St. Bonifacius, Minn. – Crown College welcomed the University of Minnesota Morris to town on a snowy Tuesday night for a UMAC conference game.  The conference leading Cougars proved to be every bit as tough as they appeared as they built a 19 point halftime lead over the Storm.  Crown was able to outscore the Cougars 51-44 in the second half, but winded up losing by a final score of 88-76.

Crown was down only five points at 24-19 before the Cougars closed out the first half on a 20-6 run.  The lead reached to as many as 30 before the Storm rallied to cut the lead to 13 points with 2 minutes to go.  Unfortunately, that would be too little, too late for the Storm.

Desiree Davis led Crown with 26 points, four assists, and three steals on a stellar shooting night.  Jessica Klaustermeier had 18 points as Leah Breakfield and Fiona DeMario also reached double figures with 10 points apiece.