GAME STORYLINES
The women's basketball team welcomes Lake Superior State and Saginaw Valley State to the WSU Fieldhouse on Thursday, February 26, and Saturday, February 28, respectively.  The Thursday contest is scheduled to begin at 5:30 PM, while the Saturday meeting will have a 1 PM tip and will serve as Senior Day for Wayne State.  The Warriors have clinched a home GLIAC Quarterfinal game on Wednesday, March 4 that will start at 5:30 PM.

WSU has won 20 games in a season for the second straight year and fifth time under head coach Carrie Lohr, who previously garnered three consecutive 20-win seasons (22 in 2012-13, and back-to-back 23-win seasons in 2013-14 and 2014-15).  Wayne State had two 20-win seasons prior to coach Lohr (21 in 1981-82 for Mike Weatherhead; and 20 in 1994-95 for Diane Wisnewski).

SERIES HISTORY
The Green and Gold is 48-42 all time against the Lakers, winning the last five meetings and 12 of the last 13.  When playing at home WSU is 30-15, with victories in the last 16 match-ups in Motown.  The last falter at home being a 79-55 loss on January 16, 2010.

Earlier this year, Wayne State held on for a 74-70 win at LSSU, as McKenna Ferguson led the way with a game-high 20 points alongside five boards, three assists, and a steal.  Taylor Thompson chipped in with 17 points, eight boards, four steals, and a pair of blocks.  Karrington Gordon added 15 points and six rebounds.

Despite trailing 42-45 in the all-time series against Saginaw Valley State, WSU has won the last three meetings and has a leg up at home, 23-18.  The Warriors out-paced SVSU 77-39 earlier this season on the road.  In the win, Thompson notched a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while freshman AJ Rickli posted a career-high 13 points (4-of-4 FG, 5-of-5 FT) in 11 minutes.

SCOUTING THE LAKERS
LSSU is 7-19 overall this year, including a 4-14 ledger within the conference and a 4-6 mark on the road.  
 
Grace Bradford paces the Lakers, nearly averaging a double-double with 15.2 points per game and 9.8 rebounds per contest, while tallying a team-leading 63 assists and squad-high 39 steals.  Dara Capaldi contributes 11.8 PPG and 5.8 RPG.  Seyyane Matthew has blocked a team-high 31 shots this year, while Clare Conzelmann has made a squad-best 45 triples.

Grace Howrigon is in her second season with Lake Superior State, guiding the squad to a 12-42 ledger.

SCOUTING THE CARDINALS
SVSU is 6-20 this year with a 4-14 GLIAC mark before its contest at Purdue Northwest on Thursday.

Megan McCalla is the team's leading scorer, contributing 14.8 points per game.  Lydia Meredith is scoring 12.0 points per game, while contributing team-best totals of 87 steals, 102 assists and 164 rebounds (6.6 RPG).

Dylan Liddell has been serving as the head coach since the squad's home contest against Lake Superior State, helping the team to a 2-8 mark in his time.

DEFENDING HOME COURT
The Warriors aim to go undefeated at home this year, a feat that has never been accomplished in the history of the program.  WSU is 10-0 ahead of the meeting with Lake Superior State.

WINNING STREAK
Wayne State's current six-game winning streak is the second six-game streak this year (12/2/25-1/4/26).  WSU had a seven game GLIAC winning streak in 2018 (Jan. 4-Jan. 27).  During the 2014-15 campaign, the Warriors won 10 consecutive contests (12/15/14-1/22/15) as part of a stretch that featured 16 wins in 17 outings for a squad that equaled the school record with a 23-win campaign.

TOP-RANKED MATCH-UPS
The 78-77 win against Grand Valley State (2/9/2026) marked the first win over a No. 1 ranked team in program history after previously being 0-10.

TRAVELING THE COUNTRY
Last week, the Warriors traveled to their fifth and sixth states on the campaign, as the squad played in Illinois and Wisconsin.  Previously this season, WSU had competed in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Texas.

MILESTONE WATCH
Junior guard McKenna Ferguson became the 21st player in program history to reach 1,000 career points, doing so with a triple in the first quarter of the 68-67 win over Michigan Tech (2/14/2026).

Senior forward Taylor Thompson needs 7 points to reach 1,000 in her career.

Graduate student forward Gabi Lutchka is 12 points shy of 1,000.

STACKING DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Taylor Thompson notched her eighth double-double of the season during the 94-73 win over Roosevelt on Feb. 19, with 26 points and 10 rebounds.

Gabi Lutchka has tallied four double-doubles this season, most recently against Michigan Tech (16 points, 10 rebounds).

Jaci Tubergen joined the double-double party, notching her first with a career-high 14 points and 10 rebounds during the 86-83 win at Michigan Tech.

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
The Warriors' strength of schedule (SOS) is .595 (395-269), which is second nationally out of 298 schools, with WSU's composite schedule ranking eighth nationally (.571, 408-306).

LEAGUE RECOGNITION
WSU student-athletes have earned seven GLIAC Player of the Week Awards thus far in the 2025-26 campaign.

Junior guard McKenna Ferguson has garnered three, with her most recent coming on the offensive end of the court (2/16) after tallying 21 points and two assists against #12-Northern Michigan, and a game-high 19 points during the win over Michigan Tech.

Senior forward Taylor Thompson has been recognized three times, earning Defensive Player of the Week honors (1/5) after notching her third-consecutive double-double with 14 points and 10 boards at Saginaw Valley State and recording eight rebounds, four steals, and two blocks at Lake Superior State.

Senior forward Gabi Lutchka earned her first Offensive Player of the Week award of the year (1/19) after posting a career-high 32 points alongside nine rebounds against Parkside, and a double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds vs. Roosevelt.

INCREASED PRODUCTION
Senior guard Jaci Tubergen has started 25 of the 26 games this season after being utilized in a reserve role a year ago.  The Hudsonville, Mich., product has increased her scoring to 6.2 PPG this year, while passing her total number of triples made with 20 this year.  Tubergen has dished out more assists as well with 73.  Against No. 1-Grand Valley State (Feb. 7), she knocked down the game-winning free throws.

After playing in 14 games as a freshman and 17 as a sophomore, Emily Homan has seen an uptick in action during her junior campaign.  The Haslett, Mich., native is playing over 15 minutes per game, while passing her rebound total from a year ago with 67 thus far, and has surpassed her total number of points from last year with 82.

At #1-Grand Valley State on Jan. 8, Homan notched then career highs in points (15), rebounds (six), and steals (four).

Tubergen tallied her first-career double-double during the team's 86-83 victory at Michigan Tech, with a career-high in both points (14) and rebounds (10).

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
The Green and Gold ranks first in the GLIAC in field goal percentage (.455), which is eighth nationally, and in defensive rebounds per game (27.8), which is 46th in the country.

McKenna Ferguson ranks 24th in career free throw percentage among active Division 2 players (.795, min. 250 attempts), while Taylor Thompson is 49th in career double-doubles with 15.

WSU is ranked 10th nationally according to the Massey Ratings and 27th according to the WBCA.

LAST TIME OUT
Wayne State posted a 63-54 win at Parkside for its sixth-straight win.

Gabi Lutchka led all scorers with 20 points, along with four steals.  McKenna Ferguson nearly had a double-double with 17 points and nine boards, alongside four steals and three assists.

WSU shot 42 percent from the floor (22-of-53), including 7-of-21 from deep (33 percent).  At the charity stripe, Wayne State made 12-of-17 (71 percent).  The Warriors nabbed 45 rebounds to the host's 35.

LOHR REACHES 400
Wayne State head coach Carrie Lohr earned her 400th collegiate head coaching victory with WSU's 78-66 win at Tiffin on December 9.  This includes nine years at St. Clair County Community College (SC4) and 15 seasons with the Warriors.

FOLLOW THE WARRIORS
Both home contests this week will be streamed on FloSports (flohoops.com) as will the March 4 GLIAC Quarterfinal.  

Brady Beedon and Kevin Brechmacher will call Thursday's action against LSSU, while Sean Baligian, Brechmacher and Tony Ortiz will broadcast Saturday's regular-season home finale vs. SVSU.

The Warrior Sports Network will have the audio for every remaining women's basketball game this season.  Click the audio button on the WSU women's basketball schedule page on wsuathletics.com.