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Columbus, Ohio -- The Wayne State University women's basketball team (2-2 overall, 2-0 GLIAC) won its second consecutive road league contest with a 67-60 victory Saturday afternoon at Ohio Dominican University (3-2 overall, 0-2 GLIAC).

Senior guard Paige Sickmiller (Romeo, Mich.) led the Warriors with 19 points, while freshman guard Brittany Streetman (Warren, Mich./Lincoln) added 11 points off the bench.  Katelyn Stuckey scored a game-high 22 points for ODU.

The host Panthers took an early lead (13-9), but the Warriors went on a 10-3 run to take a 19-16 advantage just past the mid-point of the first half as both freshman guard Kristen Long (Corunna, Mich./Durand) and sophomore forward Kayla Bridges (Canton, Mich.) garnered four points each during the stretch.

The sixth tie came at 25 and preceded an 8-2 spurt by WSU which included two triples by Streetman.

The Warriors led 36-30 at intermission after making 6-of-12 from beyond the arc compared to 2-fo-4 for ODU.  Wayne State also had a significant 11-5 advantage in points off turnovers along with an 18-0 edge in bench points.

WSU's lead remained between four and six points for the first three minutes of the second half until a Kacee Hockenberry lay-up cut the Warrior lead to two at 40-38.  Sickmiller tallied five of the game's next seven points to push the lead to five (45-40).  After a jumper by senior forward Deanna Crumpton (), the Panthers had a 6-3 run to pull within three at 49-46 with 12:25 left.

Wayne State answered with a 10-0 run which included five points from Crumpton for a 13-point advantage at 59-46.

Over the next four minutes, Ohio Dominican outscored WSU 13-5 cutting the Warrior lead to five (64-59) with just under three minutes left.

Neither team scored for the next 90-plus seconds until senior guard Talisha Bridges (Kalamazoo, Mich./Loy Norrix) sank a pair from the charity stripe with 64 seconds left.  ODU's Stuckey split a pair from the foul line as did Long to complete the scoring.

Wayne State returns to the Motor City for its GLIAC home opener on Wednesday against Ashland.  Tip-off is slated for approximately 8:07 p.m. following the men's game.  The contest will be televised live on Comcast/Xfinity channel 900 with Ryan Ermanni, Rod Beard and Joe Abramson calling the action.