Box Score

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The No. 3 Lady Panthers extended their win streak to 15 games today as they defeated WHAC opponent UM-Dearborn 101-63. Davenport's bench accounted for 51 points on the day to give the Panthers an overall record of 20-2 and a perfect 10-0 in WHAC play.

Seniors Karlee Despres and Carrie Grubius led all scorers with 21 and 18 points respectively for DU. Twelve different Panthers recorded buckets in the win, with Emily Nielsen posting a career high in points (15) and rebounds (6) and Abbey Hengesbach (13) and Alison Bouman (10) each posting double digits in the scorers column.

Five minutes into the first half the Panthers would find themselves trailing the Wolves of UM-Dearborn 6-8. Hengesbach hit two free throws to tie up the contest 8-8, followed by a three and layup from Despres to force a Dearborn timeout and give DU a 13-8 lead.

Three free throws by the Wolves brought the Davenport lead back to just two at the 13:08 mark but the Panther offense would take off after that and go on a 15-0 run with key buckets from Grubius and Hengesbach.

At the half DU led 53-33 and extended that margin to as much as 40 in the second half. Davenport's bench was a key factor for DU posting 30 points in the second half and freshman Hannah Payne recording her first points in DU basketball history. 

On the day Davenport shot 47.7% from the field (31-65) and 83.3% from the free throw line (30-36) while out rebounding the Wolves 43-32.

Davenport will continue WHAC play on Wednesday when they host Indiana Tech at the DU Student Center for a 7:30pm tip-off. DU defeated the Warriors 81-64 back on December 3rd in Fort Wayne. Tune in the “The Dan” for live video, audio and stats.

Post-Game Quotes – Mike Williams

On getting started on second half of league season: "We talked to our players before and they have done such a great job putting ourselves in position in the league and on a national scene but last time we played these guys in their place and they have been playing much better so it was good to get started quick."

On Seeing improved shooting: "A lot of the poor shooting lays on my shoulders because I forced them to get it inside but not rely on the outside shot...I told them before the game, if you like your shot, take it...their decisions were better and I thought we moved the ball better in this game compared to the last two and the shots started to fall."

Post-Game Notes

The win lifts Davenport's all-time record vs. UM-Dearborn to 20-0...12 different players scored in the game as DU hit the century mark for the first time this season since November 5 when they scored 107...The win was the 15th in the row overall this season and 32nd in a row in league play

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