SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The Davenport women's basketball team scored a season-high 74 points on Wednesday afternoon in the second game of the Drury Tournament against Truman State. However, the Bulldogs scored a season-high 82 points allowed by Davenport this season to send the team to their third straight defeat. The Panthers (1-5) had a great first quarter and led 24-15. The lead grew to as many as 12 points at the 5:57 mark of the second quarter (31-19) after a
Mary Liedel jumper. The Bulldogs then would go on a run for the rest of the quarter to cut the deficit to 36-35 at halftime. It was the second straight game where the Panthers took a lead into the half.
Truman State scored their most points of the game in the third quarter (26) and held the Panthers to 17 points for a 61-53 lead with 10 minutes to go. Truman State shot 57.1 percent in the third quarter and were 7-of-7 from the foul line. Davenport shot 31.6 percent and were 3-of-3 at the charity stripe.
Truman State (3-3) led 77-65 with 1:54 to play, but the Panthers would score the next six points to make it 77-71 with 25 ticks left. The Bulldogs got a couple of free throws and would hold on for the eight-point win. Davenport hit a season-high 12 three's in 34 attempts (35.3 percent).
Makenna Bryant set her career high with 19 points going 7-of-14 from the floor including 4-of-7 behind the arc to set a new career high for three's made.
Jaci Walker recorded her first career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 11 rebounds (five offensive).
Lillee Gustafson and
Mary Liedel led the team with 13 points. Gustafson also contributed five rebounds and two steals. Liedel made three triples and also had four rebounds, three assists, and two steals. The biggest stat of the game was at the free throw line where TSU went 24-of-32 compared to 10-of-16 by the Panthers.
DU will be off now until Saturday, Dec. 2 when they go to Western Michigan University for an exhibition game against the Broncos set for noon at University Arena in Kalamazoo.
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