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Taylor Thompson vs. PNW 2022-23
Taylor Thompson scored a career-best 16 points at Ashland.
61
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 0-1,0-0 GLIAC
98
Winner Ashland AU 1-0,0-0 G-MAC
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
0-1,0-0 GLIAC
61
Final
98
Ashland AU
1-0,0-0 G-MAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 14 17 12 18 61
Ashland AU 27 22 30 19 98

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

Women's Basketball Upended At Top-Ranked Ashland

Thompson tallied a career-high 16 points.

ASHLAND, Ohio -- The Wayne State University women's basketball team (0-1 overall) began its 2023-24 regular season at the defending national champion and top-ranked Ashland University Eagles (1-0 overall) and fell 98-61 on Friday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter
After winning the opening tip, sophomore Taylor Thompson was rewarded with a bucket off a feed from senior Kate McArthur (Warren, Mich. / Cousino) just 11 seconds into the contest.  AU scored four straight points before junior Shea Tripp (Jackson, Mich. / Michigan Center) made a pair of foul shots.  A driving lay-up by McArthur tied the game at 6-6 with 6:10 remaining in the opening period.

The Eagles went on a 10-0 run to lead 16-6 with just over four minutes left.  A lay-up by freshman McKenna Ferguson (Grandville, Mich. / Byron Center) ended the Ashland spurt.  A Ferguson steal led to a Thompson bucket and a McArthur steal led to a Tripp lay-up cutting the deficit to four (16-12).

AU ended the opening stanza on a 11-2 run to lead 27-14 after 10 minutes.

Second Quarter
The Eagles began the second period on a 7-0 spurt before a pair of free throws by sophomore Thaya Luse (Elburn, Ill. / Example Academy).  A jumper by newcomer ZaMaria Polk (Detroit, Mich. / Mumford) made the score 36-18, and a few minutes later McArthur drained a triple pulling WSU within 16 at 39-23.

The rest of the first half was nearly even with Ashland holding a 10-8 scoring edge to lead 49-31 at intermission.

Third Quarter
Tripp scored the first points after halftime, but AU responded by scoring 17 of the next 19 points to take a 66-35 lead with just over three minutes left in the third period.

A Thompson bucket ended the WSU scoring drought of nearly 4:30.

Ashland led 79-43 after 30 minutes after out-scoring the Warriors 13-6 over the final 2:30 of the quarter.

Fourth Quarter
The final period was nearly even with AU holding a 19-18 scoring edge.

Thompson tallied six points on 3-of-3 shooting, plus contributed two steals in the fourth quarter alone.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 31 percent (20-of-65) from the floor, compared to AU's 60 percent (31-of-52).  WSU was 3-of-16 (19 percent) from beyond the arc, while the Eagles shot 53 percent (9-of-17) from three-point range.  The Warriors were just 18-of-31 (58 percent) from the charity stripe, with Ashland making 27 of its 36 foul shots (75 percent).  AU had a 50-25 edge in rebounding and forced Wayne State into 16 turnovers.  WSU notched 16 steals on 25 Ashland miscues.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Thompson led three WSU players in double figures with a career-high 16 points.  McArthur contributed 13 points and a team-best six assists, while Tripp chipped in with 11 points and a team-high five steals.

LEADING THE EAGLES
Zoe Miller scored a game-best 19 points off the bench to lead six AU players in double digits.  Savaya Brockington added 13 points and four steals, while Hayley Smith, Annie Roshak, Macy Spielman and Sarah McKee each tallied 11 points.  Smith had a game-high 10 rebounds.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will conclude its weekend of competition with a 4 p.m. tip-off on Saturday (Nov. 11th) at former GLIAC member Malone.


 
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