UWM vs University of Detroit Mercy

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Preview: UWM women vs. Detroit

Posted: Jan. 28, 2004

Teams: UW-Milwaukee Panthers (7-10, 4-3 Horizon) vs. Detroit Titans (9-8, 6-1).

When: 7 p.m. Thursday.

Where: Klotsche Center, Milwaukee.

Radio: WMCS-AM (1290).

Coaches: UW-Milwaukee's Sandy Botham (eighth season, 119-94 .550) and Detroit's Mickey Barrett (first season, 9-8, .529).


Dan Manoyan's preview coverage continues at:

www.jsonline.com/sports/coll/jan04/203433.asp

From the Jan. 29, 2004 editions of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Box Score: UWM 49, UDM 47
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Drummond's Three Propels UWM To 49-47 Victory
Panthers erase four-point halftime deficit[/color]

Jan. 29, 2004

MILWAUKEE - If you ever want to lead a basketball game, there's no better time than when the final buzzer sounds. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's basketball team found that out here Thursday (Jan. 29) as a Nichole Drummond three-pointer with 32 seconds left propelled UWM to a 49-47 Horizon League victory over the University of Detroit-Mercy. The basket gave the Panthers their only lead of the game as they improve to 8-10 overall and 5-3 in Horizon League play. With the loss, Detroit (9-9, 6-2) falls out of the top spot in the league race.

"This was a big win for us," UWM head coach Sandy Botham said. "We were able to take care of business at home and beat the league's first place team. We stayed calm, kept out composure and pulled it out in the end."

Neither team will make a highlight film out of the first half as Detroit took just a 19-15 lead into the break. UDM scored the first eight points of the game before Milwaukee finally broke through on a Molly O'Brien jumpshot with 11:07 remaining in the half. The Panthers missed their first 14 shots of the half and 20 of their first 21 before finally getting on track.

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Guard shows no fear
Three-pointer lifts UWM past Detroit[/color]

By DAN MANOYAN
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Posted: Jan. 30, 2004

Nichole Drummond had attempted just 1 three-pointer all night and had converted just one of her first seven shots, yet there was no hesitation when opportunity presented itself.

With 32 seconds left Thursday at the Klotsche Center, Drummond spotted up and drained a three-pointer to give UW-Milwaukee its first lead of the second half and, more important, a 49-47 victory over Detroit.

"Not at all," replied Drummond, a sophomore guard from Kenosha, when asked if there was any hesitation on her part to launch the winner. "I was open."


DAN MANOYAN's coverage continues at:

www.jsonline.com/sports/coll/jan04/203762.asp

From the Jan. 30, 2004 editions of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel