WAYNE STATE 81, PURDUE NORTHWEST 58
As the regular season is winding down, Purdue Northwest Women's Basketball continued their series on the road by traveling to Detroit to play the Wayne State Warriors on Thursday, February 13. After a 33-23 halftime deficit, the Pride were unable to gain enough traction throughout the second half that led to the 81-58 defeat.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Savaya Brockington hit a driving layup and-one to take the 14-12 lead with 2:00 left in the first quarter. The Warriors scored the final six points of the quarter to retain the lead heading to the second quarter. PNW shot 6-15 from the field including 1-3 from behind the three-point line. Brockington led the quarter with seven points on 3-4 shooting. Brittany Barnard shot 2-4 with four points and Danielle Nennig hit a three-pointer in helping the Pride hang tough early. Molly DeValkenaere grabbed five of the 10 PNW rebounds in the first. Warriors had three players score at least four points in the first.

After a quick start to the second quarter by Wayne State, Tayler Vauters helped keep PNW in the game, as she finished the quarter with five points and four rebounds. Brockington made a layup with 6:47 left in the half that cut the lead to 23-18, and Vauters made three of her four free-throw attempts in the quarter, including 2-2 with :47 left to make it 33-23. That would be the Warriors lead heading to halftime.

PNW got outscored 15-9 in that second quarter and shot 30% for the half, including 1-6 from three. Brockington led the half with 11 points on 5-9 shooting. WSU shot 12-32 (37.5%) from the field, including 3-13 from three.

Both teams started the third quarter hot, including the Pride making three of their first four shots to cut the deficit to 39-30 after a Barnard layup. Vauters would score five more points in the third and Bayley Goodman got on the board with a three-pointer with 1:42 left in the third, but the Warriors outscored the Pride 27-18 in the quarter. 60-41 was the score at the end of the third, with WSU taking an 8-0 run into the fourth.

The Warriors scorched the first five minutes of the fourth quarter, kicking their 8-0 run at the end of the third up to a 19-0 run until a Brockington free-throw with 7:18 remaining ended it. Anjel Galbraith's floater with 4:33 left in the game was the first PNW basket in the fourth. From there, the Pride finished the game on a 14-7 run that was spearheaded by Goodman and Galbraith, who scored seven points each during the run. The final score read 81-58, Wayne State (13-11, 7-9 GLIAC) defeats Purdue Northwest (6-18, 5-11 GLIAC).
 
WHO LED THE WAY FOR THE PRIDE
Four players finished in double figures, including Brockington, who scored 14 points on 6-12 shooting and recorded four of the team's 11 assists, all four coming in the third quarter. Galbraith scored all 12 of her points in the second half as she shot 4-for-5 from the field, including 2-3 from three. Goodman notched her second game this season scoring in double-figures, finishing with 10 points on 4-8 shooting, including two from deep. Vauters scored a season-high 10 points on 3-5 shooting and 3-4 from the charity stripe. She also recorded six rebounds and one assist.

TEAM STATS
PNW finished shooting 22-61 (36.1%) from the field, including 6-20 (30%) from three and 8-12 from the stripe. Wayne State shot 30-70 (42.9%), 8-24 (33.3%) and 13-16 respectfully.

WHAT'S NEXT
Head Coach Courtney Locke's team will have to move forward quickly, as they next travel to Ashland, Ohio to take on the no.2-nationally ranked Ashland Eagles on Saturday, February 15. Tipoff is slated for 12 p.m. (CT).