KENOSHA, Wis. - The Davenport women's basketball team found themselves in a battle into the fourth quarter at Parkside (7-7, 4-2 GLIAC) on Saturday before the Rangers pulled ahead for an 80-66 victory. DU tralied 60-59 with 7:52 left in the game after a jumper by
Scout Nelson. The bad news was that the Rangers outscored the Panthers 20-7 for the rest of the game en route to the conference win. Davenport ended up being outscored 22-9 in the fourth quarter making 3-of-13 from the floor. Parkside shot 7-of-13 from the floor in the final quarter and also made 7-of-10 at the free throw line.
Parkside finished the game shooting 49.2 percent from the floor and came out red-hot shooting 10-of-16 in the first quarter. Davenport had their best shooting quarter in the third going 8-of-14.
Lillee Gustafson recorded yet another double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds and ranks in the top 20 nationally this season in NCAA Division II in double-doubles.
Mary Liedel registered a season-high 18 points off the bench in 29 minutes. She shot 7-of-10 from the floor including 4-of-6 behind the arc. DU improved dramatically from the arc going 9-of-20 after making just one triple on Thursday in the loss at Purdue Northwest.
Makenna Bryant connected on 3-of-5 from deep and finished with nine points in 15 minutes.
Ellie Toney finished with nine points and four rebounds. Reigning GLIAC Player of the Year Alyssa Nelson led all scorers with 22 points and also had three steals for the Rangers. Paty Gallasova was right on her heels with 20 points and also had seven assists and six rebounds.
