LIVONIA, Mich. – The Crusaders' Men's Basketball team was back in action for a matchup against the No.25 ranked Warriors of Indiana Tech and the Crusaders would lose steam in the second half as Madonna fell 84-71.  

HOW IT HAPPENED

The entirety of the first half was a back and forth game, and a game of runs nonetheless. Madonna would find themselves up 11-10 thanks to a three-pointer from Mark Mettie. The Warriors would respond with a 28-14 run and the Crusaders would be trailing 38-25 with roughly four minutes to go in the half. That's where things got interesting as the Crusaders would rattle off a 15-0 run to lead 40-38 at the break.

In the second half, it started out more of the same as a back and forth game. With 15:16 remaining Henry Speight made an old-fashioned three-point play to make it a 49-48. After that the warriors would go on a 9-0 to lead 58-48 and would eventually pull away as the Crusaders would fall 84-71. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Speight lead the Crusaders with 17 points and five rebounds
• Deric Murray finished with 14 points, three assists and a block
• Matthew MacLellan would wrap up the contest with 13 points and four rebounds

UP NEXT

The Crusaders will be back in action Wednesday, November 16 as they travel to Grand Rapids, Mich. to take on the Golden Eagles of Cornerstone University at 7:30 PM at Mol Arena. 

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