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 Ralphanee Peyton had 10 points and six boards. |
Dec. 10, 2005
HILLSDALE, Mich. - The WSU women's basketball team (3-5, 1-2) lost its second straight GLIAC South road game with an 84-54 loss at Hillsdale College (8-1, 4-0) Saturday afternoon at the Jesse Philips Arena. The Warriors are off for final exams until Dec. 18 at Southern Indiana.
On Wayne State's opening possession, the Warriors had three offensive rebounds then freshman Joy Nash (Muskegon, Mich.) banked a shot in off the glass with her foot on the three-point line. After a WSU steal, junior center Ralphanee Peyton (Detroit, Mich.) got a feed from Nicole Rogers (Lansing, Mich.) and used a nice spin move for an easy layup and a 4-0 WSU lead.
Following a Charger put-back for a score, senior Shatona Clark (Detroit, Mich.) grabbed another offensive board off her own miss for a second-chance bucket and a 6-2 lead. But Hillsdale came back strong with a 25-0 run over the next 6:44 as the Warriors missed 15 straight shots from the floor.
Wayne State came back with a 15-6 run of its own as Nash hit a shot just inside the arch again at the 7:39 mark. Freshman Chastidy Miller (White Lake, Mich.) added five points and senior Casey Banks (Detroit, Mich.) banked in a pair of jumpers during the span. But it was HC leading 43-24 at the break.
WSU outscored the Chargers 10-8 in the opening 6:30 of the second half, but Jenn Carlson had the hot hand for Hillsdale, draining her seventh three of the game to put HC up 61-38 with 10:26 to play. She led all players with 27 points.
The Warriors shot 30.9 percent from the field, including a 1-of-12 performance from downtown. The Chargers hit 53.7 percent of their shots and were 12-of-22 on three-pointers.
Peyton and junior Cherita Smith (Grand Rapids, Mich.) were the only WSU players in double figure with 10 points each. Peyton also had a team-high six rebounds, five assists and two blocks.
