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Alyssa Leister vs Parkside GLIAC Quarterfinal 2025
Izzy Rincon
Alyssa Leister tallied nine points, four rebounds, and three steals.
52
Wis.-Parkside UWP 18-10,13-7 GLIAC
65
Winner Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 19-10,13-7 GLIAC
Wis.-Parkside UWP
18-10,13-7 GLIAC
52
Final
65
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
19-10,13-7 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wis.-Parkside UWP 14 18 9 11 52
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 20 15 20 10 65

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Henry Coyle, Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Women's Basketball Advances to GLIAC Tournament Semifinals

DETROIT -- The fourth-seeded Wayne State University women's basketball team (19-10 overall) defeated the fifth-seeded University of Wisconsin-Parkside (18-10 overall) 65-52 to advance to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (GLIAC) Tournament Semifinals.

Earlier on Wednesday afternoon, the NCAA released its final regional poll prior to the selection show this coming Sunday.  Both WSU (#6) and UWP (#10) appeared in the poll for the Midwest Region.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST QUARTER
The Warriors got off to a hot start, tallying 16 of the first 18 points of the contest.  Sheridan Flauger (UWP) halted the WSU onslaught as she connected on a lay-up with just under 5:00 remaining in the opening stanza.  Shea Tripp (Jackson, Mich. / Michigan Center) extended the Green and Gold advantage back to 14 with her jumper making the score 18-4 in favor of the hosts.  The Rangers responded with a run of their own, notching the next eight points and cutting the Wayne State lead to just six at 18-12.  Both squads found the bottom of the net once more with the Warriors holding a 20-14 advantage after the first 10 minutes of play.

SECOND QUARTER
UWP's Chloe Van Zeeland began the scoring in the second quarter on the team's opening possession.  Taylor Thompson (Grand Blanc, Mich.) responded with a bucket of her own to put Wayne State ahead by six.  Van Zeeland once again netted a basket to shorten the WSU lead, but a triple by McKenna Ferguson (Grandville, Mich. / Byron Center) pushed the hosts lead to seven (25-18).  Parkside scored on its next possession by way of a Cassidy Arni lay-up, cutting the UWP deficit to five.  Tripp found Alyssa Leister (St. Louis, Mich. / Alma) open behind the arc as the senior drained a long-range jumper to give WSU a 28-20 lead.  Back-to-back lay-ins for the guests brought them within four points of the Green and Gold.  On Wayne State's next possession, Lexi Boyke (Frankenmuth, Mich.) splashed a three which put WSU ahead 31-24.  The Rangers pulled within one point with just over 1:00 remaining, but a Leister lay-up with 0:22 left in the second period gave WSU a three-point lead heading into halftime.

THIRD QUARTER
Flauger tied the contest at 35 points apiece, nailing a three less than 10 seconds into the third quarter.  WSU responded with a 9-0 spurt in which Thompson, Tripp, and Gabi Lutchka (Grass Lake, Mich.) all scored.  Alli Hampel (UWP) connected on a lay-up to make the score 44-37 in favor of Wayne State.  The hosts went on another 9-0 run, pushing its lead to 16 at 53-37.  The Rangers notched four of the final six points in the third stanza, but WSU led 55-41 with 10 minutes to play.

FOURTH QUARTER
Lillie Peters brought UWP within 12 as her lay-in cut the Warrior lead to 55-43.  Neither squad scored for the next 2:32 until Arni made a lay-up with 7:15 remaining.  Both teams once more entered dry spells, as the next point was not recorded until the 4:35 mark by way of a Tripp lay-in.  The squads went back-and-forth with WSU out-pacing Parkside 8-7 for the remainder of the quarter.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State made 48 percent of its shots (26-of-54), while UWP connected on 23-of-57 (40 percent).  From deep, WSU went 7-of-16 (44 percent) compared to the Rangers 3-of-18 (17 percent).  The Warriors won the rebounding battle 35-30 and had 22 assists to Parkside's 17.  Both squads had 15 turnovers, but the Green and Gold were able to capitalize on their opponents miscues, scoring 16 points for said turnovers with the Rangers tallying 12 points.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Despite being listed as a guard, senior Alyssa Leister found herself matched with UWP's two forwards, Van Zeeland and Petersen.  The Parkside duo averaged a combined 21 PPG entering today, but were held to just 16 points and a combined -20 while Leister was +20 when on the court and had three steals.

Shea Tripp led the way for the Warriors tallying her 18th career double-double with game-highs of 22 points and 12 boards.  McKenna Ferguson notched 12 points, while dishing out a game-best seven assists.  Along with her impressive defense, Leister added nine points and four rebounds.  Taylor Thompson scored eight points and grabbed seven rebounds.

LEADING THE RANGERS
Chloe Van Zeeland (10) and Sheridan Flauger (13) were the two UWP student-athletes to reach double-digit scoring.  Peighton Nelson and Cassidy Arni both assisted on four baskets.  Lillie Petersen led the charge on the glass for Parkkside hauling in nine boards.

UP NEXT
The Wayne State women's basketball team will travel to No. 2-ranked Grand Valley State for the semifinal round of the GLIAC Tournament on Saturday, March 8, with tip-off scheduled for 2 PM in the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena.

 
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