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Findlay Sports Information
Jordan Briggs scored a game-high 20 points.
81
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 2-2,0-0 GLIAC
95
Winner Findlay UF 4-1,0-0 G-MAC
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
2-2,0-0 GLIAC
81
Final
95
Findlay UF
4-1,0-0 G-MAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 33 48 81
Findlay UF 53 42 95

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

Men's Basketball Out-Scored 95-81 At Findlay

Briggs, Boose and Paul combine for 56 points.

FINDLAY, Ohio -- The Wayne State University men's basketball squad (2-2 overall) played its final non-conference game before league play begins next week on Tuesday evening at the University of Findlay.  The Oilers took control in the first half and held off a furious second half rally in which WSU out-scored the hosts 48-42 over the final 20 minutes to post a 95-81 victory over the Warriors.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
The first five-plus minutes were back-and-forth with seven lead changes.  WSU took its last lead at 11-10 at the 15:04 mark on a bucket by senior Carlos Paul III (Southfield, Mich. / Cornerstone-Lincoln King [Missouri State-West Plains]).  The host Oilers tallied the next eight points before a triple by junior Jotham Nweke (Oak Park, Mich. / Detroit Loyola [Macomb C.C.]) ended the spurt.  

The Warriors trailed 21-16 at the 11:46 media timeout, but over the next 6:27, Findlay out-scored Wayne State 22-11 to grab a 43-27 lead.  Over the final five minutes before intermission, UF had a 10-6 scoring advantage to lead 53-33 after 20 minutes. 

The Oilers shot 61 percent (22-of-36) from the floor, including 7-of-16 from beyond the arc (44 percent).  Meanwhile, WSU was 13-of-30 (43 percent), but had 12 turnovers to UF's eight.  Findlay held an 18-4 margin in points off turnovers during the first half.

Paul had a team-best 10 points for the Warriors, while Jake Bishop totaled 10 points off the UF bench.

Second Half
Wayne State had a 12-6 scoring advantage over the first five minutes after halftime, and after a banked in triple by UF's Steele Meister, WSU tallied 14 of the next 21 points to cut its deficit to 10 at 69-59 at the mid-point of the second half.

The Warriors pulled within eight at 77-69 on a bucket by Nweke.

Findlay's last 10 points came from the charity stripe to secure the victory.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 44 percent (28-of-63) from the floor, while UF was 33-of-60 (55 percent).  WSU connected on 7-of-18 triple tries (39 percent), with the Oilers converting 14-of-27 (52 percent) from beyond the arc.  The Warriors were 18-of-21 (86 percent) from the charity stripe, while Findlay made 15-of-18 (83 percent) from the foul line.  The rebounding was nearly even with UF edging WSU 34-33.  Both teams finished with 15 turnovers.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Redshirt freshman JaKobie Boose (Flint, Mich. / Hamady) tallied a career-high 18 points (previous best was four points), while junior guard Jordan Briggs (Muskegon, Mich.) scored a game-best 20 points.  Paul chipped in with 18 points and eight rebounds.  Nweke also had eight boards.

LEADING THE OILERS
Meister totaled a team-best 19 points and tied for team-high rebounding honors (six) with Mason Brandt.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will play two GLIAC contests next week visiting Purdue Northwest on Tuesday (Dec. 2), before entertaining Ferris State for a 3 p.m. tip on Saturday, Dec. 6.

 
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