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Shea Tripp
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Shea Tripp had a double-double with 11 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
67
Winner Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 14-6,7-4 GLIAC
55
Purdue Northwest Pur-NW 9-12,4-7 GLIAC
Winner
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
14-6,7-4 GLIAC
67
Final
55
Purdue Northwest Pur-NW
9-12,4-7 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 22 13 16 16 67
Purdue Northwest Pur-NW 20 10 10 15 55

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

Women's Basketball Triumphs 67-55 At Purdue Northwest

Warriors extend winning streak to three games.

HAMMOND, Ind. -- The Wayne State University women's basketball squad (14-6 overall, 7-4 GLIAC) extended its winning streak vs. the Purdue Northwest Pride (9-12 overall, 4-7 GLIAC) to six games with a 67-55 road court victory on Saturday afternoon.  The triumph also made the Warriors winners of three straight, including two on the road.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter
The host Pride connected on back-to-back triples on its first two possessions of the game for an early 6-0 lead.  WSU responded with seven consecutive points on field goals by sophomore Gabi Lutchka (Grass Lake, Mich.), a triple by redshirt senior Kate McArthur (Warren, Mich. / Cousino) and a lay-up by junior Shea Tripp (Jackson, Mich. / Michigan Center).

A long-range shot by redshirt senior Becca Fugate (Holly, Mich.) knotted the score at 10-10 just over 3:30 into the contest.  After trailing 13-10, the Warriors once again tallied seven straight points, which began with a bucket from Lutchka and concluded with a triple by junior Alyssa Leister (St. Louis, Mich. / Alma).

Wayne State led 22-20 after 10 minutes in a period which saw four ties, five lead changes and both teams making eight field goals, including three triples.

Second Quarter
The only two lead changes of the stanza occurred in the first 90 seconds with Wayne State taking the lead for good on a jumper by Lutchka which put the Warriors in front 26-25.

WSU extended its advantage with baskets by sophomore Taylor Thompson (Grand Blanc, Mich.) and senior ZaMaria Polk (Detroit, Mich. / Mumford), followed by a pair of free throws from freshman McKenna Ferguson (Grandville, Mich. / Byron Center), and concluding with a triple from McArthur, which made it a 10-point margin (35-25) with just over 90 seconds to play before intermission.

Purdue Northwest scored the final five points to pull within five (35-30) at halftime.

Third Quarter
Buckets by Tripp and Lutchka pushed the advantage to nine (39-30) early in the second half, and WSU's lead was never fewer than six (39-33, 41-35, 43-37).

Two more free throws by Ferguson in the waning seconds of the period gave Wayne State a 51-40 lead heading into the final stanza.

Fourth Quarter
Ferguson began the final period with a conventional three-point play, which pushed the margin to 14 (54-40).

PNW tallied 11 of the next 13 points to cut its deficit to five (56-51) with 6:53 remaining prompting a timeout for WSU head coach Carrie Lohr.

The Warriors responded with a field goal by McArthur, a triple from Ferguson, and after a Pride hoop, Tripp made two lay-ups in a span of 47 seconds to seal the victory.

After Purdue Northwest's Dash Shaw made the two foul shots with 6:53 remaining, PNW only made one field goal (1-of-5) and two free throws in the final 6:50, plus had four turnovers.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 47 percent (27-of-58) from the floor, compared to PNW's 43 percent (19-of-44).  WSU was 5-of-13 (39 percent) from beyond the arc, while the Pride connected on 8-of-19 (42 percent) from three-point range.  The Warriors were 8-of-9 (89 percent) from the charity stripe, with Purdue Northwest making 9-of-11 (82 percent).  WSU grabbed 34 rebounds and had only 11 turnovers.  Meanwhile, PNW had 24 rebounds (just one offensive board) and 17 miscues.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Tripp notched her fourth double-double of the season with 11 points and a game-high 11 rebounds after just missing a double-double on Thursday at Parkside with 10 rebounds and nine points.  Ferguson tallied a team-high 14 points, while Lutchka contributed 12 points and a team-best four assists.  McArthur chipped in with eight points, five rebounds and five steals, while recording a plus/minus rating of +16.

LEADING THE PRIDE
Shaw recorded a game-best 22 points, while Kennedy Jackson added 15 points and four assists.  Mercedes Simmons was limited to seven points and eight rebounds after totaling 31 points and 10 rebounds last month in Detroit.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will play four of its next six games at the WSU Fieldhouse starting with a 5:30 p.m. tip-off this Thursday (Feb. 8th) vs. Grand Valley State.
 
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