Box Score MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Crusaders nearly pulled off their first conference victory of the season, missing an opportunity to tie the game in the closing seconds of a 49-47 loss to the MSOE Raiders on Tuesday evening. MSOE started on a tear, scoring the first 13 points of the game and owning 20-9 [Continue Reading...]
Box Score RIVER FOREST, Ill. – The Dominican Stars shot 56% from the field and nearly 80% from the free-throw line en route to an 87-66 win over the Maranatha Crusaders on Saturday afternoon. Dominican carried a lead for almost the entire game, starting at 12-7 to open the period. A three-pointer by senior guard Matthew McGivern [Continue Reading...]
Box Score PLYMOUTH, Wis. – The #1 ranked Lakeland Muskies proved too much for the men’s basketball team in a 95-65 loss on Thursday evening. The Muskies spoiled the return of a full Maranatha squad with all starters in the lineup after nearly two months. Sophomore center Brett Cashner (Urbana, Ill.) was back in the [Continue Reading...]
Box Score WATERTOWN, Wis. – Joel Borchardt scored his 1,000th career point, but was upstaged by the Wisconsin Lutheran Warriors, who waited until the final minutes of the game to pull away from Maranatha, 64-53 on Saturday evening. After falling behind 32-17 in the first half, Maranatha hit two three’s, and several free-throws capped [Continue Reading...]
WATERTOWN, Wis. – Seniors Joel Borchardt and Autumn Peotter were named men’s and women’s basketball Northern Athletics Conference Student-Athletes of the Week for December 10-16. In a 75-69 loss to Concordia Chicago, Borchardt scored 30 points, and grabbed 11 rebounds. The 6-6 forward shot 42% from the field and chipped in three steals and two [Continue Reading...]
Box Score WATERTOWN, Wis. – It took the final minutes of the game for the Concordia Chicago Cougars to pull away from the Crusaders in a 75-69 win on Saturday afternoon. Maranatha held a lead for a majority of the first half, including a 13-3 lead on a jumper by senior forward Joel Borchardt (Watertown, [Continue Reading...]
WATERTOWN, Wis. – Senior point guard Matthew McGivern (Milwaukee, Wis.) was named NCCAAII Scholar-Athlete for the week of December 3-10. McGivern averaged 8.5 points, 5.5 assists, 3.5 rebounds and shot 42% from 3-point range in Maranatha’s contests against Edgewood and Concordia Wisconsin. The senior guard helped Maranatha carry a 30-28 lead over perennially top-ranked, Concordia [Continue Reading...]
Box Score MEQUON, Wis. – The Crusaders never trailed in the first half against Concordia Wisconsin, but the Falcons passed Maranatha in the second half with a 67-49 win. Maranatha opened up as much as much as a 13-point lead in the first half on a layup by sophomore guard Tanner Moses (Lodi, Wis.), and [Continue Reading...]
Box Score MADISON, Wis. – The Edgewood Eagles simply overwhelmed a fatigued Crusader team on Thursday evening with a 66-45 win to give Maranatha its second conference loss. Senior point guard Matt McGivern hit two three-pointers early and senior forward Joel Borchardt (Watertown, Wis.) hit a jumper as Maranatha stuck with the Eagles in a [Continue Reading...]
Box Score LANSING, Mich. – Maranatha won its second game in a row against Great Lakes Christian College on the efforts of sophomore guard Andrew McKinney (St. Charles, Iowa) and senior forward Joel Borchardt (Watertown, Wis.). The game needed an extra period, and almost a second, when both teams remained tied at 73-73 with seven seconds [Continue Reading...]