Crusaders Handed Tough Loss to Open 2007

January 3, 2007
Site: Livonia, Mich. (Activities Center)
Score: #23 Davenport 83, Madonna 63
Records: MU (5-11; 0-1 WHAC), Davenport (13-4; 1-0 WHAC)
Next MU Event: Saturday, Jan. 6 -- at Indiana Tech -- 1:00 pm ET

		Stephanie Piotrowski buried four three-pointers and scored 12 points in MU's loss to Davenport.

Box Score

LIVONIA, Mich. -- The Madonna women's basketball team dropped their conference opener Wednesday after Davenport cruised to an 83-63 decision over the Crusaders at the Activities Center.

Davenport (13-4; 1-0 WHAC) blistered the nets from behind the three-point line, shooting 45-percent (9-of-20) from downtown.  Overall, the Panthers shot 55-percent (30-of-55) from the field en route to wrapping up their first conference win of the season.

The Panthers had five players score in double digits, led by Kristin Bergsma's game high 18.

Madonna (5-11; 0-1 WHAC) fell behind early in the contest, trailing by 15 points (42-27) at the half.  The Crusaders never seemed to recover as Davenport lengthened their lead to as much as 28 points before finally holding on to a 20-point win (83-63).

Lindsay Klemmer (Plymouth, Mich./Plymouth Salem HS) led the Crusaders offensive attack, scoring 15 points.  Freshman guard Stephanie Piotrowski (Petersburg, Mich./Ida HS) was the only other Crusader to register double digits with 12 points, all of which came from beyond the arc.

Sophomore Alyssa Guerin (Plymouth, Mich./Plymouth Salem HS) led MU on the boards with nine rebounds, including three on the offensive end of the floor.

Madonna shot only 30-percent (20-of-67) from the floor, including just 23-percent (6-of-26) from behind the three-point line.

The Crusaders will return to conference play on Saturday, Jan. 6 in their first WHAC road contest, a 1:00 p.m. (ET) tip at Indiana Tech.

 

 

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