GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Davenport women's basketball team limited visiting Parkside to their season low of 30 percent shooting (21-of-70) and got their first-ever win over the Rangers in 11 chances with a 57-51 victory on Saturday afternoon. The Panthers got their first win of 2025 and snapped a seven-game losing skid to start the new year. Davenport is currently 4-14 overall and 2-8 in the GLIAC. The Rangers dropped their second game of the week after falling at Grand Valley State on Thursday. UWP is now currently in fourth place in the GLIAC standings (6-4) and are 11-6 overall.
Both teams scored 13 points in the first quarter. The Rangers had their best shooting quarter of the game at 46.2 percent (6-of-13) while the Panthers shot 41.7 percent (5-of-12). The Rangers would take a three-point lead (27-24) into halftime and then the game turned in favor of Davenport. DU outscored Parkside 33-24 in the second half and limited the Rangers to 9-of-41 shooting overall (22 percent) including a paltry 2-of-15 from behind the arc.
The third quarter was the best shooting stanza for the Panthers going 50 percent from the floor at 6-of-12. The Rangers actually led for more time in the contest at 21:28-16:00 and the game featured four ties and seven lead changes. One telling stat was that Davenport, coming in averaging 69 percent at the free throw line, shot 86.4 percent connecting on 19-of-22 from the foul line.
Davenport got a double-double from senior
Lillee Gustafson with 12 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. She now has 24 career double-doubles and three this season. Gustafson also has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in three of her last four games. Junior
Ellie Toney led DU with 15 points going 5-of-9 from the floor. She also had three blocked shots and two steals.
Nevaeh Williams scored in double figures for the eighth time this season with 13 points including 7-of-8 at the free throw stripe. Williams also led the team with three steals and also had three assists.
