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 Reggie Stallings had 18 points and nine rebounds in the win over CSU. |
Nov. 25, 2008
DETROIT - The Wayne State University men's basketball team (2-1 overall) raced out to an early 8-0 lead and never trailed in an 80-50 non-conference win Tuesday night over the visiting Central State Marauders (2-3 overall).
Freshman Reggie Stallings (Flint, Mich./Carman-Ainsworth) scored the first points of the game for the second straight contest. After a missed field goal by CSU, junior Bryan Wright (Warren, Ohio/Harding/Lakeland C.C.) scored from inside. Senior Shane Lawal (Southfield, Mich./Lathrup/Oakland U.) had a dunk following two missed Marauder shots for a 6-0 advantage. Junior Justin Sample (Detroit, Mich./Cass Tech/Detroit Mercy) completed the opening run with a lay-up at the 17:25 mark.
CSU scored the next four points on a lay-up by Reginald Harwell and a jumper by Cole Prophet, but Stallings answered with back-to-back triples before Tiemeyer Thomas hit a three-pointer for the guests.
Freshman Dale Brundidge (Southfield, Mich./Detroit Country Day) responded with a shot from beyond the arc to make it 17-7 at the 13:34 mark. A jumper by Gino Smith pulled the visitors within eight, but the Warriors rattled off six consecutive points for a 23-9 lead nine minutes into the contest.
Wayne State outscored the guests 20-11 over the final 11 minutes for a 43-20 halftime advantage.
The Warriors shot 55.2 percent (16-29) from the floor in the first half compared to 25 percent (7-28) for the Marauders. WSU also doubled CSU in three-pointers made (6-3).
In the second half, Wayne State scored the first eight points before a jumper by Prophet at the 18:00 mark made the score 51-22.
Wayne State's lead was never less than 22 the rest of the way.
Lawal tied a WSU single-game record with eight blocked shots which was set in 1989 by Mario Pearson at Oakland University, and equaled by Brian Koscielski in 1993 vs. Northern Michigan.
In addition to his eight blocked shots, Lawal had a game-high 11 rebounds along with 15 points for his second straight double-double. Wright scored a game-high 19 points along with six assists. Stallings contributed 18 points including four triples and nine rebounds. Junior Larry Edwards (Benton Harbor, Mich.) dished out nine assists.
Prophet led CSU with 13 points and three assists.
Wayne State is idle until beginning GLIAC play on Thursday, Dec. 4 versus Michigan Tech. Both Warrior contests (men and women) vs. the Huskies will be televised by Comcast Channel 900 with Dave Zoran and Eric Pate calling the action.
