Madonna Improves to 2-0 in WHAC Play for First Time Ever

January 6, 2007
Site: Livonia, Mich. (Activities Center)
Score: Madonna 91, Indiana Tech 82
Records: MU (6-12; 2-0 WHAC), Indiana Tech (10-7; 0-2 WHAC)
Next MU Event: Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007 -- at Aquinas -- 7:30 pm

BOX SCORE

		Mudri scored 12 points against Indiana Tech and has 912 career points in his four seasons at Madonna.

LIVONIA, Mich. -- After jumping out to a 23-point halftime lead (48-25), the Madonna men's basketball team staved off a hard charging Indiana Tech team in the second half for a 91-82 win Saturday afternoon at the Activities Center.

Madonna (6-12; 2-0 WHAC) improved to 2-0 in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference for the first time in school history. 

Senior forward Derrick Mudri (Fowlerville, Mich./Fowlerville HS) moved into eighth place on the MU all-time scoring list after he buried a three-point bucket with 1:58 remaining in the first half to pass Narvin Russaw (908 points).  Mudri finished the contest with 12 points, including 10 in the first half.

Indiana Tech (10-7; 0-2 WHAC) outscored the Crusaders 57-43 in the second half and at one time trimmed the MU lead to just seven points after being down by as much as 27 in the game.

The Warriors went on a 19-9 run over a five minute period late in the second half which cut Madonna's lead to 11 points with 3:28 left in the game.  The Crusaders received back-to-back lay ups from DJ Bridges (Canton, Mich./Canton HS) which helped Madonna push the lead back to 14 points.  Indiana Tech then rattled off an 11-6 run which pulled the Warriors to their closest deficit (seven points) of the second half before Madonna sealed the contest on a pair of free throws by Adam Kerfoot (Gaylord, Mich./St. Mary HS).

The Crusaders received a pair of game highs from Bridges who scored 26 points and grabbed nine rebounds.  Kerfoot chipped in 13 points and junior guard Charlie Henry (Canton, Mich./Agape Christian Academy) added 12 points and a game high six assists for the Crusaders.

Overall, MU shot a season high 58-percent (35-of-60) from the field, including a scorching 65-percent (20-of-31) from the floor in the first half alone.  The Crusaders also dished out 21 assists on the season high 35 made field goals.

Madonna also held the WHAC's leading scorer, Jonathan Battle, to just 16 points in the contest.  Battle recorded 10 of his 16 points from the charity stripe.

Madonna will return to the court on Wednesday, Jan. 10, as the Crusaders travel to Grand Rapids to match up with Aquinas (10-8; 2-0 WHAC), who posted back-to-back league wins against Cornerstone and Michigan-Dearborn.





Contact:
Tony Baldwin, Sports Information Director
(734) 432-5834
tbaldwin@madonna.edu