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Colin Golson, Jr. 2024 vs. Grand Valley State
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Golson notched the third double-double of his career with 10 points and a personal-best 13 rebounds.
66
Grand Valley St. GVSU 9-12,6-5 GLIAC
73
Winner Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 9-12,3-9 GLIAC
Grand Valley St. GVSU
9-12,6-5 GLIAC
66
Final
73
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
9-12,3-9 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Grand Valley St. GVSU 33 33 66
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 29 44 73

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Cooper Weidenthaler, Sports Communications Specialist

Strong Second Half Catapults Men's Basketball to Victory Over Grand Valley State

The Warriors outscored the Lakers 44-33 in the second half.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's basketball team (9-12 overall, 3-9 GLIAC) broke through on Thursday night to snap a four-game losing streak defeating Grand Valley State (9-12 overall, 6-5 GLIAC) 73-66 inside the Fieldhouse.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
Grand Valley State tallied the contest's first five points before Rob Lee, Jr. (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) scored the first of his game-high and personal-best 17 points thanks to a triple at the 16:45 mark.  The Lakers then stretched their lead to nine at 15-6 before the Warriors answered with seven points in a row to make it a two-point game, 15-13.

Five of those seven came from Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) while Jordan Briggs (Muskegon, Mich.) notched two of his own.

Following a three-pointer by the visitors, Harris sank a pair of free throws and Briggs hit a trey to tie the game up for the first time at 18-18.

Aside from a second tie at 24-24 following a Colin Golson, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Ferndale (Siena / Eastern Michigan)) free throw, the away team held the lead for the entirety of the first half.  After the first of two deadlocks, Grand Valley State's advantage was as big as six (24-18) before a halftime margin of four (33-29).

Wayne State improved to 3-4 this season when trailing at the intermission.

Second Half
Out of the break, Grand Valley State scored seven of the initial nine points to tie its biggest lead of the night at nine, 40-31.

Then came eight consecutive Wayne State points including four from Tamario Adley (Detroit, Mich. / Warren De La Salle (Macomb CC)), two by Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) and two from Kaimen Lennox (Kansas City, Mo. / Truman (Hutchinson CC)).

The Lakers would carry that advantage for over nine more minutes before the game's third tie at 56-56 with four-plus minutes to go.  That deadlock came as part of a 12-5 spurt for the home team that put it ahead by three (64-61) at the two-minute warning.  Williams and Lee each scored five of those 12 while the final two came from Briggs.

Following the fourth and final tie at 64-64, the hosts took the lead and didn't look back.  From there until the final buzzer, the Warriors outscored the Lakers by seven (9-2) including a mark of 5-for-6 at the charity stripe.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State racked up 19 assists (tied season high) on 21 made field goals to just four turnovers (season low).  The Warriors also held the upper hand in points off turnovers (14-6) and paint scoring (28-22).  WSU improved its shooting percentage from 28.6 percent (8-of-28) in the first 20 minutes to 46.4 percent (13-of-28) after halftime.  GVSU on the other hand went from 45.8 percent (11-of-24) in the first half to 36 percent (9-of-25) in the final 20 minutes.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Making the first start of his career, Lee paced all scorers with 17 points (personal best) on 5-of-12 shooting including 3-of-6 from behind the arc to go with four makes in four attempts at the free throw line.  He was joined in the double-figure scoring department by Harris with 12, Williams with 11 and Golson with 10.  Golson finished with the third double-double of his career (all this season) thanks to a personal-high 13 rebounds.  Briggs, who was +22 for the game, dished out seven assists, three more than his previous best.  Defensively, Adley stuffed one shot attempt and Harris had four steals.

LEADING THE LAKERS
Three scored in double figures including Ethan Alderink (16 points), Britain Harris (13) and William Dunn (12).  Alderink was also the team's leader in rebounds with seven while Harris and Mason Docks each had three assists.  Defensively, three players had a block and three others earned a steal.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will host Davenport on Saturday with the opening tip slated for 3 p.m. inside the Fieldhouse.

 
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