Box Score Minnesota State 85 Wayne State 72

            Wayne State College could not overcome 60 percent shooting (20 of 33) by Minnesota State in the second half as the Mavericks downed the Wildcats 85-72 in Northern Sun Conference women's basketball played Friday evening at Rice Auditorium in Wayne.  MSU improves to 4-0 and 1-0 in the NSIC while WSC falls to 5-2 and 0-2 in the league.  It was just the 10^th home loss for WSC (102-10) in Rice Auditorium in the last eight years.
            The Wildcats made just 4 of 16 shots in the first quarter and trailed 13-10 after 10 minutes of play. 
            Trailing 16-10 early in the second quarter, WSC scored the next eight points and took an 18-16 lead on a Maggie Schulte 3-pointer.  The lead grew to 24-19 following an Anna Martensen jumper, but the Mavericks surged back to end the half and took a 26-24 lead at intermission.
            Minnesota State used torrid shooting in the second half and never allowed the Wildcats a chance to get back into the game.  The Mavericks built an 11 point lead at 43-32 with 5:59 to go in the quarter.  The Wildcats got as close as three at 45-42 on a Paige Ballinger layup. 
            But Minnesota State went on a 9-2 run and pushed the lead back to double digits at 54-44 and the Mavericks finished the quarter with a 59-50 lead thanks to 12 of 19 shooting in the quarter that included 5 of 6 behind the 3-point line.
            Minnesota State maintained a double figure lead in the fourth quarter as the Mavericks made 8 of 14 shots (57%) in the quarter to go with 9 for 13 at the foul line as Minnesota State finished with the 85-72 win.
            Wayne State made 24 of 61 shots from the field for 39.3 percent and 9 of 26 (34.6%) behind the arc.  The 'Cats were 15 for 22 at the foul line.
            Ballinger led WSC in scoring with 15 points followed by Amanda Brainerd with 10.
            Minnesota State ended the game making 31 of 70 shots for 44.3 percent, but were 20 of 33 (60.6%) in the second half.  The Mavericks were 9 of 19 from 3-point range and 14 of 19 at the charity stripe.
            Britney Scherber scored a game-high 21 points for the Mavericks.  Taylor Klug added 18 off the bench while Sammie Delzotto and Claire Ziegler each poured in 12 points.
            Minnesota State won the rebounding battle over WSC 48-35 thanks to eight boards from Monica Muth while Anna Martensen hauled in a game-high 11 caroms for the Wildcats.  MSU had 21 turnovers in the game to 20 on WSC.
            Haley Moore and Ballinger each had five assists for WSC while Ballinger had four of Wayne State's eight blocks.
            The Wildcats will be at home again Saturday afternoon hosting Concordia-St. Paul in a 4 p.m. NSIC contest.