Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 16-6,12-5 GLIAC

Northern Mich. NMU 10-13,5-11 GLIAC

Wayne St. (MI) Wayne

16-6,12-5 GLIAC

Final

Feb. 17, 2022

Northern Mich. NMU

10-13,5-11 GLIAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne	14	15	17	15	61
Northern Mich. NMU	10	8	8	11	37

Summary
Box Score

Sherwood led WSU with 15 points and had a career-best seven helpers.

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 2/17/2022 7:00:00 PM | Cameron Weidenthaler, Assistant Media Relations Director

Women's Hoops Rolls Past Wildcats to Start U.P. Trip

MARQUETTE, MICH. -- A fast start and excellent defense propelled the Wayne State University women's basketball program (16-6, 12-5 GLIAC) to a 61-37 wire-to-wire win at Northern Michigan (10-13, 5-11 GLIAC) on Thursday night. WSU is looking to strengthen its postseason resume, as well secure a home GLIAC playoff game on March 2. Wayne State was seventh in the most recent set of regional rankings.

HOW IT HAPPENED
WSU led 5-0 at the 8:08 mark following a three-pointer from Alexis Miller (Howell, Mich.) and the run reached 7-0 thanks to a layup by Kate Sherwood (Canton, Mich. / Belleville). Sherwood kept the momentum going with a long-range jumper, making it 12-2 with 5:10 to play in the opening stanza. Northern Michigan used an 8-0 run to trim the home deficit to two, 12-10. Maxine Moore (Southfield, Mich. / Detroit Country Day) beat the first-quarter buzzer to make it 14-10.

NMU tied the game at 14-14 with 8:27 to play before halftime. Sam Cherney (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington) put the Green & Gold back on top, 16-14, with a bucket at the 6:36 mark. Four consecutive points from Sherwood gave the Warriors a 24-18 lead with 3:28 to play in the period. Both offenses went cold towards the end of the second quarter but a triple by Grace George (DeWitt, Mich.) pushed WSU in front 27-18 at the 53-second mark. At the break, the Warriors led 29-18.

Cherney collected the first points of the second half at the 7:59 mark to make it 31-21. George and Miller connected from deep on back-to-back trips, setting the score at 39-24 with 5:02 to play in the third quarter. Another three-pointer from George extended WSU's lead to 42-24 at the four-minute mark. Wayne State continued its rally with a jumper by George to put the run at 13-0.

Kate McArthur (Warren, Mich. / Cousino) started to heat up in the fourth quarter and five points from her, including a triple gave Wayne State a 51-28 advantage with 7:44 left in the contest. A three-point play by Moore stretched the visitors' lead to 56-29 at th 6:02 mark. Baskets from Chenlle King (Flint, Mich. / Carman-Ainsworth) and Halle Barnett (Toledo, Ohio / Sylvania Southview) pushed WSU's lead to 61-34 with under one minute to play. The final score would be 61-37, giving the Green & Gold its 12th league win of the season.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Three Warriors finished with at least 10 points, led by Sherwood's 15 on 6-of-9 shooting. She also dished out a team-best and a career-high seven assists. George knocked to three triples en route to a 13-point and six rebound performance. Cherney collected her sixth double-double of the season with 10 points and 13 boards.

LEADING THE WILDCATS
Emily Mueller had eight points to lead Northern Michigan's offense.

ONE BIG THING
The 37 points allowed is the lowest for a WSU opponent since a 43-36 win over Davenpoirt on Jan. 27, 2018 in Detroit.

TEAM STATS
WSU shot the ball well, including knocking down seven three-pointers and making all six of its free throw attempts.

UP NEXT
The Warriors will play at Michigan Tech on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.

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