Box Score Southfield, Mich. - The Lawrence Technological University women's basketball team hosted Michigan-Dearborn in WHAC play.
The Blue Devils came away with a 59-47 victory. Kendall Fisher led all players with 27 points. Julia Huey chipped in 16 points, and Kylee Batey lead all players with 13 rebounds.
How it Happened:
1st Quarter
- Jade Faris splits from the stripe to open the game
- Batey banks in a layup
- India Grissom finds Cydney Wiliams from deep to tie the game at three
- Maricela Macias takes it coast-to-coast to take the lead
- Maya Barakat dishes to Williams for another from downtown
- Ro'Zhane Wells' stepback jumper gave the Wolverines a 10-7 lead
- Fisher's five-in-a-row gave the Blue Devils a 12-10 advantage
- Julia Huey and Mariah Taylor trade buckets to end the quarter
- LTU 14, UMD 12 after one
2nd Quarter
- Barakat makes a layup to tie the game, opening the second quarter
- An 11-0 LTU run over the next four minutes gave the Blue Devils a 25-14 lead
- Wells and Addie Nagel trade baskets
- Following a Grissom three, Williams makes three from the line to whittle the LTU cushion to five
- Fisher's bucket-and-one extended the Blue Devils lead to nine
- Mariah Taylor answers with a layup-and-a-foul
- Fisher finds a wide-open Dominique Evans for a last-second layup to end the half
- Lawrence Tech led Michigan-Dearborn 35-27 at halftime
3rd Quarter
- Fisher starts the third with a three off a handoff from Faris
- Fisher hits two from the charity stripe to extend the lead to 13 leading to a Wolverines' timeout
- Out of the timeout, UMD goes on a 6-0 run to bring the game back within single digits
- Fisher makes a free throw then, off an Evans steal, a layup
- Huey hits a three to put the Blue Devils up 11
- Wells makes a couple of free throws to bring the margin within single digits again
- Fisher makes a layup to conclude the third
- Blue Devils 48, Wolverines 37 after three
4th Quarter
- Barakat and Batey trade free throws to bring in the fourth
- Faris makes a layup from Fisher, to extend the lead to 15
- Taylor makes a layup to cut to 13 with 2:14 left
- Taylor drains one from downtown, from Wells
- Fisher finds Huey for a long two-pointer to end the game
- Blue Devils win 59-47
By the Numbers
- Blue Devils out rebounded the Wolverines 41-36
- Blue Devils made more threes (7) than the Wolverines (4) while taking fewer (21-19) attempts
The Blue Devils (15-15; 11-9) will wait for the official announcement for their opponent on Tuesday, February 22nd when they hit the road for the WHAC Tournament Quarterfinals, time TBD.