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Gabi Lutchka
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Gabi Lutchka led all scorers with a career-high 32 points(12-of-17 FG, 4-of-5 3PT, 4-of-4 FT).
88
Wis.-Parkside UWP 7-8,2-5 GLIAC
95
Winner Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 11-4,6-1 GLIAC
Wis.-Parkside UWP
7-8,2-5 GLIAC
88
Final
95
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
11-4,6-1 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wis.-Parkside UWP 23 15 19 31 88
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 21 17 32 25 95

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

Career Night for Lutchka Lifts Women's Hoops Over Parkside 95-88

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University women's basketball team (11-4 overall, 6-1 GLIAC) topped the University of Wisconsin-Parkside (7-8 overall, 2-5 GLIAC) 95-88 behind a career-high 32 points from senior forward Gabi Lutchka (Grass Lake, Mich.) on Thursday evening.

The Warriors move to 6-1 in the conference, and nab their first home win of the new year.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST QUARTER
The Rangers opened the game's scoring with buckets on back-to-back possessions.  Lutchka put WSU on the board with a pair of free throws before UWP's Cassidy Arni pushed the guest's advantage back to four points.  A 13-3 scoring spurt for the hosts put WSU ahead 15-9, before Parkside scored 11-straight points for a 20-15 lead with 2:51 left in the opening frame.  Wayne State tallied six of the nine final points of the period, trailing 23-21 after 10:00.

SECOND QUARTER
Lutchka splashed a triple that prompted a 12-6 rally that resulted in a 33-29 lead for the Green and Gold at the 4:39 mark.  Lillie Petersen (UWP) connected from behind the arc to slim the margin to one point before freshman AJ Rickli (Mattawan, Mich. / Paw Paw) made good on a lay-up (35-32).  UWP fought back with a 6-3 run to tie the contest at 38 points apiece entering the halftime intermission.

THIRD QUARTER
McKenna Ferguson (Grandville, Mich. / Byron Center) found the bottom of the net on a long-range jumper, but Katie Hamill (UWP) responded with a long ball of her own to keep the contest knotted, this time at 41-41.  Ferguson once more made a basket to ignite a 17-2 WSU scoring run, that resulted in a 58-43 advantage for Wayne State.  Six-consecutive points for the guests slowed the leak (58-49), before a Ferguson and-one pushed the margin to 12 (61-49) with 3:21 to go in the third quarter.  The scoring was nearly even for the remainder of the frame, with the hosts slightly edging Parkside 9-8, entering the final quarter holding a 70-57 lead.

Wayne State out-paced the Rangers 32-19 in the third quarter behind 14 points from Ferguson.

FOURTH QUARTER
The Warriors posted 10 of the first 12 points of the final quarter to push their lead to 21 (80-59), before UWP erupted for a 13-2 run, including 10 straight, to cut the lead to 10 points (82-72) with just under 5:00 left to play.  Taylor Thompson (Grand Blanc, Mich.) made a triple before seven-consecutive Parkside points brought UWP within six at the 1:46 mark.  The Green and Gold was able to stave off the Rangers' efforts, narrowly out-scoring the foe 10-9, including six makes at the charity stripe, for the 95-88 victory.

TEAM STATISTICS
Wayne State made 36-of-74 attempts from the floor (48.6 percent) compared to 33-of-71 for Parkside (46.5 percent).  From deep, the Warriors connected on 47.4 percent of shots (9-of-19), while the Rangers saw 38.1 percent of triples go through (8-of-21).  WSU made 14-of-15 from the line, while UWP went 14-of-19.  The hosts won the rebounding battle 42-36.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Lutchka led all scorers with a career-best 32 points (12-of-17 FG, 4-of-5 3PT, 4-of-4 FT) and nearly posted a double-double with nine rebounds.  Ferguson contributed 18 points, five assists, four boards, and a game-high four steals.  Tubergen added 10 points and a game-high six helpers, while Thompson notched her second-straight and fifth overall double-double of the year with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

LEADING THE RANGERS
Five UWP student-athlete scored in double figures, as Cassidy Arni (22), Katie Hamill (19), Peighton Nelson (17), Lillie Petersen (14), and Jaelyn Derlein (10) each eclipsed that mark.  Petersen hauled in nine rebounds and dished out a team-best four assists.  Arni had two steals and blocked a pair of shots.

UP NEXT
The Warriors will return to the WSU Fieldhouse on Saturday, January 17, to host Roosevelt University at 1:00 PM.

 
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