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Matt Coffey 2023 vs. Hillsdale
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Matt Coffey scored a game-high 15 points.
52
Fanshawe (CAN) Fan 0-2
68
Winner Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 6-5,0-2 GLIAC
Fanshawe (CAN) Fan
0-2
52
Final
68
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
6-5,0-2 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Fanshawe (CAN) Fan 25 27 52
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 29 39 68

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

Men's Basketball Concludes 2023 With 68-52 Triumph Over Fanshawe

Coffey leads WSU in points (15) and rebounds (7).

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's basketball squad (6-5 overall) concluded the non-conference portion of its schedule with a 68-52 home court victory over Fanshawe College from London, Ont., on Saturday afternoon at the WSU Fieldhouse.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
Sophomore center Matt Coffey (Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King) scored the Warriors first four points with the visiting Falcons knotting the score at both 2-2 and 4-4.  WSU scored the next six points on two buckets by senior guard Kaimen Lennox (Kansas City, Mo. / Truman H.S.), sandwiched around a lay-up by sophomore guard Tamario Adley (Detroit, Mich. / Warren De La Salle).

A triple by sophomore guard Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) extended the lead to eight (13-5) just past the five-minute mark.  FC's Luka Philavong made all three foul shots, then Jack Tunstill connected from beyond the arc to cut the Wayne State margin to two at 13-11.

After a dunk by sophomore center Kareem Aburashed (West Bloomfield, Mich. / Detroit Country Day), Philavong made two more free throws and Steven Okorafor finished off a fast break to tie the game at 15-15 with 12:48 remaining in the first half.

Neither team would score for the next four minutes until a turnaround jumper by senior guard Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy), but Fanshawe would tie the game for the fourth and final time following two foul shots by Mickey Griffiths.

Wayne State would score 12 of the final 20 points of the first half to lead 29-25 at intermission.  The Warriors were just 1-of-10 from three-point range in the opening 20 minutes and were out-rebounded 20-16.

Second Half
The Warriors advantage would be trimmed to two points (30-28) after Okorafor split a pair from the charity stripe at the 18:13 mark.

Adley responded with a triple on the ensuing possession, and Williams, Jr. finished off a fast break with a dunk.  A foul shot by Lennox, and a lay-up by Coffey increased the margin to 10 (38-28) with just over 16 minutes left.

Following a basket by Okorafor, Wayne State would answer with nine consecutive points for a 47-30 lead.  Adley and junior Colin Golson, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Ferndale) each made field goals before Williams, Jr. connected on 3-of-4 foul shots, then another turnaround jump shot to finish off the spurt.

The advantage ballooned to 21 (62-41) with 5:29 remaining, before Fanshawe concluded the game on an 11-6 run.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 43 percent (24-of-56) from the field, while FC was 19-of-53 (36 percent).  WSU made four triples in the second half to finish 5-of-22 (23 percent), compared to the Falcons 3-of-6 (50 percent).  The Warriors were 15-of-25 (60 percent) from the charity stripe, while Fanshawe was 11-of-15 (73 percent).  Wayne State out-rebounded the visitors 24-12 in the second half to win the battle on the glass 40-32.  

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Coffey finished with a game-high 15 points and a team-best seven rebounds.  Williams, Jr. contributed 10 points, six rebounds and three assists, while Adley chipped in with a game-best five assists.

LEADING THE FALCONS
Josh Loblaw tallied 12 points, while Griffiths nearly had a double-double with eight points and a game-high eight rebounds.

UP NEXT
Wayne State's entire 2024 schedule will consist of GLIAC contests starting with a pair of home games the first week of January.  The Warriors will entertain Purdue Northwest on Thursday (Jan. 4 at 7:30 PM) and Parkside on Saturday (Jan. 6 at 3 PM).

 
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