The Grand Valley State women's basketball team fell in a hard fought battle to the Wolverines of the University of Michigan, 65-43. After the first quarter, the Lakers led the Wolverines 18-15 but the offense stalled the final three quarters, scoring a combined 25 points. This was the seventh meeting between the Lakers and the Wolverines and the first since the 1979-80 season.
 
GVSU took a quick 4-0 lead after a jumper by Jenn DeBoer was followed up by a layup from Taylor Parmley at the 6:52 mark. Korynn Hincka widened the Laker lead to five after she followed up a jumper with the first three-pointer of the season for GVSU to give the Lakers the 9-4 lead. The Wolverines took their first lead of the contest on a three-pointer from Katelynn Flaherty to give Michigan the 13-11 lead. The Lakers regained the lead with :39 seconds left in the first quarter on two free throws for the 18-15 advantage heading into the second frame.
 
Grand Valley State opened up the second quarter with a layup from Parmley to take a five-point lead at 20-15. Michigan took their second lead of the contest after a layup by Nicole Munger gave the Wolverines the 23-22 lead. Michigan answered a DeBoer three-pointer with their own triple to regain the 26-25 lead with just over four minutes to play. The Wolverine defense would then step up and force five Laker turnovers and Michigan would enter the half with a 36-27 lead.
 
The Lakers opened up the third quarter with back-to-back buckets from Parmley and Hincka to shrink the Wolverine lead to just four at 36-32. After Michigan took a 39-32 lead on a three pointer from Munger with just under nine minutes to play, the teams would go scoreless for nearly three mintues, before the Wolverines converter layup. After a Megan Belke layup brought the score to 41-34 in favor of Michigan, the Wolverines closed the third quarter on a six to one run.
 
The fourth quarter opened up with a 12-3 run by the Wolverines, which pushed their lead to 55-37 with just over five minutes left to play. Neither team scored again until the 3:44 mark, when the Wolverines scored three points in just a few seconds after they grabbed an offensive rebound off of a missed free throw and put back a layup. Michigan closed out the fourth quarter on a seven to six run for the 65-43 final score.
 
Parmley led the way for the Lakers offensively, as the redshirt junior posted 11 points after shooting 3-11 from the field and going a perfect 5-5 from the charity stripe. Hincka tallied 8 points of her own after going 3-8 from the floor and 1-1 from behind the arc. DeBoer led the way in assists, posting three to go along with her seven points.
 
The Lakers will be back in action Sunday, November 5 in their final scrimmage before the regular season as they host Olivet in GVSU Fieldhouse Arena at 1:00 p.m.