ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Bouncing back with a statement was the Lawrence Technological University women's basketball team who ended up on top of  the Concordia University Ann Arbor Cardinals 79-59 on Wednesday night despite two weak quarters. Highlighting the night was Danielle Hanson's 1000th point in her career as a Blue Devil. To start the game, she was just a single point away from achieving the elite society, and ended the game with a double double.

PLAYER AND TEAM HIGHLIGHTS

• Danielle Hanson grabs a double double, with 16 points and 16 rebounds
• Hanson Also hits her 1000th point in her first shot of the game
• Kylee Batey came off the bench to play, also hitting 16 points
• Kendall Fisher grabbed 9 assists
• The team went 50% from both the field goal range and the three point range
• The team had 18 total assists on the night, doubling that of the Cardinals
• Defensively, the team grabbed 33 of the 44 total rebounds on the Cardinals end and had 8 blocks
• The Blue Devils only took five free throws on the night, which is low compared to the 13 times the Cardinals went to the line

HOW IT HAPPENED

The first quarter started off neck and neck for the Blue Devils (15-9, 10-4) and CUAA (13-9, 7-6) with each team scoring 20 points. Then, the Blue Devils dialed up the notch both defensively and offensively, grabbing 27 points and limiting the Cardinals to 10 points. This extended the lead to 17 going into the half.

The third quarter nearly mirror the first, but the Cardinals found it within themselves to grab a few more baskets and limited the Blue Devils to their lowest performance in a quarter for that game, a small 13 point quarter, while they grabbed 19 points.

However, going into the fourth 60-49, LTU persisted, grabbing 19 points to the Cardinals 10, sealing their win 79-59.

 Up next, the Blue Devils travel to University of Michigan - Dearborn on Saturday afternoon for their latest WHAC match-up. The game will be live streamed and will have live stats from the Dearborn athletics website, but links can be found on LTUathletics.com.