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 Herb Goliday scored a career-high 27 points in the loss. |
Nov. 19, 2005
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The WSU men's basketball team (1-1) went scoreless for nearly six minutes in the second half and suffered its first loss of the young season with a 85-77 defeat at Bellarmine (1-1) in a Great Lakes Regional match-up on Saturday evening at Knights Hall in Louisville, Ky.
Down 5-2 early on, junior guard Kris Krzyminski (Flint, Mich.) hit a three-pointer from the top of the circle to tie the game. Jeffrey Ferguson's (Toronto, Ont.) two foul shots followed and gave Wayne State its first lead of the night.
The Knights answered back with a six-point run on a pair of threes before three straight points by junior Curt Gilmore (Detroit, Mich.), but anther BU three-pointer by Matt Otte put the Knights up 16-12 with 13:27 left in the half.
Trailing by one, Gilmore took the feed from Krzyminski and knocked down a three-pointer. Then sophomore Rob Igbawua (Belleville, Mich.) had a steal and dished out to Ethan Banks (Warren, Ohio) who was out front, was fouled and made both free throws for a 20-16 lead with 11:13 remaining to complete an eight-point WSU run.
WSU senior Herb Goliday (Royal Oak Twp., Mich.) made a pair of free throws then created a steal with defensive pressure that transformed into a fast-break layup and a six-point lead.
Bellarmine rallied back as Matt Miller drained a three at the 4:27 mark to put the Knights up 31-29, but Ferguson made back-to-back buckets in the paint for a two-point lead.
The rest of the half saw the squads exchanged three-pointers and field goals until Goliday hit a jumper and two free throws following a technical foul on the BU bench. With 15.6 left, the Warriors converted their final play perfectly as junior Will Pierce (Detroit, Mich.) nailed a three from the right corner for a 47-40 halftime lead.
BU went on an 11-2 run in the first 4:31out of the locker room to grab a 51-49 lead before Goliday scored seven straight WSU points to put the Warriors up 56-53 with 13:55 left in the game.
The Knights outscored WSU 7-2 over the next 2:28 before Krzyminski hounded BU on the defensive end, leading to a pair of steals and five consecutive points by the junior. Krzyminski then found an unguarded Goliday for an 18-footer and a 65-60 Warrior lead.
Wayne State then went into a slump which included eight missed shots and three turnovers that helped Bellarmine scored 18 straight points and held a 78-65 lead with 5:09 on the clock. Gilmore's set of free throws finally ended the WSU drought at 4:54.
Down by 10 with 2:35 left, Banks got an assist from Gilmore for a triple. After one free throw by BU, Goliday scored a second-chance basket to bring WSU within six (81-75) with 1:33 to go.
Kyle Thrasher's three with just under a minute to go proved to seal the win for the Knights.
Goliday's career-high 27 points led all players as well as his eight boards, but BU knocked down 12 of its 25 three-pointers led by Otte's 6-for-8 performance.
Krzyminski added 13, while Banks had 12 and Gilmore chipped in with 10 points off the bench.
The Warriors host local Detroit rival Marygrove in their home opener on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m.
