GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Grand Valley State outscored Davenport by 13, 43-30, in the second half and ended the game on a 13-4 run to oust the Panthers, 79-69, on Saturday afternoon inside the Student Center. Next up, Davenport will play its final home game of the calendar year with a 7 p.m. tip against Aquinas on Tuesday night.

Chris Rollins tied the game high with 23 points on 7-of-14 shooting to go with three assists and three steals. After scoring a personal-best 25 points against Great Lakes Christian, Rollins finished with 20 or more points in back-to-back games for the first time in his career. Playing his first game since Nov. 23 at Hillsdale because of a knee injury, Janeau Joubert came off the bench to score 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting including 2-for-3 from behind the arc. Evan Hines brought down a team-high six rebounds and Jarrin Randall led the team in assists with four.

Grand Valley opened the game with the first six points and Davenport didn't score its first field goal until a Hines triple at the 16:20 mark. Another DU three-pointer, this time by Randall, gave the hosts their first lead, 9-8, with just over 13 minutes to go until the intermission. The first half saw a total of five ties and seven lead changes with the Lakers leading by as many as eight (24-16) and the Panthers going ahead by as many as three (39-36). The second stanza boasted three more ties and another five lead changes. The final time that the advantage changed hands came when Grand Valley's Steven Lloyd made a free throw at the at the 5:16 mark to put his team ahead, 61-60. From there until the final horn, the Lakers outscored the Panthers by 11, 21-9.

Davenport's bench outscored Grand Valley's, 33-12, but the Lakers dominated in the paint, 42-16. The Panthers were also out-rebounded by 14, 40-26, including 31-19 on the defensive glass. Because of that, Davenport finished without any second-chance points to Grand Valley's seven.

Story by: Cooper Weidenthaler