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Rayven McQueen - 2026-27 at Findlay
Kyle Niermann
Rayven McQueen led the Warriors with 14 points at Findlay.
57
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 0-3,0-0 GLIAC
72
Winner Findlay UF 1-0,0-0 G-MAC
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
0-3,0-0 GLIAC
57
Final
72
Findlay UF
1-0,0-0 G-MAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 9 17 19 12 57
Findlay UF 18 17 15 22 72

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

Women's Basketball Upended 72-57 At Findlay After Rough Shooting Night

McQueen totaled 14 points and Fears grabbed 15 rebounds.

FINDLAY, Ohio -- The Wayne State University women's basketball squad (0-3 overall) continued its six-game season-opening road trip with a Friday evening contest at the University of Findlay (1-0 overall).  A tough shooting night for WSU aided in the 72-57 setback to the Oilers.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter
The game was delayed approximately 20 minutes as WSU was stuck in traffic on I-75 in Monroe County, Michigan.

Unfortunately the opening stanza showed that the Warriors were a step behind as they shot just 23 percent (3-of-13) from the floor and fell behind 18-9 after 10 minutes.  Wayne State's only points in the first 3:30 were two free throws by sophomore Rayven McQueen (Grand Blanc, Mich. [Detroit Mercy]).  WSU was 0-for-5 from the floor, plus had three turnovers.  

The Warriors defense kept them in the game limiting the host Oilers to just one triple until MacKenzie Schulz made two foul shots to put UF ahead 5-4 with 6:01 remaining, which ignited a 15-5 run to close out the period.  The 4-3 lead by WSU was its last lead of the game.

Second Quarter
Findlay led by 14 (24-10) following back-to-back triples by Schulz.

Wayne State cut its deficit to 10 (24-14) after consecutive buckets by Tayla Dillard (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Central [Grand Valley State]) and freshman Averie Zinn (Genesee, Mich.).  Zinn answered an Oiler trey, with one of her own to keep the margin at 10.  

WSU trailed by 12 (33-21) following two free throws by Schulz.  A lay-up by Kylee Fears (Hamilton, Ohio / Talawanda [Merrimack]), a basket by McQueen and a Fears foul shot pulled the Warriors within seven (33-26), but Schulz went coast-to-coast in the waning seconds to finish the first half with 22 points and the Oilers ahead 35-26.

Third Quarter
Findlay led by 12 (41-29) after a shot from beyond the arc by Lyv Lindeman just over two minutes into the second half.  A conventional three-point play by McQueen, two fouls shots by Zinn and a free throw by senior guard McKenna Ferguson (Grandville, Mich. / Byron Center) made it a six-point game (41-35) with 6:23 remaining in the third period.

A triple by Schulz and two from the charity stripe by Lindeman regained a double-digit advantage for Findlay at 46-35.  Seniors Emily Homan (Haslett, Mich.) and Annabel Ayrault (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / Grosse Pointe North) each made two foul shots, before sophomore Halen McLaughlin (Sanford, Mich. / Sanford Meridian [Lake Superior State]) connected from downtown to cut the deficit to four (46-42) with 1:47 left in the stanza.

UF tallied four of the final seven points of the quarter to hold a 50-45 advantage after 30 minutes.

Fourth Quarter
The final period was nearly even from the floor as both team struggled.  Findlay tallied 12 points on 6-of-17 shooting (0-for-2 from three-point range), while the Warriors shot 28 percent (5-of-18), including 1-of-6 from beyond the arc.  The biggest difference was at the charity stripe as UF went 10-of-15 compared to WSU's 1-of-3, which gave the Oilers a 22-12 scoring advantage over the final 10 minutes.

Findlay scored the first four points of the period, before Ferguson had a steal and a bucket to end the scoreless drought.  Following four more points for the hosts, a Dillard lay-up pulled the Warriors within eight (58-50) with 7:10 remaining.

UF rattled off the next six points until a triple by Ayrault made it 64-53 with 4:17 left.  Wayne State was within nine (66-57) with just under three minutes remaining, but the Oilers went 4-of-6 at the foul line over the final 134 seconds to seal the win.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot just 30 percent (19-of-64) from the floor compared to UF's 33 percent (23-of-70).  WSU made just three triples in 13 attempts (23 percent), while the Oilers were 8-of-25 (32 percent).  The Warriors shot 59 percent (16-of-27) at the foul line with Findlay making 18-of-23 (78 percent).  Wayne State had a slim 50-49 rebounding edge, but the Warriors had 22 turnovers to 17 miscues by the Oilers.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
McQueen was the lone player in double figures with 14 points, and nearly had a double-double with nine rebounds.  Fears grabbed a game-high 15 boards.  Ferguson contributed four steals and three blocks.

LEADING THE OILERS
Schulz notched a game-high 29 points on 10-of-20 shooting (including 5-of-9 from three-point range) and 4-of-4 at the charity stripe.  She also grabbed a team-best 13 rebounds.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will play game four of its six-game road trip to start the year with a 2 PM contest at Northwood on Sunday.
 
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