Box Score

Quick Box 1st 2nd OT Final UM 26 37 -- 63 DU 40 44 -- 84 Team Stats DU UM Rebounds 35 23 Assists 13 8 Steals 7 8 Blocks 4 1 FG % 52.0 39.0 3-Pt FG % 37.5 29.4 FT % 56.3 62.5 Leaders DU UM Points    23 - Burnett 13 - 2-tied Rebounds 10 - Burnett 5 - 2-tied Assists 4 - Burnett 4 - Kennedy Steals 2 - 2-tied 4 - Throgmorton Blocks 3 - Davis 1 - Cole

Site: Grand Rapids, Mich. (DU Student Center)
Score: No. 9 Davenport 84, UM-Dearborn 63
Records: DU (24-5, 17-4 WHAC), UM (8-21, 5-16 WHAC)
Next DU event: Saturday, Feb. 22 – vs. Siena Heights – 3 p.m.
 
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Dominez Burnett became the fastest player in school history to reach 1,000 career points as he posted 23 on the night to lead the No. 9 ranked Panthers to an 84-63 victory over UM-Dearborn. Burnett hit the milestone in game number 60 to help DU improve their overall record to 24-5 and 17-4 in league play. Davenport will host Siena Heights in the regular season finale on Saturday at 3 p.m. when they will celebrate senior day.

Dominez Burnett is now in elite company at Davenport as he becomes just the fourth player in program history to reach the 1,000 point milestone. The sophomore from Flint, Mich. poured in 23 on Wednesday night and now has 1,011 in his two years in a Panther uniform. Also reaching double-figures for DU were Kevin Rich with 17 and JaVontae Ford with 12.

After a slow start to the opening half that saw just 27 points scored in the first 10 minutes, DU broke it open with a 10-0 spurt while holding the Wolverines scoreless for over five minutes to lead 32-21. Five different players scored during the run with John McCloud finishing off the run with a pretty feed from Dominez Burnett. The lead grew to as many as 17 but a late three by UMD made the score 40-26 in favor of the Panthers at the break.

The second half opened with the Wolverines hitting a three-pointer on their first three possessions but DU got solid play from Kevin Rich and Braima Hai to keep the lead above the eight point mark and eventually they upped it to 20 (81-61) on a layup from Brendan Cooper with just over two minutes to play.

Davenport finished the night shooting 59.3% from the field which is the second highest of the season for the Panthers while the limited the Wolverines to just 36.7% which marks the sixth straight game DU has held its opponent under 40%. DU held a 43-27 edge on the glass while posting 11 of those on the offensive glass.

Davenport will finish the regular season on Saturday when they welcome in Siena Heights for a 3 p.m. matchup.

Post-Game Notes
The quickest to 1,000 career points before Dominez Burnett did it in 60 was JaVontae Ford with 79 games…Burnett is the fourth player in school history to go over 1,000 points joining Ford, James Nelson and Nathan Cox to do so…DU ups its record to 13-4 when ranked No. 9 in the Top-25 poll all-time…The seven game winning streak is the longest of the season for the Panthers
 
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