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Sam Cherney
Sam Cherney had a career-high 22 points in the win over LSSU.
61
Lake Superior St. LSSU 0-2,0-2 GLIAC
79
Winner Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 2-0,2-0 GLIAC
Lake Superior St. LSSU
0-2,0-2 GLIAC
61
Final
79
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne
2-0,2-0 GLIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Lake Superior St. LSSU 16 16 14 15 61
Wayne St. (MI) Wayne 21 12 26 20 79

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

Women's Basketball Completes Series Sweep With 79-61 Victory

Cherney and George combine for 43 points and 21 rebounds.

DETROIT – The Wayne State University women's basketball squad (2-0 Overall, 2-0 GLIAC) completed its series sweep over visiting Lake Superior State University (0-1 Overall, 0-1 GLIAC) Tuesday afternoon with a 79-61 victory at the Matthaei.

FIRST HALF RECAP
In a script very similar to the day before, it was a close first quarter with four ties and neither team having a lead greater than three until junior Sam Cherney (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington) scored in the final 35 seconds of the opening stanza to give WSU a 21-16 lead after 10 minutes.

Approaching the mid-point of the second quarter, the Lakers trailed by one point (25-24) following a triple by Abbey Krugh.  The margin would be one point four more times prior to intermission with Wayne State holding a 33-32 advantage at halftime after being outscored 16-12 in the second quarter. 
 
SECOND HALF RECAP
Yesterday's contest was tied at halftime before WSU exploded for a 25-4 scoring advantage in the third period.  In today's game, the Warriors outscored Lake Superior State 26-14 in the third quarter.

Two Cherney buckets sandwiched around a Grace George (DeWitt, Mich.) field goal to start the second half extended WSU's lead to seven.

Cherney (8 points) and George (4 points) combined to score Wayne State's first 12 points of third quarter before five consecutive points by sophomore guard Becca Fugate (Holly, Mich.) in less than 30 seconds pushed the lead to 11 at 50-39 just past the mid-point of the stanza.

Of the Warriors 26 points in the third period, Cherney and George each had eight, Fugate contributed seven and sophomore Kate McArthur (Warren, Mich. / Cousino) added a triple.

George added to WSU's margin with two buckets in the opening 90 seconds of the fourth period extending the lead to 17 (63-46).

Wayne State's lead was never less than 15 the rest of the way.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
George had a double-double with 21 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.  Cherney shattered her previous career-best of 15 points with 22 points on 11-of-14 shooting.  She also chipped in with nine rebounds and five blocks.  Fugate scored in double figures for the second straight day with 10 points.  Junior guard Alexis Miller (Howell, Mich.) contributed a team-high four assists.


LEADING THE LAKERS
Abbey Krugh and Margot Woughter combined for 33 points, with 17 and 16, respectively.  Makenzie Bray added 10 points, while Taylor Bryant had a team-best eight rebounds along with seven points.

TEAM STATS
Wayne State shot 44 percent from the floor (32-of-73), compared to 30 percent (18-of-61) for LSSU.  WSU made three of 18 triple tries (17 percent), while the Lakers connected on eight of 24 shots from beyond the arc (33 percent).  The Warriors were 12-of-19 from the charity stripe (63 percent) with Lake Superior State shooting 68 percent (17-of-25) from the foul line.  Wayne State held a 53-36 rebounding margin, which included 18 offensive boards by the Warriors leading to 17 second-chance points.  WSU had a 50-12 scoring advantage for points in the paint.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will play twice more this week visiting Davenport on Friday (5 p.m.) and Saturday (1 p.m.) for a weekend set.

 
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