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Taylor Thompson
Romer Santacruz
Taylor Thompson led WSU with a game-high 27 points at NMU.
71
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 13-5,8-2 GLIAC
91
Winner Northern Mich. NMU 17-3,8-2 GLIAC
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
13-5,8-2 GLIAC
71
Final
91
Northern Mich. NMU
17-3,8-2 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 16 11 16 28 71
Northern Mich. NMU 19 22 27 23 91

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

NMU's Hot Shooting Dooms Women's Basketball

Warriors fell 91-71 in Marquette.

MARQUETTE, Mich. -- The Wayne State University women's basketball team (13-5 overall, 8-2 GLIAC) concluded the first half of the GLIAC's double round-robin schedule with a 91-71 setback at No. 16-Northern Michigan University (16-3 overall, 8-2 GLIAC).  WSU is tied-for-second with NMU despite playing seven of its first 10 league games away from the WSU Fieldhouse.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
In a slow start, each squad only scored three points in the first four minutes until junior guard McKenna Ferguson (Grandville, Mich. / Byron Center) drained a triple off a feed from graduate student forward Gabi Lutchka (Grass Lake, Mich.), which gave the Warriors a 6-3 advantage.  

The Wildcats tallied the next eight points as Wayne State went scoreless for over three minutes until a bucket by senior forward Taylor Thompson (Grand Blanc, Mich.).  Northern Michigan's Jacy Weisbrod connected from beyond the arc just 15 seconds later to extend the hosts lead to six (14-8).

Two field goals by graduate student guard Karrington Gordon (Lincoln Park, Mich. [Central Michigan]), two foul shots by Thompson and a lay-up by senior forward Mackenzie Miller (Schoolcraft, Mich. [Lakeland University]) kept WSU in striking distance at 19-16 after the opening stanza.

Second Quarter
The Warriors were within one a couple of instances (19-18, 21-20), but Northern Michigan went on a 17-7 run over a five-minute span to increase its lead to 38-27 on a triple by Addison Pytelski.  During the final two minutes before halftime, NMU's Sarah Newcomer drained a shot from downtown for the only points of the final 120 seconds, which gave the hosts a 14-point margin (41-27) at intermission.

Third Quarter
A Pytelski lay-up on the Wildcats first possession of the third period and a jumper by Weisbrod a minute later made it an 18-point game (45-27), prior to a lay-up by senior guard Jaci Tubergen (Hudsonville, Mich. [Bowling Green], which ended nearly a five minute scoreless drought for Wayne State.

Buckets by Tubergen and junior guard Emily Homan (Haslett, Mich.) plus two free throws by Ferguson trimmed the deficit to 12 (47-35), but NMU went on a 16-2 spurt over the next three minutes to lead 63-37.  The run by the Wildcats included four made triples.

Wayne State held a 6-5 scoring advantage over the last 3:20 of the period.

Fourth Quarter
WSU out-scored the hosts 28-23 over the final 10 minutes, shooting 63 percent (10-of-16) from the floor, including 6-of-7 (86 percent) from three-point range.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 40 percent from the floor on 26-of-65, while NMU was 33-of-57 for 58 percent.  WSU connected on 7-of-22 triple tries (32 percent) with the Wildcats making 15-of-23 from beyond the arc (65 percent).  The Warriors were 12-of-15 at the charity stripe (80 percent), with Northern Michigan shooting 77 percent (10-of-13) from the foul line.  NMU held a 37-29 edge in rebounding, but Wayne State had just seven turnovers to 12 miscues for the Wildcats.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Thompson was the lone WSU player in double figures with 27 points, along with five rebounds which tied Mackenzie Miller for the team lead.  Ferguson and freshman guard DeMaya Asberry (Warren, Mich. / Cousino) each dished out three assists.

LEADING THE WILDCATS
Sarah Newcomer (22 points) and Jacy Weisbrod (21 points) combined went 11-for-14 from beyond the arc, while CJ Romero recorded a game-best 11 assists.  Weisbrod contributed a team-high five rebounds and two blocks.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will start the second half of the GLIAC's double round-robin at home on Thursday, Jan. 29 with a 5:30 pm tip-off against Purdue Northwest.
 
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