Box Score Rochester, Mich. - The Lawrence Technological University women's basketball team traveled to Rochester to take on the Warriors in WHAC play.
Rochester came away with a 66-52 victory. Elysia Mattos led all scorers with 20 points. Kylee Batey led the Blue Devils with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
How it Happened:
1st Quarter
- Lauren Wynn starts the game off with a jumper, off a Jacara Thompson dime
- Kendall Fisher lays it in to tie the game at two
- Mattos and Batey trade buckets
- Wynn starts a 6-0 run, leading to an LTU timeout
- Following the timeout, Faith Terry makes a free throw then a layup to extend the lead to nine
- Dominique Evans hits one from the stripe to cut it to eight
- Thompson's scoop and score made the Warriors lead 10
- The Blue Devils end the quarter on a 5-0 run, thanks to Jade Faris' layup from Batey and a Batey steal-turned-three
- Rochester leads 17-12 after the first
2nd Quarter
- Fisher's layup cut the deficit to three to open the second quarter
- Free throws by Mattos and Terry extends the cushion to six
- Maggie Long drains one from downtown to whittle it back down to three
- Back-to-back layups gave RU a nine-point lead, forcing an LTU timeout
- Six unanswered by LTU brought the game within four points
- Krystal Rice ends the half with two freebies
- Rochester 36, Lawrence Tech 30 at half
3rd Quarter
- Terry's layup opened the second-half scoring
- Julia Huey knocked down a triple
- Batey's layup-and-one pulled the Blue Devils within two
- Mattos' personal 5-0 run gave RU a 43-36 lead
- Victoria Guardiola finds Hannah Reinhold for three
- Mattos finds Reinhold for another three, forcing an LTU timeout
- Fisher's triple made it a 10-point game
- Reinhold and Gracie Mitchell trade pairs of free throws
- Fisher makes one from the charity stripe to end the quarter
- Rochester leads 54-45 after three
4th Quarter
- The Blue Devils start the fourth with a 6-0 spurt
- Back-to-back layups gave the Warriors a 58-51 lead
- Fisher hits a free throw to cut the deficit to six
- Rochester ends the game on an 8-0 run over the last 3:37
- Warriors defeat the Blue Devils 66-52
By the Numbers
- Rochester outscored Lawrence Tech 30-18 in the paint
- Rochester forced 23 Lawrence Tech turnovers, scoring 18 points off those turnovers
- Lawrence Tech scored 13 points off 16 Rochester turnovers
The Blue Devils (11-14; 7-8) will take on the University of Northwest Ohio Racers on Saturday, January 29 at Don Ridler Field House for a 1 pm tip.