ALLENDALE, Mich. - The women's basketball team did not have the answer to solve top-ranked Grand Valley State on Sunday afternoon in GLIAC action falling 92-47. The Lakers have won all 13 meetings in the all-time series and improved to 9-0, 3-0 GLIAC while the Panthers are now 5-5, 0-3 GLIAC.
It was tough sledding right from the opening tip as the Lakers scored the first 10 points in 4:05 of game time capped off by an Ellie Droste layup. The Panthers elected to sub out three players and scored their first points on a
Makenna Bryant jumper at the 5:10 mark. The lead for Grand Valley State grew to 22-3 late in the quarter when Bryant hit a three-pointer at the 1:14 mark. The Lakers led 24-6 after the opening quarter.
From there, the lead was maintained at 20-plus points beginning with 7:47 of the second quarter on a Hadley Miller layup. The 92 points were the most surrendered by the Panthers this season and the most since Dec. 9 of last season at Parkside. One glaring stat was points off turnovers in favor of GVSUÂ by a 30-2 margin. DU had 22 turnovers compared to eight for the Lakers.
Mary Liedel scored a team-high 12 points on 5-of-8 from the floor and 2-of-2 behind the arc in 24 minutes off the bench.
Lillee Gustafson and
Makenna Bryant each added 10 points, while Gustafson had a team-high seven rebounds. The Panthers did shoot 54.5 percent in the fourth quarter and finished 35.7 percent from the floor and 6-of-16 from the arc.
