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 Shatona Clark had a career-high 13 rebounds. |
Dec. 18, 2005
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The Wayne State women's basketball team (3-6) lost its third straight game with an 82-66 loss at the University of Southern Indiana (7-5) in a match-up of Great Lakes Region teams on Sunday, Dec. 18. The teams combined to shoot 80 total free throws in the two hour and 12 minute contest.
WSU senior Shatona Clark (Detroit, Mich.) scored the first two baskets of the game, but the Eagles answered with 11 straight points as the Warriors got in early foul trouble. Wayne State came back with field goals by Cherita Smith (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Joy Nash (Muskegon, Mich.) to make it 11-8.
USI went on a 19-5 run and held a 30-13 lead with 7:27 to play in the first half. Wayne State senior Kristen Rogers (Lansing, Mich.) came off the bench three minutes later to get an assist on a Clark basket, then scored on a jumper of her own to make it 36-20.
Southern Indiana scored 11 points in a row and held the Warriors without any points until Rogers made a pair of foul shots with 12.6 seconds left. USI held a 48-22 lead at halftime as the teams combined for 32 fouls.
WSU outscored the Screaming Eagles, 10-5, during the first 4:10 of the second half. Then Clark broke the press and found Casey Banks (Detroit, Mich.) for an open layup under the basket. On the next inbound play for WSU, Nicole Rogers (Lansing, Mich.) threw an outlet pass that Clark caught at half-court and finished with a lay-up. After a defensive rebound, Clark hit WSU's first three-pointer of the game for a 55-39 score with 13:50 left.
Sophomore Brittany White (Chicago, Ill.) stepped inside the three-point line and knocked down a jumper. Following a Kristen Rogers steal, White grabbed an offensive rebound and scored a second-chance basket as the Warriors trailed 69-56 with 3:44 remaining.
But the Eagles shot 79.2 percent (38-of-48) from the line to pull away with the win.
Clark led the Warriors with 14 points and 13 rebounds for her first double-double of the season. Her 13 boards mark a career-high for the senior guard.
Wayne State is off for 12 days before hosting another GLVC opponent in Kentucky Wesleyan on Dec. 30 at the Matthaei.
