Luisa Wiewgorra, Madonna Sports Information

Box Score

Rochester (Mich.) RCMB 12-10, 6-7

Madonna MUMB 15-7, 8-4

Rochester (Mich.) RCMB

12-10, 6-7

Final

Jan. 18, 2019

Madonna MUMB

15-7, 8-4

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Rochester (Mich.) RCMB	43	37	80
Madonna MUMB	26	48	74

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 1/18/2019 10:58:00 PM | Zachary Shore

@MUCrusadersMBB drops first game of 2019

Next Game:

at Lawrence Tech (Mich.)

1/23/2019 | 8:00 PM

Next Game

Full Schedule

Jan. 23 (Wed) / 8:00 PM

at Lawrence Tech (Mich.)

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THE BASICS
Score: #RV Madonna 74, Rochester College 80
Record: MU (15-7, 8-4 WHAC), RC (11-10, 5-7 WHAC)
Location: MU Activities Center - Livonia, Mich.

LIVONIA, Mich. – Playing on Friday night due to potential weather on Saturday and at an unusual time, the Madonna University men's basketball team took awhile to settle in and it proved to be too late in an 80-74 loss to Rochester College.

The Crusaders attempted several 3-pointers early and found themselves down seven until Mark Mettie scored four straight points and KJ Sayer converted a put-back layup to cut the margin to one. A Clarke Lamb lay-in and Dwight Burton jumper capped a 10-2 MU run and gave the Blue and Gold the 17-16 lead. That was the last lead MU had as the Warriors closed the half on a 23-10 run to take a 43-26 lead into the half.

Rochester continued to hit shots and MU struggled to find an offensive rhythm as the deficit grew to 31 points midway through the half. A 10-0 run cut the hole to 20, 70-50, with 6:34 to play, but five straight points by the visitors pushed the lead to 25. A technical foul on RC seemed to turn the tide a big as it sparked MU on a 24-3 run, highlighted by a 4-point play from Joshua Reynolds, to get within four, 78-74, with seven second to play. Unfortunately, the Warriors hit a pair of free throws down the stretch to seal the outcome.

TURNING POINT

The Warriors used a 14-6 run in the final 3:50 of the first half to take a 17-point lead at the half and never trailed in the second half.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Mettie and Burton each finished with 20 points while the former went 7-of-11 from the field and added nine rebounds. Reynolds added 16 points and five boards while Lamb tallied eight boards.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Madonna netted just six 3-pointers in the contest (6-of-30, 20%) while the Warriors netted 10 (10-of-26, 38.5%), which proved to be key in the loss.
Rochester also forced 15 MU turnovers and converted those into 24 points while the Crusaders forced 14 miscues but netted just 17 points off them.
The Blue and Gold made 15 second half free throws with the Warriors attempted just 15 in the final 20 minutes.

UP NEXT

The Crusaders hit the road for their next contest as they travel to Southfield to face Lawrence Technological University on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Live coverage links will be available at www.mucrusaders.com.