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DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PANTHERS
Montrel Oliver Jr.
Walter Cronk
62
Winner Grand Valley St. GVSU 7-8,3-4 GLIAC
60
Davenport Daven 5-10,1-6 GLIAC
Winner
Grand Valley St. GVSU
7-8,3-4 GLIAC
62
Final
60
Davenport Daven
5-10,1-6 GLIAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Grand Valley St. GVSU 36 26 62
Davenport Daven 30 30 60

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Justice Steiner, Manager of Athletic Communications

Panthers Fall Late as Crosstown Showdown Comes Down to Wire

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - In a battle of crosstown rivals, the Davenport University men's basketball team fell by two points (62-60) to Grand Valley State on Thursday evening at the Davenport Student Center.

An emphatic slam by Matyas Vrabel with 3:24 left in the game put the Panthers (5-10, 1-6 GLIAC) in prime position down the stretch leading 60-53. However, the Lakers (7-8, 3-4 GLIAC) ended the game on a 9-0 run to close out the game.

Dylan Smith missed a pair of free throws as DU trailed 61-60 with 11 seconds left, while GVSU split theirs on the other end on the following play. Jovan Tucker drove down the court and found Raishaun Brown in the corner, who then took and missed a shot from three to win the game.

Seven minutes into the first half, GVSU held a 25-10 and controlled the beginning stages of the game. However, DU answered, out-scoring the Lakers 20-6 over the ensuing 8:39, taking a 31-30 lead with just over three minutes to go in the first half. Joey Cabana capped that DU run with a shot from deep to put the Panthers ahead.

Cabana led Davenport in scoring with 19, while grabbing two rebounds and dishing out two assists. Vrabel, Smith and Brown all chipped in with 10 points. 

Montrel Oliver Jr. had a historic defensive performance, finishing the game with six blocks, tying the second most in a single game in school history. The freshman also grabbed four rebounds and scored seven points.

Up Next
The Panthers will head to Chicago, Ill. to take on Roosevelt at 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Goodman Center.
 
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