The Purdue Northwest Men's Basketball team dropped a scrappy road GLIAC game at Davenport on Saturday afternoon, 72-63.
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (10-9,4-5), Davenport (7-11,4-4)
- Location: DU Student Center - Grand Rapids, Mich.
- Attendance: 133
Inside The Numbers
- Junior Dalton Gayman (Nevada, Kans./Nevada) led the Pride with 16Â points off the bench and grabbed nine rebounds with two steals.
- Graduate student Brendan Temple (Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County)Â added 14 points with nine boards and two blocks.
- Senior Kai Steinman (Champaign, Ill./Ben Davis) chipped in eight points during the game
- As a team, the Pride finished the contest shooting 23-of-52 (44.2%) from the floor and went 6-of-22 (27.3%) from the three-point line.
- Marcedus Leech Jr. led Davenport scoring a game-high 20 points with four rebounds.
- As a team, the Panthers ended the game going 24-of-58 (41.4%) from the field and shot 8-of-20 (40.0%) from deep.
The Breakdown
- The Pride started the game scoring the first four points but then Davenport scored the next eight to take a 8-4 lead in the first four minutes.
- The Panthers then went on a 12-6 run to take a 20-10 advantage with less then twelve minutes left until halftime.
- Purdue Northwest returned with a 12-3 run to cut their deficit to 23-22 with seven minutes remaining in the first half.
- Davenport then responded with several spurts for the rest of the first half to take a 39-30 lead heading into halftime.
- The Pride started the second half with a 11-3 run to trim their deficit to 43-41.
- From there, both teams continued to battle it out trading baskets and leads for the majority of the second half.
- With scored tied 63-63 and two minutes remaining the Panthers ended the game on a 9-0 run to seal the win in the end, 72-63.
- The Pride's bench came to play outscoring Davenport's, 30-9.
- Purdue Northwest held an advantage in second chance points, 12-5.
- Davenport ended with a slight edge in points in the paint, 30-28.
- The Pride outrebounded the Panthers, 41-35.
- There were a total of 14 lead changes during the contest.
Game Quote from Head Coach Boomer Roberts:
"Coming Soon."
Up Next
- The Pride return to home action when they host Saginaw Valley State in GLIAC action for "The Mane Event" on Thursday, February 1. Tip-off is set for 7:00 PM CT at John Friend Court with doors opening at 4:00 PM CT.
