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LIVONIA, Mich. – Davenport used an 11-4 run to begin the second half in give them their 11th straight win and 73-69 victory over Madonna. Karlee Despres and Abbey Hengesbach each chipped in 17 points for DU to put them at 16-2 on the year and 6-0 in WHAC play.

The start of the first half saw the Panthers trailing 18-2 just five minutes into the game with Madonna hitting three straight shots from behind the arc during the run. Five straight points from Abbey Hengesbach off the bench brought the score to 7-21 and the freshman's lay-up at the 7:02 mark forced a Madonna timeout and brought the score to 18-27.

The Crusaders continued to hit big shots with them increasing their lead back to 14 at the 1:46 mark. Senior Carrie Grubius and freshman Kayleigh VanKeulen each hit three's in the final minutes to send Davenport into the locker room trailing 29-38.

Hengesbach accounted for 12 of DU's 29 first half points with the Panthers shooting 35% compared to Madonna's 46%.

In the second half the Panthers put together a 17-7 run to put them up 46-45 and give them their first lead since the twenty second mark of the first half. Both teams exchanged baskets with Madonna regaining a six point lead with 3:35 remaining.

Down 61-67, Karli Harris rallied off six straight points to tie the game as she finished with eight points on the day. Despres was five for six from the free throw line in the final two minutes to seal the 73-69 victory for the Panthers.

Along with her 17 points Karlee also grabbed eight rebounds with Abby Neff pulling down seven. Davenport was 27-39 from the free throw line and shot 40% from the floor.

The Panthers will continue WHAC action on Wednesday when they return home to take on Northwestern Ohio in game one of a men's and women's doubleheader. Live video, audio and stat will all be available for the 5:30pm tip-off on www.dupanthers.com.

Post-Game Quotes – Karlee Despres and Abbey Hengesbach

Abbey on her play in the first half: "We came out and played very sluggish, the health of the team really showed with many of us battling the flu and Madonna came out and played really well which gave us some troubles on defense.”

Abbey on adjustments made at halftime: “We needed to pick up our help side and perimeter coverage on defense. Coach really stressed working on getting to the basket and the free throw line in the second half along with taking charges on defense.”

Despres on defensive adjustments: "Our defense wasn't really active in the first half and we worked on closing down on their shooters in the second and mixing up different defensive sets.”

Despres on getting a big win on the road: “It felt really good…it was a complete team victory…our bench was extremely loud and I'm really happy with the way we responded in the second half.”

Post - Game Notes

Davenport extends their win streak to eleven games…The Panthers are now 14-3 all-time against Madonna and 12-1 on the road this year…Today's game had 10 different lead changes and the Panthers never led by more than four points

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