DETROIT – The Saginaw Valley State University men's basketball team finished the season with an 85-76 loss at Wayne State on Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals (13-15, 7-13 GLIAC) missed their first 11 shots from the floor and couldn't battle back from the deficit created through the first 10 minutes of play.

The Warriors (13-13, 10-10 GLIAC) scored the first six points of the game on the way to building a 23-3 lead with 9:26 remaining before halftime.

Kevonne Taylor (Detroit, Mich. / Chandler Park HS) made the first jump shot for SVSU at the 9:13 mark and sparked a 6-0 run for the Cardinals. Taylor finished the game with his second consecutive double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. It is his fourth such performance this season, and the fifth of his career.

SVSU scored points in small bunches, but Wayne State answered each time and held onto a 48-26 lead as the teams entered the locker room at the break.

Javontae Ross (Flint, Mich. / Flint Powers HS) made a layup with just under 12 minutes left in regulation that ignited a 7-0 run for the Cardinals, and the lead was down to just 13 points (66-53) with 10:52 on the clock.

SVSU scored the final eight points of the game to trim the lead to single digits, but ran out of time before they could complete the comeback effort.

Three other Cardinal players joined Taylor with double-digit points. Triston Nichols (Shelby Twp., Mich. / De La Salle HS) had a team-high 16 points in the contest. Nichols finished 6-of-9 from the floor and added four rebounds, two assists, and a block to his stat line. Bryson Huckeby (Freeland, Mich. / Freeland HS) finished with 13 points off the bench for SVSU. Huckeby led all players with three steals, while recording two assists and two rebounds in the losing effort. Taylor added four more blocks to his season total of 64, the highest output in his three seasons with the team. Xavier Thomas (Detroit, Mich. / Brother Rice HS) had 11 points along with six rebounds and three assists. Ross totaled nine points and two boards in his 13 minutes of play.

SEASON RECAP: The Cardinals finished the first season with Chris Fowler with a record of 13-15 overall and a 7-13 mark in GLIAC play. SVSU missed the top eight of the league standings by just one spot. Huckeby highlighted the season with his 1,000 career point milestone that he achieved in his final home game as a Cardinal.