DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's basketball team (11-14 overall, 5-11 GLIAC) hit a three-pointer 46 seconds into Thursday night's game against Michigan Tech (9-15 overall, 6-9 GLIAC) and never looked back.  The Warriors led wire to wire defeating the Huskies by a score of 75-61 inside the Fieldhouse.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
Wayne State outscored Michigan Tech 22-7 through the contest's first 10+ minutes as six different Warriors found the scoring column in that stretch.

Those six included Ray Williams, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Edison Public School Academy) with six, Colin Golson, Jr. (Detroit, Mich. / Ferndale (Siena / Eastern Michigan)) with five, Carmelo Harris (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) with five, Rob Lee, Jr. (Flint, Mich. / Beecher) with two, Jordan Briggs (Muskegon, Mich.) with two and Kaimen Lennox (Kansas City, Mo. / Truman (Hutchinson CC)) with two.

The Warriors pushed their lead to 16 (25-9) thanks to a Briggs free throw before the Huskies countered with a mini 9-3 spurt that cut the margin down to 10 (28-18) at the six-minute mark.

With that being said, the home team's advantage would never get smaller than that and grew as big as 16 again at 40-24.  Heading into the intermission, WSU was in control by 13, 42-29.
 
Second Half
Wayne State's largest lead of the night was 20 (56-36) and came at the 13:51 juncture of the second half.  The hosts outscored their visitors 14-7 in those first six-plus minutes with five of those 14 points coming from Harris.

The closest Michigan Tech could get from there until the final buzzer was 13 (60-47) before the final margin of 14.
 
TEAM STATS
Wayne State out-rebounded Michigan Tech by 14, 40-26, including 11-4 on the offensive glass.  The Warriors attempted 17 more free throws than the Huskies including 24-of-30 to 7-of-13.  Both teams were nearly identical from the field efficiency wise as WSU shot 43.1 percent (22-of-51) to MTU's 42.6 percent (23-of-54).  Team scoring wise, Michigan Tech had the advantage in points off turnovers (22-9), bench scoring (21-18) and points in the paint (26-22) while Wayne State was ahead in second-chance points (8-2) and fast-break scoring (8-2).
 
LEADING THE WARRIORS
Lee, Jr. notched the first double-double of his career with 21 points (tied personal best) and 12 rebounds (career high) to go with three assists.  Also scoring in double figures for the Warriors were Golson, Jr. with 13, Briggs with 11 and Harris with 10.  Three different players notched three assists including Lee, Jr., Harris and Tamario Adley (Detroit, Mich. / Warren De La Salle (Macomb CC)).  Defensively, Williams, Jr. and Hutch Ward (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Central) each stuffed one shot attempt while Harris and Adley accounted for two steals apiece.
 
LEADING THE HUSKIES
The league's leading scorer, Marcus Tomashek, tied the game high with 21 points and was one of two in double figures for the Huskies along with Dawson Nordgaard's 10 points.  Michigan Tech's other statistical leaders included Pete Calcaterra (five rebounds and three assists), Josh Terrian (one block and two steals) and Nordgaard again (one block).

UP NEXT
Wayne State will host league-leading Northern Michigan on Saturday at 3 p.m. for Senior Day.