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Sadia Johnson vs. GVSU 2020
Senior Sadia Johnson tied for the team lead with 10 points.
67
Winner Grand Valley St. GVSU 14-1, 6-1 GLIAC
41
Wayne State WS 8-7, 2-5 GLIAC
Winner
Grand Valley St. GVSU
14-1, 6-1 GLIAC
67
Final
41
Wayne State WS
8-7, 2-5 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Grand Valley St. GVSU 19 16 13 19 67
Wayne State WS 10 16 10 5 41

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Lauren Bryne, Sports Information Graduate Intern

Women's Basketball Falls to No. 3-GVSU, 67-41

The Warriors connected on five buckets from long distance.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University women's basketball squad (8-7 overall, 2-5 GLIAC) was upended, 67-41, by third-ranked Grand Valley State (14-1 overall, 6-1 GLIAC) at the Matthaei on Saturday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Each team scored a bucket within the first minute of play, before GVSU went on an eight-point run to lead 10-2 at the 6:46 mark.  Senior Sadia Johnson (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Central) ended the 3:37 scoring drought for WSU by draining a triple.  The teams would then exchange baskets.  After allowing one more Laker field goal for the quarter, junior Tori Perez (Belleville, Mich.) made a shot from long distance with 3:14 on the clock to cut the Wayne State deficit to four at 14-10.  Grand Valley State earned the final five points of the quarter to lead 19-10 at the end of the first stanza.

The Warriors were outscored 4-1 in the initial 2:29 of the second stanza.  Senior Alex Matus (Millbury, Ohio / Toledo Central Catholic) was the first WSU player to score a field goal in the period with a triple at the 7:31 mark (23-14).  Grand Valley State's Cassidy Boensch made a layup, but Matus once again connected from beyond the arc to make it an eight-point game (25-17).  GVSU tallied the next four points before junior Kara Wilson (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Huron) contributed a bucket for the Green and Gold.  Over the final 2:16 of the half, the Warriors outscored Grand Valley State, 7-6, with Johnson recording all seven of the points for the Green and Gold.  Wayne State trailed 35-26 at halftime.

After two GVSU free throws, sophomore Sam Cherney (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington) made the first field goal of the second half at the 9:18 mark to trim the GVSU margin to nine at 37-28.  During a 2:12 scoring drought for WSU, the Lakers tallied four points to extend their lead to 41-28.  Sophomores Alexis Miller (Howell, Mich.) and Grace George (DeWitt, Mich.) each made a bucket, cutting the scoring deficit to nine points (41-32).  In the final 5:56 of the period, Wayne State was outscored, 7-4, with all four Green and Gold points contributed by sophomore Kate Sherwood (Canton, Mich. / Belleville).  WSU trailed 48-36 with one quarter left.

Neither team scored a field goal in the first 4:15 of the final stanza.  After the Lakers tallied four points, freshman Rebecca Fugate (Holly, Mich.) scored a point from the charity stripe at the 5:24 mark.  GVSU went on an 11-point spurt over the next 3:52.  Perez scored the final four Green and Gold points of the game with two free throws and a layup.  Grand Valley State recorded four points to conclude the contest.  The Warriors fell to the No. 3-Lakers, 67-41. 

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 30 percent (16-of-54) from the floor, while the Lakers shot 41 percent (24-of-59) from the field.  The Warriors connected on 5-of-17 (29 percent) three-point field goal attempts, while GVSU made 2-of-17 (12 percent) from long distance.  Grand Valley State had a 41-36 edge in rebounds.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Johnson and Perez tied for team high scoring honors with 10 points each.  George grabbed a game-best 11 rebounds.  Sherwood blocked a career-high and a team-best three shots.

LEADING THE LAKERS
Boensch recorded a game-best 25 points and had a team-high nine rebounds.  Jenn DeBoer (14 points) and Victoria Hedemark (10 points) also scored in double figures.  Hedemark led GVSU with a game-best four steals.

UP NEXT
The Warriors will travel to Parkside on Thursday, Jan. 16th, for a 6:30 p.m. (ET) contest against the Rangers.


 
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