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Gabi Lutchka vs. SVSU 2026
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Gabi Lutchka had a team-high 19 points and grabbed six rebounds.
70
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 24-8,17-3 GLIAC
90
Winner Grand Valley St. GVSU 32-1,19-1 GLIAC
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
24-8,17-3 GLIAC
70
Final
90
Grand Valley St. GVSU
32-1,19-1 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 20 20 14 16 70
Grand Valley St. GVSU 18 29 19 24 90

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

Women's Basketball Falls 90-70 to No. 2-Grand Valley State in NCAA Round of 32

ALLENDALE, Mich. -- The No. 4-seeded Wayne State University women's basketball team (24-8 overall) fell 90-70 at top-seeded Grand Valley State University (32-1 overall) on Saturday in the NCAA Round of 32.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST QUARTER
Gabi Lutchka (Grass Lake, Mich.) began the game's scoring with a mid-range jumper, before GVSU ripped an 11-0 scoring run for an 11-2 advantage.  WSU responded with a 16-5 spurt to take an 18-16 advantage with two minutes remaining.  Molly Anderson (GVSU) tied the contest with a lay-in, but a Taylor Thompson (Grand Blanc, Mich.) jumper put Wayne State ahead 20-18.

SECOND QUARTER
A pair of free throws from Nicole Kamin (GVSU) knotted the game at 20 points a piece.  Four-straight points for McKenna Ferguson (Grandville, Mich. / Byron Center) gave WSU a 24-20 advantage.  Five points for the Lakers put them back on top, but lay-ups from Thompson and Ferguson made it 28-25 in favor of the Green and Gold. 11 points for the Lakers and 10 for the Warriors pushed the score to 38-36 with Wayne State leading.  Grand Valley State tallied 11 of the final 13 points of the half, including a buzzer-beating floater from Kamin.  GVSU led 47-40 after 20 minutes of action.

THIRD QUARTER
Thompson went 1-of-2 from the charity stripe, and found the bottom of the net on a lay-up to shorten the gap to four points (47-43), but five-straight GVSU points made it 52-43.  Ferguson connected on a pair from the free throw line to make it 52-45, before back-to-back lay-ins for the Lakers extended their lead to 11 (56-45).  

Thompson brought the Warriors within single digits (56-47) with a jumper.  GVSU out-paced Wayne State 10-7 to close the period, as the hosts led 66-54 entering the final frame.

FOURTH QUARTER
The teams went back-and-forth to begin the final stanza, with the Green and Gold notching five points and the Lakers tallying six, as Grand Valley State led 72-59.  GVSU edged Wayne State 18-11 to close the contest, including the final eight points, as the Warriors fell 90-70.

Wayne State extends its streak of winning seasons to seven as the squad finished 24-8 on the year.  This season marks just the fourth time that a Wayne State basketball team (male or female) has played in 32 contests and the second time that the women's squad has accomplished this feat.  The first 32-game campaign came during the 1992-93 season when current women's hoops assistant coach Andy Ayrault served as a team captain, followed by a 2004-05 season that saw the WSU men advance to the Regional Final (Sweet 16) game.  Last year, the women's squad advanced to the NCAA Round of 32.

TEAM STATISTICS
GVSU shot 44 percent from the floor (31-of-71), including 31 percent from three (9-of-29).  The Green and Gold connected on 41 percent of its attempts (25-of-61), including 7-of-18 from deep (39 percent).  WSU knocked down 13-of-14 from the charity stripe (93 percent), compared to 19-of-25 for Grand Valley State (76 percent).  GVSU won the battle of the boards, hauling in 46 (21 offensive) compared to 34 for WSU (12 offensive).

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Lutchka led the offensive charge for Wayne State, with 19 points (7-of-11 FG, 3-of-5 3PT, 2-of-2 FT), and added six rebounds.  Ferguson contributed 16 points (5-of-19 FG, 6-of-6 FT) and a game-high five steals.  Thompson posted 14 points (5-of-11 FG, 1-of-2 3PT, 3-of-4 FT) and six rebounds.  Karrington Gordon (Lincoln Park, Mich. [Central Michigan]) led the team in assists with five.

LEADING THE LAKERS
GVSU had four players score in double-figures, those four were MacKenzie Bisballe (21), Nicole Kamin (19), Paige VanStee (18), and Avery Zeinstra (16).  Molly Anderson dished out a game-best seven helpers, while VanStee tallied a double-double, as she grabbed 12 rebounds (nine offensive).

 
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