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Box Score

Madonna MADONNA 0-9, 0-4

Rochester College ROCHESTE 11-2, 5-1

Madonna MADONNA

0-9, 0-4

Final

Dec. 01, 2018

Rochester College ROCHESTE

11-2, 5-1

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Madonna MADONNA	20	2	21	23	66
Rochester College ROCHESTE	19	21	17	20	77

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 12/1/2018 11:37:00 PM | Zachary Shore

Brown’s first double-double not enough for @MUCrusadersWBB in loss to Warriors

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at Cornerstone University (Mich.)

12/5/2018 | 5:30 PM

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at Cornerstone University (Mich.)

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ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. – The Madonna University women's basketball team won three quarters at Garth Pleasant Arena on Saturday afternoon, but a poor second period doomed the Crusaders in a 77-66 loss to Rochester College. The Crusaders fall to 0-9 on the year and 0-4 in Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference play while the Warriors move to 11-2 on the year and 5-1 in league play.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Madonna won the first quarter 20-19, despite a slow start. The home team raced out to a 7-2 lead before Hannah Reinhold scored four straight points to make it 7-6. Sydney Brown and Cierra Von Zittwitz scored the final four points of the period for the early lead.
The Crusaders won the third quarter 21-17 and the fourth, 23-20, but it was a dreadful second quarter that decided the game. The Warriors scored 21 straight points in the period before a Sheldon Bochenek layup with seven second left before the half made it 40-22. Madonna finished the quarter 1-13 from the field while Rochester shot over 50 percent.
To their credit the Crusaders fought back in the second half and a 9-0 run, highlighted by six points from Brown and a 3-pointer from Claire LeRoux, cut the deficit to 10, 74-64, with 1:32 to play, but the Warriors scored three of the final five points for the final margin.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Brown paced the offense with a career-best 20 points and 11 rebounds, her first career double-double
LeRoux netted 15 points while Naomi Davis added 11 and Von Zittwitz poured in 10 to with nine rebounds.
Madonna grabbed 30 rebounds, netted 36 points in the paint, scored 13 points off turnovers and had 13 second-chance points
The Blue and Gold finished 26-of-66 (39.4%) from the field, 6-of-23 (26.1%) from beyond the 3-point arc and 8-of-11 (72.7%) from the free throw line while the Warriors shot 49.1 percent from the floor, 57.9 percent from long range and 52.2 percent from the charity stripe.

UP NEXT

The Blue and Gold continue their 3-game WHAC road trip on Wednesday, Dec. 5 when they visit Cornerstone University at in Grand Rapids at 5:30 p.m.
Live coverage, if available, will be posted at www.mucrusaders.com.