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Jordan Briggs - 2025 vs. Michigan Tech
Izzy Rincon
Jordan Briggs finished with six points, five assists, two rebounds and a steal.
62
Michigan Tech MTU 15-6,10-3 GLIAC
74
Winner Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 11-10,7-6 GLIAC
Michigan Tech MTU
15-6,10-3 GLIAC
62
Final
74
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
11-10,7-6 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Michigan Tech MTU 34 28 62
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 35 39 74

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

Men's Basketball Knocks Off Michigan Tech, 74-62

The Warriors outscored the Huskies 22-6 in the game's final 8:42.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's basketball team (11-10, 7-6) trailed GLIAC-leading Michigan Tech (15-6, 10-3) by four (56-52) with 8:42 to play on Thursday night.  From there until the final buzzer sounded, the Warriors outscored the Huskies 22-6 for the 74-62 victory, their third straight at home against MTU.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
The only tie of the first half came at 2-2 before Wayne State used a 13-5 run to go up by eight, 15-7.  The Warriors then took their biggest lead of the first 20 minutes at 10, 19-9, just over six minutes into the contest.

In that 13-5 spurt, Rob Lee, Jr. (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) scored seven points, Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) added four and Tamario Adley (Detroit, Mich. / Warren De La Salle [Macomb CC]) chipped in two.  Following a layup by Michigan Tech's Marcus Tomashek, Carlos Paull III (Southfield, Mich. / Cornerstone Lincoln-King [Missouri State - West Plains]) and Lee, Jr. stretched the margin to double digits with back-to-back two-pointers.

Over the course of the next 10-plus minutes, the visitors outscored their hosts by nine, 19-10, to claw back within one at 29-28.  Then, WSU's Paull III cashed a triple and so did Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher), which extended the good guys' advantage out to seven, 35-28, with under two minutes until the intermission.

However, Tomashek splashed back-to-back three-pointers and the margin was slimmed to one again (35-34) heading into the locker rooms.

Second Half
Following Lee, Jr. making one of two at the free throw line 28 seconds in, Tomashek's onslaught continued with a trey and jumper to give Michigan Tech its first lead of the night, 39-36.

The Huskies' largest advantage of the contest at eight would come just under four minutes later at the 14:53 mark, 46-38.  So from the 1:26 mark of the first half until that juncture, MTU had racked up 18 points to WSU's three.  Michigan Tech went on to lead by eight once more at 51-43.

Then came eight straight points for Wayne State, seven by Adley and another by Paul III.  With the score deadlocked for a second instance at 51-51, Tomashek wasn't done.  The long-range assassin drilled his sixth and final three of the night and his squad was back ahead by that many, 54-51.

Williams, Jr. cut the deficit to a pair thanks to a free throw and Tomashek responded with a two-pointer with 8:42 to go before the game was flipped on its head.

In that final eight minutes and 42 seconds (22-6 WSU run), Tomashek was held scoreless. He went 0-of-3 from the field (all three-pointers) and 0-of-2 at the charity stripe with two fouls and a turnover.

On the other side, five Warriors had a hand in those 22 points, Jordan Briggs (Muskegon, Mich.) with six, Harris with five, Adley with five, Williams, Jr. with four, and Lee, Jr. with two.  In that span, WSU combined to shoot 6-of-10 from the field and 9-of-13 at the free throw line.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 49.0 percent (24-of-49) to Michigan Tech's 38.6 percent (22-of-57).  The Warriors converted 6-of-16 (37.5 percent) from behind the arc to the Huskies' 7-of-25 (28 percent).  In just the second half, MTU was 10-of-29 (34.5 percent) from the floor, including 13.3 percent (2-of-15) from long range.  The home team won the rebounding battle by four, 37-33, including 30-23 on the defensive glass.  Wayne State made some hay at the free throw line as well with 20 makes (20-of-30) to Michigan Tech's 11 (11-of-19).

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Four Warriors scored in double-figures -- Adley with a team-high 20, Lee, Jr. (18), Paul III (11) and Harris (10).  Adley extended his double-digit scoring streak to six games, three of which he's put up at least 20 points.  Williams, Jr. brought down a game-best 11 rebounds and finished one point shy of a double-double.  Rounding out the offensive leaders, Briggs dished out a game-high five assists.  Defensively, Williams, Jr. and Jon Brantley (Farmington Hills, Mich. / Brother Rice [Lafayette College]) each notched a block while Harris accounted for three steals.

LEADING THE HUSKIES
Tomashek (28 points) was one of two Huskies in double-figures along with Gabe Smith's 12.  Pete Calcaterra and Nate Abel each tallied six boards and Josh Terrian finished with four dimes.  Defensively, Adam Hobson and Abel each had a block while Smith was responsible for a trio of takeaways.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will host Northern Michigan on Saturday with the opening tip scheduled for 3 p.m. inside the Fieldhouse.

 
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