Milwaukee parlayed 19 Crusader turnovers into 23 points Thursday night as the Panthers recorded a 70-60 win at the Athletics-Recreation Center.
Jasmyn Walker (Muskegon, Mich./Mona Shores) engineered yet another strong game, and Imani Scott-Thompson (Akron, Ohio/Firestone [Dakota College at Bottineau]) added three triples as part of a 13-point effort.
Milwaukee's Jenny Lindner and Steph Kostowicz got the Panthers out to a 15-10 lead with just under two minutes to play in the opening quarter. The Crusaders, however, assembled a 10-0 run over the next five minutes to obtain a 20-15 lead in the second stanza. An Abby Dean (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) fast break lay-in capped the surge and forced Milwaukee head coach Kyle Rechlicz to use a timeout.
UWM's Sierra Ford-Washington wasted no time knocking down a trey out of the huddle to slide the momentum back the visitor's way. Alexis Lindstrom sank a pair of triples in a two-minute span later in the period to allow the Panthers to recapture the lead. Lindner added another three-ball before the end of the first half as Milwaukee closed it on a 10-1 blitz.