Women's basketball upends Tiffin

Women's basketball upends Tiffin: The Wayne State women’s basketball team (1 -2 overall, 1-0 GLIAC) opened GLIAC play with an impressive victory at Tiffin University (2 -2 overall, 0-1 GLIAC), 84-57, Nov. 29.

The Dragons jumped to a 5-4 lead 1:44 into the game, but a 17-5 run by the Warriors over the next seven minutes gave them a 21-9 advantage. WSU was paced by Talisha Bridges, who scored 10 points over this stretch and finished with a game-high 21 points.

Still trailing by 13 points with 10:20 remaining in the first half, 24-11, the Dragons went on a run of their own to get them back in the game. They outscored the Warriors 13-2, which cut the deficit to 26-24 with 5:39 left to play in the half.

Scoring the next two buckets, WSU extended its lead to six points at 30-24, but the Dragons evened the score at 31-31. A Bridges free-throw gave the Warriors a one-point lead at halftime.

With both teams struggling to hit their shots coming out of the half, Phaebre Colbert scored twice to extend WSU’s lead, 36-31.

Leading 36-33 with 16:28 to go in the contest, the Warriors began to pull away slightly.

They took a 10-point advantage at the 11:50 mark thanks to 11 combined points from Bridges – six - and Paige Sickmiller - five. Sickmiller finished with 16 points off the bench.

Tiffin cut the deficit to seven points, 49-42. But that’s as close as the Dragons would get for the rest of the game, as WSU outscored them 35-15 over the last 11:37.

Colbert finished with 16 points, four rebounds and four steals, while Kristen Long came off the bench to tally 10 points, four rebounds and four assists.

The Warriors outrebounded the Dragons 48-37, finished with 11 more assists – 18-7, and had seven fewer turnovers – 12 compared to Tiffin’s 19, which all contributed to the blowout win.

WSU will be at Ohio Dominican on Saturday, Dec. 1 for a 3 p.m. tip-off.