DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's basketball team (0-3 overall) fell to Lewis (3-1 overall) on Saturday afternoon, 74-72.  The Warriors trailed by two at halftime and a last-second three-pointer by Antonio Marshall (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King) rimmed out as the Flyers held on for the two-point victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Karim Murray (Detroit, Mich. / Western International) gave WSU a 7-4 lead with a layup at the 16:46 mark.  A dunk by Lewis' Frank Vukaj tied the game at 11-11 with 13:12 to play and a triple by Delaney Blaylock extended the visitors advantage to 21-16 at the 10:33 mark.  The Warriors trailed by six, 29-23, with 6:42 left before halftime.  A jumper from Murray and another two points from Javon Henderson (Detroit, Mich. / University Prep) trimmed the deficit to two, 29-27, at the 5:42 mark.  Latin Davis, Jr. (Ypsilanti, Mich. / Milan) found room for a 12-foot jumper to pull WSU within one and a free throw from Davis at the 3:02 mark tied the game at 31-31.  Marshall connected from deep to give the Green & Gold a 34-33 lead.  The Flyers led by four before a layup at the buzzer from Davis put the halftime score at 38-36.

Lewis opened the second stanza by scoring the first three points to stretch its lead to 41-36.  A three-pointer from Darian Owens-White (Ypsilanti, Mich. / River Rouge) brought Wayne State within two, 43-41, at the 14:25 mark.  However, the Flyers had an answer and led 49-43 following a bucket by Adam Pischke.  Lewis controlled much of the next five minutes, leading 58-49 with 8:31 left in the contest.  Back-to-back treys by Marshall and Davis cut the visitors' lead to three, 58-55, at the 7:47 mark.  Wayne State had the ball underneath its own basket with one second left on the shot clock and Owens-White found Davis in the corner for a clutch triple, trimming the deficit to three.  Xavier Cochran (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Huron) sunk one of two from the charity stripe to make it 61-59 but Lewis was able to regain a six-point lead with 5:21 remaining. Two free throws from Owens-White at the 2:47 mark and Marshall's third three-pointer of the afternoon kept WSU close, 69-67, with 1:46 to play.  The Flyers connected on two free throws at the 30 second mark to take a 71-67 lead but Owens-White responded with a layup.  After two more free throws by the Flyers, Tristan Wilson's (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Skyline) dunk brought the Warriors within two, 73-71, with seven second left in regulation.  Lewis missed the first of two free throws to give the Flyers a 74-71 advantage.  Owens-White made the first of two free throws but intentionally missed the second and after a scramble WSU wound up with the ball on the baseline after it went out off of a Lewis defender.  Marshall's attempt from the corner found only iron as Lewis escaped with its third win in as many tries.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Owens-White finished with a game-high 21 points, while Davis tallied 16 and Marshall chipped in 12 points.

LEADING THE FLYERS
Blaylock led the Flyers with 14 points, while Vukaj has 13.

TEAM STATS
Both team struggled from the free throw line as Wayne State shot 55.6 percent (10-of-18) and Lewis finished at 54.5 percent (12-of-22).  The difference int he contest was 22 second-chance points by the Flyers as Lewis out-rebounded the Warriors 41-23.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will travel to Louisville, Ky. to play top-seeded Bellarmine on Nov. 24th.  Tip-off is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.