Head coach Chuck Henry saw his MU squad fall by a 95-81 final to Indiana Tech on Saturday.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The Madonna University men's basketball team could not overcome a 14-point halftime deficit and fell 95-81 at Indiana Tech on Saturday (Jan. 5) in the WHAC opener for both schools.

MU's Cedric Sims (Canton, Mich.) led all scorers with 24 points while Jon Battle (Cleveland, Ohio) and Charlie Henry (Canton, Mich.) each added 17 for the Crusaders.

Tech shot 50 percent from the floor in the first half to just 25 percent shooting for MU and that proved to be the difference in the game as the lead Tech had built in the opening 20 minutes was the final margin of victory for the Warriors.

MU and Tech each scored 54 points in the second half as Madonna cut the IIT lead to just eight with 17:35 left, but could not get any closer, trailing by as many as 26 late in the contest.

Anthony Jones and Anthony Jones each scored 18 for the Warriors.

Madonna looks to rebound and pull its WHAC record to .500 when it hosts Aquinas on Wednesday night inside the Activities Center in a 7:30 pm tip-off.