PARKSIDE 69, DAVENPORT 64
The Rangers came up on top versus the Davenport Panthers to earn their first GLIAC win since joining the conference this last July for first-year head coach Jen Conely and the team. Junior Carolina Rahkonen led with season high 22-points and redshirt-senior Blair Arthur controlled the boards for Parkside with nine rebounds.
 
HEAR FROM COACH CONELY
"We got off to a slow start today," Conely said. "But, I'm very proud of how we battled back to earn our first-ever win in the GLIAC."

"I thought it was a total team effort; we had great contributions from our starters and our bench, especially Hannah and Alyssa," Conley added referring to freshmen Hannah Plockelman and Alyssa Nelson.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Panthers won the jump ball to start the game and got onto the scoreboard first, but they weren't able to add more than five points between themselves and the Rangers before Parkside tied the game up in the first quarter. Although the second quarter was very back-and-forth, the Panthers went on a 6-0 run to end the half and take a 37-30 lead into the break.

The Rangers trailed by 10 points less than :10-seconds into the second half, but Parkside was able to close that deficit throughout the quarter, going on a 10-0 run to tie it up at 40-40 with 7:35 to play in the third quarter. The Rangers also went on an 11-3 run as the quarter finished, taking a 55-51 lead into the fourth. As the teams were neck-and-neck the entire game, the fourth quarter followed in fashion. The teams found themselves tied three times in the fourth quarter, with the final one being at 64-64 with 3:27 to play. Parkside ended the game on a 5-0 run and held the Panthers scoreless for the final 3:27 of play.
 
STAT LEADERS

Rahkonen led the team with a season-high 22 points followed by Plockelman, scoring a career-high 12 points to help the team to victory. Rahkonen went a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line. Arthur had nine rebounds followed by Plockelman who earned eight while Nelson delivered four assists.
 
WHAT'S NEXT

Parkside travels to Michigan next weekend as the Rangers will take on Michigan Tech on Thursday, Dec. 6 and Northern Michigan on Dec. 8. The Rangers won't return home until January 2019 when they'll play Northwood in DeSimone on Jan. 3 at 5:30 p.m.