ALLENDALE, Mich. – The No. 24 Grand Valley State Lakers overcame a slow start with a flurry of offense in the first half to run away from the Wayne State Warriors, 95-62, Saturday (Dec. 8) in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) action Saturday night at the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena. Eleven different Lakers scored to help GVSU improve to 3-1 in GLIAC play and 7-2 on the year while the Warriors fall to 1-7 on the season and 1-3 in conference action.
 
Neither team got off to a particularly hot start, but some early rapid-fire three's put the Warriors up, 12-9, six minutes into the game. Then, enter Justin Greason. He scored 11 points in an eight-minute stretch to spark a 25-6 run over those eight minutes to give the Lakers a double-digit lead they would never relinquish.
 
GVSU shot .542 (32-59) and went 6-14 from three while hitting 25 of 32 free throw attempts. Hunter Hale (19), Greason (17) and Jeremiah Ferguson (16) all scored in double figures. Zach West contributed seven points and eight rebounds while Kindred Williams swatted four bloacks, scored five points and hauled in six boards.
 
The Laker defense held Wayne State to just a .313 clip (21-67) and 7-24 mark from beyond the arc while swatting 12 blocks and coming up with 12 steals. GVSU scored 44 points in the paint for the game.
 
The Lakers are back in action one week from tonight (Dec. 15) as they face off with the McKendree Bearcats in Quincy, Ill. At 1:00 PM. GVSULakers.com will provide links to live stats, audio and video coverage while @GVSUBasketball provides live Twitter updates.