Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Wayne State University Athletics

Carmelo Harris - 2024 vs. Grand Valley State
Marissa Krynak
Carmelo Harris scored a team-high 18 points at GVSU.
67
Winner Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 13-12,9-8 GLIAC
66
Grand Valley St. GVSU 13-12,9-8 GLIAC
Winner
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
13-12,9-8 GLIAC
67
Final
66
Grand Valley St. GVSU
13-12,9-8 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 33 34 67
Grand Valley St. GVSU 22 44 66

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

Men's Basketball Holds On For 67-66 Road Victory At Grand Valley State

Harris and Briggs combine for 35 points.

ALLENDALE, Mich. -- The Wayne State University men's basketball squad (13-12 overall, 9-8 GLIAC) continued its Thursday magic this evening holding on for a 67-66 triumph at Grand Valley State University (13-12 overall, 9-8 GLIAC).  The Warriors, who have won three times in their last five trips to Allendale, are 9-1 this season on Thursday's including an 8-1 conference mark.  WSU has won seven straight Thursday contests.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
The host Lakers led for just 1:42 in the opening half and most of that was 2-0 from 19:12 until 17:38 when junior Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) grabbed an offensive rebound and drained a triple.  A lay-up by sophomore Jordan Briggs (Muskegon, Mich.) made it 5-2.  Following four straight points by GVSU, a Briggs jumper regained the lead just eight seconds after Grand Valley had scored.  Three consecutive points by senior Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) pushed the lead to four (10-6).

Junior Carlos Paul III (Southfield, Mich. / Cornerstone Lincoln-King [Missouri State - West Plains) answered a Laker bucket with one of his own.  Briggs tallied four straight points for 16-10 lead at the mid-point of the stanza.  Back-to-back hoops by junior Tamario Adley (Detroit, Mich. / Warren De La Salle [Macomb C.C.]) and a jumper by sophomore Rob Lee, Jr. (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) extended the margin to nine (22-13).  After seven straight points by Grand Valley State to cut its deficit to two (22-20), Harris connected on a long-range jumper.

Another Harris jumper made the lead seven (27-20), and after a Laker bucket, Harris nailed consecutive shots from beyond the arc giving him 14 points in the first half and WSU a 33-22 advantage at intermission.  Harris was 4-for-8 from three-point land in the opening 20 minutes, while the rest of the Warriors were 0-for-7.  WSU had five turnovers to 10 GVSU miscues, while led to a 9-5 margin for WSU in points off turnovers.

Second Half
Grand Valley State started the second half with four straight points before a step-back jumper by Harris.  GVSU's Jalen Charity and Charles Turner followed with triples to trim the Wayne State lead to three (35-32).  Lee, Jr. Adley, Williams, Jr. and junior Kelvin Tamakloe (Accra, Ghana / Spring Creek Academy [Blinn College]) were part of an 8-0 run giving WSU an 11-point margin (43-32) with nearly seven minutes gone in the second half.

Following six straight points by the Lakers, Paul III connected from long distance and then a jumper pushing the lead to 10 (48-38) with just over 10:30 remaining.  The Warrior advantage was 12 (52-40) with just under eight minutes left following a fast break lay-up by Briggs.  When Adley made two foul shots with 5:02 remaining Wayne State had a 14 point advantage (56-42).

The Lakers tallied the next eight points, before Briggs drained a triple to make it a nine-point contest (59-50) with 2:21 left.  Briggs made both ends of a one-and-one with 53 seconds left for a nine-point margin (61-52).  However, GVSU's Mason Docks converted an old-fashioned three-point play just seven seconds later, before Harris connected on two free throws in a one-and-one situation with 41 ticks on the clock.

An offensive rebound and put-back by S Thompson made it a six-point game (63-57) with 31 seconds remaining.  Two foul shots by Lee, Jr. after only three seconds went off the clock increased the Warrior lead to eight (65-57).  Kaden Brown connected on a triple with 12 seconds left cutting the WSU margin to five (65-60).  After turnovers by each team without the clock starting, Lee, Jr. made two foul shots in a double bonus situation extending the lead to seven (67-60).  Brown again drained a three-pointer pulling the hosts within four (67-63) with four seconds left.

Another five second call on WSU, preceded Brown's third triple in the final 12 seconds but it was not enough as Wayne State held on a for a 67-66 road victory.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 43 percent (25-of-58) from the floor, compared to GVSU's 40 percent (23-of-57).  WSU was 6-of-24 (25 percent) from beyond the arc, while the Lakers connected on 9-of-28 (32 percent) triple tries.  The Warriors made 79 percent (11-of-14) of their free throws with Grand Valley State shooting 69 percent (11-of-16) at the charity stripe.  GVSU won the battle of the boards 37-34

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Carmelo Harris scored a team-high 18 points, while Jordan Briggs chipped in with 17 off the bench (two shy of his career high).  Ray Williams, Jr. grabbed a team-best seven rebounds.

LEADING THE LAKERS
Jalen Charity totaled 18 points, while Kaden Brown finished with 10 after his three triples in the final 12 seconds.  Shamus Thompson and Cam Regnerus each hauled down seven boards to pace GVSU.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will play its final regular-season road game on Saturday at Davenport.  Tip-off is slated for 3 p.m.
 
Print Friendly Version