Box Score Southfield, Mich. - The Lawrence Technological University women's basketball team hosted the University of Northwestern Ohio Racers for senior day in WHAC play.
The Blue Devils came away with a 65-41 victory. Erin Scott led all players with 14 points. Maggie Long led the Blue Devils with 13 points on 4-of-8 from deep. Kylee Batey chipped in 11 points. Kendall Fisher, Lawrence Tech's only senior, tallied 10 points, eight assists, and six steals. Fisher reached a milestone of 500 career assists, the first in program history to do such, in the victory.
How it Happened:
1st Quarter
- Ronja Orpo connects from three off a Scott assist to open the scoring
- Following two from the charity stripe from Jade Faris, Kylee Batey drains a triple to give the Blue Devils their first lead of the afternoon
- Julia Huey dishes to Gracie Mitchell to extend the LTU lead to four
- Mar Marata Crespo finds Scott who drills a three to bring the game to 11-10
- Free throws by Huey and Addie Nagel expanded the cushion back to four
- Scott and Long trade threes to end the first
- LTU led 17-13 after one quarter of play
2nd Quarter
- Following a Kimyra McGhee turnover, Nagel hits Batey for a deuce
- Long cashes from deep to extend the lead to nine
- Maddie Downing and McGhee make back-to-back layups, bringing the game within five
- Another Long triple adds to the margin
- Long's third trey of the quarter gave the Blue Devils a 12-point edge
- A 6-0 UNOH rally gave them life, bringing the score to 31-25
- Fisher finds Faris for a last-second layup
- Lawrence Tech 33, University of Northwestern Ohio 25 at half
3rd Quarter
- The first four minutes of the third went scoreless
- Batey's layup-and-a-foul opened the scoring
- Fisher hits from downtown to expand the difference to 14
- Huey hits a three off a Dominique Evans dime to push it to 19
- Fisher got her record 500th career assist, dishing to Evans for a layup, giving the Blue Devils a 21-point advantage
- Kalea Kruser's layup ends the third
- After three, Blue Devils lead 52-33
4th Quarter
- The Blue Devils start the quarter on a 6-0 run over the first five minutes
- Kruser's free throws brought the score to 60-37
- Brenna Bartlett hit a free throw down the stretch
- Fisher nails a three to reach double figures
- Orpo ends the game with two free throws
- LTU defeats UNOH
By the Numbers
- LTU outscored UNOH 19-0 in fastbreak points
- LTU scored 28 points off 23 UNOH turnovers while UNOH was held to six points on 15 LTU turnovers
The Blue Devils (12-14; 8-8) will take on the Cornerstone University Golden Eagles on Wednesday, February 2nd at Mol Arena for a 5:30 pm tip.