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Colin Golson, Jr. notched a double-double vs. LSSU with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
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Winner Lake Superior St. LSSU 13-6,5-4 GLIAC
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Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 8-10,2-7 GLIAC
Winner
Lake Superior St. LSSU
13-6,5-4 GLIAC
64
Final
62
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
8-10,2-7 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Lake Superior St. LSSU 27 37 64
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 29 33 62

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

Men's Basketball Falls 64-62 To Lake Superior State

Late 11-0 run by the Lakers leads to Warrior setback.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's basketball squad (8-10 overall, 2-7 GLIAC) concluded the first half of the GLIACs double round-robin schedule with a 64-62 setback at the Wayne State Fieldhouse to the visiting Lake Superior State University Lakers (13-6 overall, 5-4 GLIAC) Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
There were two lead changes in the first four-plus minutes with second coming as WSU took a 6-5 lead on a jumper by sophomore Matt Coffey (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King).  Eighty seconds later sophomore Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) connected on a jumper, before the Lakers knotted the game at 8-8 on a triple by Omar Suleiman at the 13:59 mark.  The Warriors scored seven of the next nine points for a 15-10 advantage on a triple by junior Colin Golson, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Ferndale).

The lead remained between three and five points until a lay-up by freshman Rob Lee, Jr. (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) extended the margin to seven (19-12) just before the mid-point of the first half.  This time the lead remained between five and seven points until a fast-break jumper by freshman Jordan Briggs (Muskegon, Mich.) pushed the lead to nine (25-16) with 5:20 left before intermission.

A 6-0 run by Lake Superior State ended with another three-pointer from Golson, Jr..  LSSU tallied the next five points to pull within one at 28-27 with 2:13 left before halftime.  Golson, Jr. split a pair from the charity stripe giving the hosts a 29-27 lead after 20 minutes.

Golson, Jr., led all scorers with 13 points in the opening stanza.

Second Half
Wayne State's lead was one (31-30) after a triple from Tyson Edmondson 76 seconds after intermission.  Harris answered with his lone triple of the game, and two minutes later a dunk by Coffey made it a six-point contest (38-32) with 16:30 remaining.

The Lakers cut their deficit to one (41-40) on Edmondson's second long range shot of the half at the 14:43 mark.  A jumper by LSSU's Kingsley Perkins tied the game at 42-42 a minute later, and teammate Nino Carter-Smith followed with a conventional three-point play giving the guests a 45-42 lead, their first advantage since 5-4.

Golson, Jr. responded with five consecutive points, then Lee, Jr. drained a shot from beyond the arc for a 50-45 advantage.  LSSU's Xander Okerlund split a pair from the charity stripe, as did Coffey.  Briggs then made a lay-up and completed the old-fashioned three-point play with a free throw, and made 1-of-2 foul shots on the ensuing possession to extend the margin to nine (55-46) with 9:07 left.

The advantage was nine (59-50) with 8:08 remaining after a triple from Lee, Jr.  Lake Superior State answered with 11 consecutive points as the Warriors went scoreless from 8:07 until 0:22 (span of 7:45).  Wayne State tied the game at 61-61 on a lay-up by Lee, Jr. with 22 seconds left.  However, LSSU's Devin Womack, who finished the game with six points, scored half of them with three seconds left on a lay-up and free throw.

The Lakers decided to foul when WSU brought the ball to mid-court.  Sophomore Tamario Adley (Detroit, Mich. / Warren De La Salle) made the first four shot and intentionally missed the second with Coffey grabbing the rebound, but his fade away jumper did not get off in time.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 43 percent (23-of-53) from the field, with LSSU connecting on 24-of-54 field goal attempts (44 percent).  WSU made 6-of-15 (40 percent) from beyond the arc, compared to the Lakers 33 percent (7-of-21).  The Warriors were 10-of-15 (67 percent) from the charity stripe, with Lake Superior State just 9-of-17 (53 percent) from the foul line.  Wayne State had a 42-24 edge in rebounding, but had 15 turnovers to just five miscues by LSSU.  The Lakers had a 30-14 advantage in points in the paint, along with a 17-2 edge in points off turnovers.  WSU led the game for 33:12 compared to 2:32 for LSSU.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Golson, Jr. notched his second double-double of the campaign with a team-high 19 points, and a game-best 11 rebounds.  Coffey chipped in with 12 points and seven boards, while Lee, Jr. contributed 11points off the bench.

LEADING THE LAKERS
Edmondson led LSSU with 19 points, while Perkins just missed a double-double with 15 points and a team-best nine rebounds.  Okerlund tallied 14 points.

UP NEXT
Wayne State begins the second half of the GLIACs double round-robin schedule with a pair of road contests on February 1st (at Wisconsin Parkside) and February 3rd (at Purdue Northwest).

 
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