ANN ARBOR, MI - The Villa Maria College Vikings had six players in double-figures but were unable to secure a season-opening victory as they fell to the Marygrove College Mustangs 102-91 on Saturday evening.

Villa (0-1, 0-0) was led by junior Justin Stokes (Buffalo, NY/Middle Early College) who scored 17 off the bench on 8-of-13 shooting. Sophomore Dominic Douglas (Bainbridge, GA/Bainbridge) scored 14 points on just seven shots.  He also pulled down six rebounds and came up with six steals. 

The Vikings outscored the Mustangs 61-51 in the second half and shot 52.4 percent for the game.  Marygrove (1-1, 0-0) shot nearly the same field goal percentage (52.3%) but made eight threes compared to just three for Villa.

Sophomore DeJaun Owens (Buffalo, NY/Tapestry) scored 13 points for Villa while freshman Gerald Bibbs (Buffalo, NY/Oracle) had 12.  Freshman Eric Waters (Buffalo, NY/Oracle) and Julius Allen (Buffalo, NY/Oracle) each netted 11 in their debuts.  Allen provided the needed spark to get the Vikings back in the game in the second half.

Nate Taylor led the way for Marygrove with a double-double, scoring 27 points and securing 13 rebounds.  

The Vikings are back in action Sunday evening when they take on Concordia University at 5 p.m.  Follow the Vikings on Twitter (@villavikings) for updates.