Crusaders Use Comeback
to Defeat Campbellsville
December 30, 2006
Site: Las Vegas, Nev.
Score: Madonna 67, Campbellsville (Ky.) 60
Records: MU (5-10; 0-0 WHAC), Campbellsville (8-8)
Next MU Event: Wednesday, Jan. 3 -- vs. Davenport (Mich.) --
5:30 pm ET
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
Callie Crawford scored
nine points and ran the offense for MU's 67-60 win over
Campbellsville in Las Vegas Saturday night. |
LAS VEGAS, Nev.
-- The Madonna women's basketball team left Las Vegas as winners
Saturday after knocking off NAIA DI Campbellsville (Ky.) 67-60 at
the Las Vegas Classic. The Crusaders came back from an
11-point second half deficit to pick up their fifth win of the
season.
Madonna got off to a
fast start and took a 32-30 lead into the half on the strength of
three triples by
Stephanie Piotrowski
(Petersburg, Mich./Ida HS) who scored nine of her 15 in the
first stanza.
Campbellsville
regrouped at intermission and began the second half on a 9-0 run,
and eventually led by as much as 11 points mid-way through the final
frame before the Crusaders awoke and began their second half
heroics.
Lindsay Klemmer
(Plymouth, Mich./Plymouth Salem HS) got the comeback started
with her stellar offensive play and gave MU the lead with just under
a minute to play when she knocked down three free throws for a 62-60
advantage.
The MU defense clamped
down from there and made critical free-throws down the stretch
including a trio by
Alyssa Guerin
(Plymouth, Mich./Plymouth Salem HS) and two more by Klemmer
for the 67-60 final.
Madonna
sank 18-of-19 free throws in the second half to aid their comeback
victory.
Klemmer led the
Crusaders offense with 24 points and also snagged eight rebounds.
Guerin and
Cali Crawford
(Rochester, Mich./Oakland Christian Academy) scored nine each
for Madonna.
The win sends Madonna's
season record to 5-10 heading into their next contest, a WHAC
meeting with Davenport in Livonia January 3rd. Tip time at the
Activities Center is 5:30 pm.
Contact:
Tony Baldwin, Sports Information Director
(734) 432-5834
tbaldwin@madonna.edu
