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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Davenport limited their fourth straight opponent to under 65 points as they moved into a tie for the WHAC lead with a 64-54 win over Northwestern Ohio on Wednesday night. The Panthers are now tied atop the league standings at 11-3 after Madonna suffered a loss to Lourdes. DU will travel across town to Cornerstone on Saturday to face the Golden Eagles at 3 p.m.

Dominez Burnett led the Panthers with 15 points on 6-10 shooting from the field while Thomas Drew connected on 4-6 from behind the arc for 12 points to lead DU to their 18^th win of the season. The Panthers finished the night shooting .431 from the floor and out-rebounded the Racers 34-31. Defensively, DU limited UNOH to 40% shooting and forced them into 22 turnovers.

Davenport's defense was in full force for the opening 12 minutes as they built a 22-6 lead. Dominez Burnett highlighted the early spurt on offense as the freshman nailed a three-pointer, posted an alley-oop dunk and scored on a fast break layup for the Panthers. The closing eight minutes was all UNOH as they posted a 14-5 run to get within seven at the break 27-20.

The Racers kept the pressure going into the first few minutes of the second half and had the lead down to just five after their season leader in points per game, Derrick Tate, scored three straight points to make it 28-23 Davenport at the 18:00 mark. DU was forced into an early second half timeout and out of the break outscored the Racers 9-2 to build their lead back into double-digits only to see UNOH get it down to just six at the second media timeout after scoring nine consecutive points all on 3-pointers.

UNOH had a few chances to get it down to a one possession game, but the DU defense held tough and the Panthers got some solid free-throw shooting down the stretch to preserve the victory. Other stat leaders for Davenport included Thomas Drew with six rebounds and Dominez Burnett with four assists and four steals.

The Racers were paced by Johnny Elliott who had 17 points on 7-14 shooting from the field.

Davenport will resume action on Saturday when they head 10.7 miles up the East Beltline to face rival Cornerstone University. Game time is set for 3pm inside Mol Arena.

Post-Game Notes

Davenport improves to 6-0 all-time against UNOH and they are also undefeated against the two WHAC schools Lourdes and Northwestern Ohio…DU is now 63-7 all-time at the Student Center…The .431 shooting percentage is the lowest for the Panthers in a win this season…All but two players that played posted points tonight

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