) three-game winning streak came to an end on Saturday afternoon at Michigan Tech (12-4 overall, 7-1 GLIAC).  The Huskies outlasted the Warriors by a score of 74-68 and improved to 7-0 at home this season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
Offensively, the start was slow for both teams as the first field goal make didn't happen until nearly three minutes of game time had elapsed.  Carlos Paul III (Southfield, Mich. / Cornerstone Lincoln-King [Missouri State - West Plains]) put Wayne State ahead 2-1 with a layup at the 17:14 mark.

Following back-and-forth play that featured four ties and two lead changes, the Warriors rattled off seven straight points to go up by seven, 16-9.  Four of those seven points came from Tamario Adley (Detroit, Mich. / Warren De La Salle [Macomb CC]), who was playing his first game in two weeks.  Adam Ayrault (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / Grosse Pointe North) chipped in a pair and Jordan Briggs (Muskegon, Mich.) added a free throw.

The Huskies cut the margin to one (16-15) with six consecutive points of their own, but the visitors extended their advantage back to five on three separate occasions -- 20-15, 22-17 and 24-19.  The last of that trio came with seven-and-a-half minutes remaining until the intermission.

From there until the end of the half, the hosts outscored the away team by four (7-3), but Wayne State clung to a one-point advantage (27-26) heading into the locker rooms.

Neither team shot the ball well as the Warriors went 9-of-29 (31 percent) from the field to the Huskies' 10-of-27 (37 percent).  Wayne State converted just one of its seven three-point attempts while Michigan Tech cashed on 3-of-10.  WSU made up some ground at the free throw where it was 8-of-11 compared to MTU's 3-of-6.  The visitors tallied just one assist to three turnovers as opposed to seven and 11, respectively, for the home team.

Second Half
The contest saw two more deadlocks and four additional lead changes just over two-and-a-half minutes into the second half.

At that point, the scoreboard read 31-31 before Wayne State regained the lead and would hold it until another tie at the 10:26 juncture, 47-47.  Within that nearly seven-minute span on being on top, the Warriors' advantage grew to a game-high seven points, 47-40.

The lead changed hands twice more, the second instance in favor of Michigan Tech, where it would stay for good.

WSU was able to stay within shouting distance at six points behind (60-54, 62-56, 64-58), but MTU's Marcus Tomashek and the league's leading scorer carried his team to the finish.  Tomashek gave Michigan Tech a nine-point lead for the first time all day at 67-58 with a three-pointer and again at 69-60 on a jumper.

From the time it was 64-58 in favor of the home team until the final buzzer, Tomashek notched all 10 of the Huskies' points to the Warriors' 10 and the six-point margin held.  The potent junior racked up 22 of is game-high 32 points after halftime.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State finished at 43.6 percent (24-of-55) to Michigan Tech's even 50 percent (24-of-48).  The Warriors were 3-of-12 from behind the arc and the Huskies went 6-of-16.  The chippy affair saw a combined 41 personal fouls called leading to 17-of-23 at the free throw line for WSU and 20-of-29 for MTU. 

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Rob Lee, Jr. (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) followed up his 40-point outing with a team-high 19 points.  The sophomore was one of four Warriors in double figures along with Paul III (15), Briggs (11) and Adley (11).  Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) and Paul III each brought down five rebounds while Adley dished out two assists.  Wayne State totaled just six assists on its 24 field goals, the squad's second-fewest of the season (Northwood - 5).  Defensively, the Warriors didn't register a block while Adley tallied four steals.

LEADING THE HUSKIES
Tomashek paced the Huskies in points with 32 and was two boards shy of a double-double while Dawson Nordgaard added 16 points. 

UP NEXT
Wayne State will come home to host Saginaw Valley State on Thursday night inside the Fieldhouse beginning at 7:30 p.m.

 
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