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 Jeffrey Ferguson had two big dunks against LSSU. |
Jan. 28, 2006
DETROIT - Wayne State's men's basketball team relied on defense to break its four-game losing streak and defeat Lake Superior State, 68-50, Saturday afternoon at the Matthaei. The Warriors had 50 rebounds, 12 steals, eight blocks and forced 20 LSSU turnovers on the day to improve to 8-10 overall and 3-7 in the GLIAC.
Senior Erik Parker (Oak Park, Mich.) scored the first two buckets of the game for a 4-0 lead. The Warriors held Lake State scoreless for the first 5:35 as the Lakers missed their first seven shots.
Lake Superior (3-17, 1-11 GLIAC) made it a one-point game at 6-5, but the Warriors went on a 12-point run that included five points by junior guard Kris Krzyminski (Flint, Mich.) and four Jacob Black (Detroit, Mich.) points, all after he drew a hard charging call. The run continued as Ethan Banks (Warren, Ohio) drained a three with 8:39 on the clock that put WSU up 18-5.
LSSU scored eight straight points, but Wayne State came back with another Banks trey and a fast-break layup by Pierce. After the Lakers hit a three, Pierce had a clean block on what looked to be a wide-open layup by LSSU. Then Krzyminski's second three of the half put WSU up 28-18 with 2:37 left in the half.
The half ended as junior Anthony Ighodaro (Toronto, Ont.) hit a three to put WSU up 35-22 at the break.
After Banks knocked down his third three-pointer of the game, Goliday had six consecutive points and a block for a 46-26 lead with 15:48 to go.
Following a nine-point Laker run, junior center Jeffrey Ferguson (Toronto, Ont.) stole the ball under his own basket and threw down a two-handed dunk. A few minutes later, Krzyminski had a steal and threw an alley-oop pass to Ferguson who reached back to slam in an impressive one-handed dunk. Ferguson and Krzyminski each finished with 12 points.
Goliday scored eight of the Warriors' final 13 points as they rolled to the 18-point victory. Goliday had his fourth double-double of the season as he led all players 16 points and 12 rebounds in just 28 minutes of play.
Wayne State, who leads the GLIAC in foul shooting, hit 82.4 percent (14-of-17) at the line, while the Lakers made just 3-of-10 (30.0 percent) of their free throws. WSU also held a 19-6 advantage in second-chance points and tied a season-high with eight blocks.
The Warriors travel to GLIAC South rival Findlay on Feb. 2 (7:30 pm).
