ASHLAND, Ohio -- The first-place Wayne State University men's basketball team (9-4 GLIAC) played its final road game of the regular season on Tuesday at Ashland (8-7 overall, 8-6 GLIAC) and the Warriors won 64-60.  WSU ended the game on a 12-0 run, holding the Eagles scoreless for the final 3:05.

This game was very similar to the home game versus AU where the Warriors held the Eagles scoreless for the final 4:29 as WSU tallied the final 13 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Junior Antonio Marshall (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King) started the scoring in the first half with a triple at the 19:04 mark.  A 12-foot jumper from freshman Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) kept the game tied at 7-7 with 17 minutes to play in the opening half.  Redshirt sophomore Avery Lewis (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Huron) connected on one of two free throws before sophomore Kylin Grant (Detroit, Mich. / Renaissance) made both of his shots at the charity stripe, putting the Warriors ahead 12-9 at the 15:13 mark.  Ashland regained the lead, 16-15, on a Brandon Haraway layup but redshirt senior Brailen Neely (Detroit, Mich. / Western International) answered immediately with two points of his own.  The teams continued to trade punches until a layup by Lewis gave the Green & Gold some breathing room, 25-21, at the 8:40 mark.  Wayne State increased the margin to five, 28-23, on a three-point play by Grant with just over seven minutes remaining.  Both sides went cold over the course of the next five minutes until a Hunter Shedenhelm three-pointer broke the drought and made it 28-26 at the 4:17 mark.  Once again, WSU was quick to respond as Neely converted a contested layup on the next possession.  The Eagles cut WSU's advantage to 32-30 on a layup by Derek Koch but a dunk by freshman Mike Robinson (Ypsilanti, Mich. / Ann Arbor Huron) made it 34-30, which would be the halftime score.

Lewis scored two points after an impressive move to open the scoring in the second half and Marshall made it 38-33 with a jumper at the 17:57 mark.  AU pulled within one, 38-37, following a layup from Shedenhelm with 16:28 left to play.  The game was deadlocked at 40-40 at the 14:17 mark after a pair of free throws by Bo Furcron.  Three-pointers from Ethan Conley and Haraway pushed the Eagles ahead 48-41 with 10:34 remaining.  The deficit grew to nine, 52-43, after a basket from Aaron Thompson at the 7:30 mark.  Marshall connected on a 10-footer to cut the home advantage to six, 56-50, with 5:06 remaining.  Redshirt junior Darian Owens-White (Detroit, Mich. / River Rouge) sunk two shots at the charity stripe made it 58-54 at the 3:11 mark.  Owens-White took over during the final minutes of the contest, scoring nine consecutive points to give Wayne State a 62-60 lead with 1:11 left in regulation.  The Green & Gold defense continued to put the squeeze on the home team and a Lewis bucket pushed WSU's advantage to 64-60 as time expired.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Owens-White scored 13 second-half points to finish with a team-best 16 powered by four three-pointers to go with his five rebounds.  Neely posted a 13-point performance and dished out five assists.  Lewis chipped in 11 points and a team-high eight boards.

LEADING THE EAGLES
Haraway poured in a team-high 23 points, while Thompson scored 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds.

UP NEXT
Wayne State returns to the Matthaei after a three-game road trip to host Saginaw Valley State on Friday with tip-off scheduled for 6:00 PM.