Britons Hand Crusaders 70-50 Loss

December 12, 2006
Site: Livonia, Mich. (Activities Center)
Score: Albion 70, Madonna 50
Records: MU (4-8; 0-0 WHAC), Albion (4-3; 0-1 MIAA)
Next MU Event: Saturday, Dec. 16 -- at Taylor -- 3 pm

		Alyssa Guerin scored 10 points and posted a game high three blocks in MU's 70-50 loss to Albion.

Box Score

LIVONIA, Mich. -- The Madonna women's basketball team dropped their final home contest of the 2006 calendar year after Albion handed MU a 70-50 loss on Tuesday night at the Activities Center.

Freshman guard Stephanie Piotrowski (Petersburg, Mich./Ida HS) led the Crusaders with 12 points, all of which came via the three-point shot.

Sophomore guard Alyssa Guerin (Plymouth, Mich./Plymouth Salem HS) added 10 points and posted three blocked shots in the loss.  Junior guard Cali Crawford (Rochester, Mich./Oakland Christian Academy) scored nine points, all of which came in the first half.

Albion's Kati Till led all competitors with 17 points and eight rebounds in the contest.

In the first half of play, Albion limited Madonna to just a .280 (7-of-25) shooting percentage from the field, including only .273 (3-of-11) from beyond the arc.  The Britons shot .400 (10-of-25) from the floor in the first half, including a blistering .500 (3-of-6) from behind the three-point line.

Crawford paced the Crusaders in the first period of play with nine points.  MU led only twice in the first half before the Britons jumped out to a 14-point lead after Autumn Charnley knocked down a short jumper with 5:12 left before halftime.   

Madonna would cut the Albion lead down to seven points after Crawford buried a three-pointer at the top of the key off an assist by Piotrowski with 3:10 left in the half.  Albion increased the lead back to 14 points just before the half ended to give the Britons a 34-20 advantage.

The Crusaders would get no closer than 10 points in the second half after Rebecca Rufli (Fenton, Mich./Linden HS) knocked down a mid-range jumper off an assist from Guerin with 8:17 left in the contest.

Albion then reeled off a 15-5 run over the final eight minutes which would lengthen the Britons' lead to the final margin of 20 points (70-50) as time expired.

Madonna's shooting picked up during the second half with the Crusaders shooting .429 (12-of-28) from the floor, including .500 (5-of-10) from the behind the three-point line.

The Crusaders will return to play this Saturday (Dec. 16) at Taylor in a 3:00 p.m. (ET) non-conference tilt against the Trojans.

 

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