GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Davenport women's basketball team has allowed 51.6 points in 13 games played this season. Although it was an exhibition game for the second-ranked Panthers, they held NCAA Division I Green Bay to just over that amount in a 53-40 loss at the Phoenix's Kress Events Center Saturday.
 
Despite the loss, the Panthers held the Phoenix (10-3) to a season-low in points scored, matching the same number then-No. 3 UCONN allowed in Green Bay's 89-53 defeat to the Huskies late November. Green Bay averaged 69.7 points going into the game against the Panthers.
 
Both teams had identical numbers on paper. They both shot 35.6 percent from the field and had made six from 3-point range. Green Bay had a 17-14 advantage in turnovers but dominated the rebounding department 44-29 overall, 18-6 offensively.
 
Daina Grazulis led the effort for the Panthers with 13 points while Kayleigh VanKeulen finished with 11.
 
Merhrynn Kraker led the Phoenix with 14 points and went to the glass seven times. Sam Terry also added a dozen points off the bench for Green Bay.
 
Davenport got off to a cold start offensively, going 0-for-9 within the first eight minutes of play. But a Brittany Johnson layup set up a 13-2 run and bring the Phoenix's lead to 16-13 with six minutes left in the first half. A late Green Bay run, however, allowed the Phoenix to take a 24-13 lead at halftime.
 
The Phoenix led by as many as 18 with 4:47 left but the Panthers did bring it down to 10 in the next 2:36.
 
The Panthers go back on the record and will finish the 14 remaining regular-season games in Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference play starting with Marygrove Monday at 6 p.m. It is also the first of three games road games played on the upcoming week.
 
Women's Basketball Contact: Rick Hoskin | 616-871-6180 | rhoskin@davenport.edu
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