Box Score Southfield, Mich. - The Lawrence Technological University Blue Devils women's basketball team took on the Rochester University Warriors in a battle of WHAC opponents.
The Warriors sailed by the Blue Devils by the final score of 82-62.
Jade Faris led the Blue Devils with 18 points. Kylee Batey added 13 points and a game-high eight boards. Kendall Fisher tacked on 11 and a game-high nine dimes.
How It Happened:
1st Quarter
- Thompson dishes to Lexey Tobel for three off the opening tip-off to open up the scoring
- Julia Huey and Fisher knock down back-to-back triples to give LTU a 6-3 lead
- Two Thompson free throws followed by a Guardiola jumper would give the Warriors the 11-10 lead
- A Thompson triple gave the Warriors an 18-14 lead
- Hannah Reinhold ended the quarter with a layup
- Warriors led 22-16 after the first
2nd Quarter
- Tobel starts off the second with a trey
- Hannah Erla answered with a triple of her own
- A Thompson freebie ended a combined minute-and-a-half scoring drought
- Dominique Evans follows with a layup to limit the margin to three
- Warriors unleashed a 10-0 run to extend the cushion to 13
- Fisher's layup and a Maggie Long triple limited the damage a bit, bringing the deficit within 10
- Fisher made three layups down the stretch, cutting it to 41-39
- At the half, the Warriors led by two, 41-39
3rd Quarter
- Sanaya Gregory starts the scoring in the third
- The Blue Devils went on a 6-2 run to knot it up at 45
- A 12-0 run for Rochester gave them a lead they would never relinquish
- Rochester led after three, 65-54
4th Quarter
- Reinhold's three expanded the Warrior lead to 14
- Fisher took a hard foul and would miss the remainder of the game
- An Imari Martin layup pushed the lead to 16
- Back-to-back Huey threes diminished the RU advantage to 10
- Rochester uncorked a 9-0 run over the next three minutes
- Natalie Nowakoski trey gave RU an 82-61 advantage
- Paris Robinson made a free throw to end the scoring
- Rochester defeated Lawrence Tech 82-62
By the Numbers:
- Rochester scored 34 points off 24 Lawrence Tech turnovers
- LTU added 19 points of 17 Rochester transgressions
- Rochester had 10 more free throw attempts than Lawrence Tech (18-8)
- Lawrence Tech was held to 2-of-11 (18.2 percent) shooting in the fourth quarter after traling by nine heading into the frame
The Blue Devils (4-6, 3-2) will travel to Adrian this weekend to be a part of the Siena Heights Thanksgiving Classic Tournament, where they will take on Shawnee State on Saturday, November 27 at 2 pm.