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Nastassja Chambers
Cameron Weidenthaler
Nastassja Chambers had a team-high 13 points.
71
Winner Findlay UFW 1-0
51
Wayne State WSW 0-1
Winner
Findlay UFW
1-0
71
Final
51
Wayne State WSW
0-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Findlay UFW 19 21 17 14 71
Wayne State WSW 22 12 7 10 51

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

Women's Basketball Upended By Findlay, 71-51

Williams notches double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University women's basketball squad (0-1 overall) began its 2018-19 regular season with a 71-51 setback to the visiting University of Findlay Oilers (1-0 overall) Friday evening at the Matthaei.

After falling behind 5-0, the Warriors tallied the next five points on a triple by junior Alex Matus (Millbury, Ohio / Toledo Central Catholic) followed by an offensive rebound and bucket by senior Ja'Nae Williams (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King).  The contest was knotted twice more (7-7 and 10-10) over the next three minutes before back-to-back baskets by UF's Anna Hintz put the guests in front 14-10.  Over the next 2:30, WSU went on a 10-0 run that began with another Matus triple and concluded with seven consecutive points by Williams.  A Paige Villemure (Flat Rock, Mich.) lay-up with 0.1 seconds remaining in the opening stanza ended a 5-0 Oiler spurt and extended Wayne State's advantage to 22-19.

The Warriors did not score in the first six minutes of the second period as Findlay rattled off 15 points to take a commanding 34-22 lead.  A lay-up by freshman Sam Cherney (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington) ended the scoreless drought.  Junior Nastassja Chambers (Ypsilanti, Mich. / Arbor Prep) connected on a jumper on WSU's ensuing possession to cut the deficit to eight (34-26) with just under 3:20 remaining in the opening half.  Four different Warriors scored over the final 2:30 to pull the hosts within six (40-34) at intermission.

Hintz led all scorers with 18 points at halftime on 7-of-12 from the field and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe.  Matus had four triples for 12 points, while Williams had 10 points and six rebounds in the opening 20 minutes.

A Cherney lay-up made it a seven-point game (43-36) early in the third quarter, but a 9-0 run by Findlay extended the Oiler margin to 16 (52-36) with just over six minutes left in the stanza.  Wayne State would get within 13 (54-41) on a lay-up by Villemure.

The Warriors were never closer than 16 (65-49) during the fourth period.

TEAM STATS

Findlay shot 41 percent (26-of-63) from the floor, compared to 31 percent (19-of-61) for WSU.  UF was 7-of-24 (29 percent) from beyond the arc, while the Warriors connected on just 17 percent (5-of-29) from three-point range with all five triples coming in the opening half.  The Oilers were 12-of-18 (67 percent) from the free throw line, with Wayne State making 8-of-11 attempts (73 percent) from the charity stripe.  Findlay held a 46-38 edge in rebounds, along with a 17-6 margin in points of turnovers.  WSU's 12 offensive rebounds led to a 15-9 advantage in second-chance points.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Williams had a double-double with 10 points and a team-best 12 rebounds, while Chambers tallied team-high totals of 13 points and four assists.  Matus (12 points) and Cherney (10 points and nine rebounds) also scored in double figures.

LEADING THE OILERS

Hintz, a 2018 Second Team All-Region selection by D2CCA, had game-high totals of 25 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks.  Lauren Ruth made four triples in totaling 15 points.

UP NEXT

Wayne State will conclude the opening weekend of play  with a 2 p.m. contest at the Matthaei on Sunday vs. Lake Erie College.
 
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