DETROIT - No. 16 Lake Superior State lost its final regular-season game Thursday at Wayne State, 82-78, but retained the No. 1 seed for next week's Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament thanks to Findlay's 19-point loss at Hillsdale.

GLIAC Tournament pairings have not been announced, but the Lakers (26-4 overall, 18-4 GLIAC) will host a quarterfinal game at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Bud Cooper Gymnasium. If they win that contest, they will also host the semifinals and finals March 8-9. LSSU finished one game ahead of South Division leaders Findlay and Walsh to earn the top seed. They were two games in front of North Division runner-up Michigan Tech.

LSSU senior guard Derek Billing made a layup with 28 seconds remaining to trim Wayne State's lead to 79-78 and score his 38th point of the night. After WSU's Chene Phillips made 1-of-2 free throws, Billing missed a layup for a chance to tie and reach 40 points for the second time this season.

It was Billing's season-scoring high against GLIAC competition.

Despite the win, Wayne State (12-13 overall, 10-12 GLIAC) finished as the odd man out in the tournament picture, posting the league's ninth-best record. The Warriors ended the Lakers' 10-game win streak.

The Warriors, playing with nothing to lose, got off to a hot 13-2 start. LSSU rallied back to lead by six, 29-23, with 2:34 remaing, but the first half ended in a 31-31 deadlock.

WSU led by as many as nine points during the second half, out-scoring LSSU 12-2 on second-chance points. The game was tied eight times during the second half.

Billing was 14-of-20 from the field with six three-pointers and 6-of-7 at the free-throw line. Senior center Cameron Metz totaled 14 points and six rebounds, while juniors Alex Williams and Jake Blake scored eight each. Sophomore Devin Daly contributed eight rebounds.

LSSU shot 47.5 percent from the field, but only 37.9 percent during the first half. The Lakers were 4-of-19 from three-point range and 16-of-21 at the free-throw line.

Gerald Williams-Taylor led Wayne State with 25 points and eight rebounds, and Bryan Coleman scored 19. WSU shot 48.3 percent from the field, including 8-of-14 from behind the arc, and made 16-of-23 free throws. The Warriors out-rebounded LSSU, 34-33.

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