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Rob Lee, Jr. - 2025 vs. Northern Michigan
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Rob Lee, Jr. scored a game-high points in the win at SVSU.
81
Winner Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 12-11,8-7 GLIAC
69
Saginaw Valley SV 9-14,5-10 GLIAC
Winner
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
12-11,8-7 GLIAC
81
Final
69
Saginaw Valley SV
9-14,5-10 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 32 49 81
Saginaw Valley SV 41 28 69

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

Strong Final Seven Minutes Propels Men's Hoops To Road Win At SVSU, 81-69

Lee, Jr. and Harris combine for 47 points.

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. -- The Wayne State University men's basketball squad (12-11 overall, 8-7 GLIAC) rallied in the second half from a nine-point deficit (41-32) at intermission for an 81-69 road victory at Saginaw Valley State University (9-14 overall, 5-10 GLIAC) Thursday evening.  The win improves WSU's record in Thursday conference games to 7-1 this season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
The host Cardinals tallied the first eight points before junior center Kelvin Tamakloe (Accra, Ghana / Spring Creek Academy [Blinn College]) scored on a jumper at the 17:45 mark.  Senior guard Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) followed with a jumper 70 seconds later.  Sophomore guard Rob Lee, Jr. (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) had a jumper in the paint sandwiched by two SVSU triples, which were followed a Cardinal bucket and another three-pointer for the home team giving the hosts a 19-6 advantage with 12:41 remaining in the first half.

A lay-up by junior guard Tamario Adley (Detroit, Mich. / Warren De La Salle [Macomb CC]) ended the 11-2 spurt by Saginaw Valley State.  A steal by freshman guard Adam Ayrault (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / Grosse Pointe North) led to a Lee, Jr. fast-break lay-up and an Adley basket concluded the 6-0 run by Wayne State.  SVSU led by 12 (27-15) with just over eight minutes left before intermission.

A bucket by Lee, Jr. and a triple by junior guard Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) trimmed the WSU deficit to seven (27-20).  Six minutes later the Warriors cut the margin to six (36-30) on a jumper by junior Carlos Paul III (Southfield, Mich. / Cornerstone Lincoln-King [Missouri State - West Plains]).  However, the Cardinals scored five of the last seven points of the half to lead 41-32 at the break.

Second Half
Wayne State recorded the first six points of the second half on two foul shots by Adley, followed by buckets from Harris and Lee, Jr. in a span of 30 seconds.  After a Cardinal shot from beyond the arc, Williams, Jr. responded with his own three pointer.  SVSU had a five-point advantage (48-43) with 16:20 left after a long-range shot by Freddie McIntosh.

Harris connected from three-point range and Paul III scored from the paint to knot the game for the first time at 48-48.  Consecutive buckets by Saginaw Valley State preceded another triple from Harris.  Following an SVSU turnover, Paul III scored to give WSU its first lead of the contest at 53-52 with 12:17 left.    After a Cardinal triple by Triston Nichols, Paul III scored again for a 55-55 tie.  Lee, Jr. tied the game at 57-57 with a lay-up.

Saginaw Valley State had a four-point cushion (63-59) following a triple by Bryson Huckeby with just under nine minutes left, before the Warriors recaptured the advantage until another long-range bomb from McIntosh put SVSU ahead 66-64 with seven minutes remaining. 

From that point on, the hosts scored just three points that coming on a triple by Nichols with 27 seconds left.  During the 6:30 scoring drought, Saginaw Valley went 0-for-6 from the field and had seven turnovers.  Meanwhile, Wayne State notched 15 straight points, with Lee, Jr. scoring seven during that span.

WSU out-scored the Cardinals 49-28 in the second half, after allowing SVSU to score 41 points in the opening 20 minutes.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 46 percent (29-of-63) from the floor, while SVSU was 24-of-56 (43 percent).  WSU connected on 9-of-29 long-range shots (31 percent) with the Cardinals draining 13 triples in 29 attempts (45 percent).  The Warriors were 14-of-18 (78 percent) from the charity stripe compared to Saginaw Valley State's 8-of-17 (47 percent).  Wayne State turned 20 SVSU turnovers into 26 points, while the Cardinals tallied nine points off 12 Warrior miscues.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Rob Lee, Jr. scored a game-high 26 points on 10-of-19 from the field and nearly had a double-double with nine boards.  Carmelo Harris scored 21 points, the most in more than a month (24 at Ferris State on Jan. 4), while Tamario Adley had nine points and nine rebounds.  Carlos Paul III chipped in with 11 points.

LEADING THE CARDINALS
Toodles Seal led SVSU with a team-best 20 points on 6-of-17 shooting.  Triston Nichols contributed 11 points off the bench.  Both Bryson Huckeby and Richmond Mawutor grabbed nine boards.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will conclude the extended weekend set with a Monday evening contest at GLIAC newcomer Roosevelt in Chicago.

 
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