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Tamario Adley
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Tamario Adley had 13 points and a team-high six rebounds at Parkside.
81
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 8-11,2-8 GLIAC
89
Winner Wis.-Parkside UWP 10-10,5-5 GLIAC
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
8-11,2-8 GLIAC
81
Final
89
Wis.-Parkside UWP
10-10,5-5 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 38 43 81
Wis.-Parkside UWP 39 50 89

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

Men's Basketball Drops Back-And-Forth Affair At Parkside

Four Warriors score in double figures.

KENOSHA, Wisc. -- The Wayne State University men's basketball squad (8-11 overall, 2-8 GLIAC) fell 89-81 at the University of Wisconsin Parkside (10-10 overall, 5-5 GLIAC) Thursday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
The first 20 minutes featured four ties and seven lead changes with the host Rangers holding a 14:26 to 2:09 edge in time with the lead.

After UWP had its largest advantage of the opening half (10 points) at 17-7 just over five minutes into the contest, the Warriors responded with five consecutive points on buckets by freshman Jordan Briggs (Muskegon, Mich.) and senior Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) along with a free throw by rookie Rob Lee, Jr. (Flint, Mich. / Beecher).

WSU's deficit remained between five and seven points for the next couple of minutes, until a basket by UWP's Josiah Palmer extended the hosts margin to nine (25-16) at the 10:26 mark.  A triple by Briggs and a lay-up from senior Kaimen Lennox (Kansas City, Mo. / Truman H.S.) pulled Wayne State within four (25-21).

Sophomore Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) drained a long range jumper at the 6:49 mark to make it a three-point game (29-26), and just over three minutes later a lay-up by Harris cut the WSU deficit to one (31-30).

Each team scored eight points over the final 3:30 before halftime giving Parkside a 39-38 lead after 20 minutes.

Second Half
A jumper by junior Colin Golson, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Ferndale) 98 seconds after intermission, put the Warriors ahead 40-39.  After the contest was tied at 42-42, and 44-44, a jumper by Williams, Jr., and a three-pointer from Lennox increased the visitors lead to six (51-45) with just over 15 minutes remaining.

WSU trailed 59-51 after a 14-0 run by the Rangers in just over a two-minute span.  Wayne State responded with a 10-3 spurt to pull within one at 64-63.

Lee, Jr. drained a shot from beyond the arc with 3:20 remaining to knot the game at 76-76, and 30 seconds later Williams, Jr. connected from long range to again tie the score at 79-79.  

Over the final 2:50, WSU managed just one field goal - a lay-up by sophomore Matt Coffey (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King) - with 25 seconds left which cut the deficit to five (86-81).  Meanwhile, the Rangers also made just one field goal, but were 8-of-10 from the charity stripe.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 55 percent (31-of-56) from the floor, while UWP was also 31-of-56 (55 percent).  WSU was a solid 9-of-17 (53 percent) from three-point range, while the Rangers connected on 8-of-20 (40 percent) from beyond the arc.  The Warriors made 10-of-16 foul shots (63 percent), with Parkside making 70 percent (19-of-27) from the charity stripe.  Both teams had 28 rebounds, but Wayne State had 11 turnovers to just five miscues by UWP.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Four WSU players scored in double figures led by Golson, Jr. with 15 points.  Sophomore Tamario Adley (Detroit, Mich. / Warren De La Salle) chipped in 13 with points and team-best six rebounds.  Harris contributed 12 points, while Lee, Jr. added 10 points.

LEADING THE RANGERS
Palmer tallied game-high totals of 23 points and 11 assists, while Colin O'Rouke produced 21 points as five UWP players scored in double digits.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will conclude the weekend road trip with a 4 p.m. (Eastern) contest on Saturday at Purdue Northwest.

 
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