Site: Grand Rapids, Mich. (DU Student Center)
Score: No. 9 Davenport 110, Grace Bible College 58
Records: DU (10-2, 5-2 WHAC), GBC (5-7, 4-0 MW)
Next DU event: Saturday, Dec. 21 – vs. No. 14 Bellevue – 7 p.m.
 
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The No. 9 ranked men's basketball team broke one school record while tying a pair of others as they picked up a 110-58 win over visiting Grace Bible College on Monday evening. The win is the fourth straight for head coach Burt Paddock and his team as they improve to 10-2 on the season. The Panthers will travel to Chicago this weekend to compete in the Midwest Tournament hosted by Saint Xavier University where they will open Saturday at 7 p.m. EST vs. No. 14 Bellevue (Neb.).

Early in the first half, Davenport red-shirt senior JaVontae Ford hit a deep 3-pointer to push him over the 1,500 point milestone in his career but that was only the start of a record setting night for the ninth ranked team in NAIA DII. DU would go on to tie school records of 29 assists and 45 field goals made while breaking the school and Student Center record with a .672 field goal percentage.

Davenport scored seven of the first nine points of the contest and had the Tigers reeling early but the visitors from just up the Beltline cut the margin to just three on back to back three-pointers with the shot clock expiring to get the score to 10-7. The 3-point margin was as close as GBC would get however as DU closed out the half on a 40-15 run to lead 50-22 at the break.

The Panthers scored 30 points in the paint in the opening half and shot 60% (21-35) from the field including 50% (5-10) from behind the arc. That would be just a warm up for DU however as the hot shooting got even better in the second.

The margin continued to grow in the final 20 minutes as DU would eventually lead by as many as on a breakaway dunk from freshman John McCloud. Dominez Burnett would join the rookie with a strong flush in the closing half which was part of a game high 23 points from the team's leading scorer.

Davenport finished the game having everyone on the roster play and score and had five different players in double-figures. John McCloud led the team with eight rebounds while Nick Gamble came off the bench to finish with 7 assists. McCloud also had a team high two blocks and DeArmond Davis was the team leader with three steals.

DU connected on 45-67 from the field which tied a school record of FG's made (Great Lakes Christian – 11/5/10) and finished with the same amount of assists (29) as they had against Siena Heights back on February 22, 2012. The DU defense limited the Tigers to a measly 30.4% shooting and just 21.4% from behind the arc.
 
Post-Game Notes
Freshman Cameron Burns scored his first collegiate points tonight…DeArmond Davis set a new career high for FG's made (8) and points (17)…Nick Gamble posted seven assists to break his career high of five assists and it marked the second straight game a freshman had seven assists in a game for DU…JaVontae Ford is now at 1,513 career points and is 250 away from the all-time mark set by James Nelson…The 110 points are the second most in a single game in school history
 
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