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Davenport University Athletics

DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PANTHERS
Kevin Rich
75
Winner Aquinas AQM 11-5, 7-1 WHAC
62
Davenport DUMB 13-3, 7-1 WHAC
Winner
Aquinas AQM
11-5, 7-1 WHAC
75
Final
62
Davenport DUMB
13-3, 7-1 WHAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Aquinas AQM 33 42 75
Davenport DUMB 31 31 62

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Saints Gain 75-62 Road Win at DU

Kevin Rich scored a career-high 25 points for the Panthers

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The visiting Saints of Aquinas College made all the big shots when to mattered the most and left the DU Student Center with a 75-62 win over No. 3 Davenport on Saturday afternoon. The No. 24 Saints led 33-31 at halftime and then shot 51.7 percent in the second half including 4-of-8 from behind the arc to hand Davenport their largest margin loss of the season. The shooting of redshirt junior Kevin Rich kept the Panthers in the contest in the second half as he finished with a career-high 25 points and shot 8-of-11 in the second half with 19 points including three triples. Aquinas junior Jake Bullock had some magic of his own with 25 points and six assists and scored 17 points in the second half. Davenport senior Dominez Burnett finished with 17 points but went 13:03 of the second half before scoring his first point after 11 points in the first half. He missed about five minutes early in the second half with blood on his jersey and needed to get a new one.

Aquinas led most of the contest (26:57) while the Panthers led for just 3:06 of the game. The game was also tied for 9:56 with a total of 10 ties and seven lead changes. The Panthers grabbed a lead early in the second half and the game was later tied 41-41 with 15:09 remaining. The pivotal run came from Aquinas who went 13-0 over the next four-plus minutes to start pulling away. Frank DeVos, Bryan Mitzner, Bullock, Rashaud Orange and Zac VanBeek all scored with the last three baskets coming from long range. DU got no closer than seven points from that point down 56-49 with 8:35 to play. The Saints held a 39-26 advantage on the boards and scored 13 second-chance points. Aquinas did a good job of limiting the Panther transition game with DU scoring just four fast-break points. Davenport shot 40.7 percent including 48.1 percent in the second half. Aquinas went 28-of-54 from the floor (51.9) and 12-of-16 (75.0) at the foul line. Davenport managed to shoot a season-low nine free throws and made seven of them. Braima Hai finished with a team-high six assists in 23 minutes.
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