SOUTHFIELD--Sophomore Gracie Bobo scored a career- and team-high 15 points on five treys as the Lawrence Tech women's basketball team picked up its first win of the season over visiting Cleary, 58-36, in a Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference game at Don Ridler Field House on Saturday. The Blue Devils improve to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in the WHAC, while the Cougars are 0-4 on the season after their conference opener.

Lawrence Tech Highlights

• Junior Maggie Long added 10 points and two steals.
• Senior Jade Faris (6 points) pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds and dished three assists.
• Sophomore Kate Jacobs (7 points) tied Faris with a game-high three assists while contributing eight rebounds and three blocked shots.

Cleary Highlights

• Amy Jackson scored a game-high 16 points while getting three rebounds.
• Mileisha Rodriguez (5 points) led the squad with six rebounds and swatted away two blocks.
• Taedom Stein (4 points) led all student-athletes with four steals, paced the team with three assists and had five rebounds.

How it Happened 

• Lawrence Tech used its depth to outscore the Cleary bench 33 to 3.
• The Cougars were held to just a .189 field goal percentage (10-53).
• The Blue Devils dominated the glass by outrebounding the visitors 51-35, getting 10 second-chance points.
• Lawrence Tech, which never trailed, started the game on a 14-2 run in the first five minutes, culminating with five consecutive points by freshman Liv Linden on a pair of free throws and a three-point field goal.
• The home team led 16-10 after the first quarter and 32-19 at the intermission, and was never threatened.

Beyond the Boxscore

• Cleary is in its first year of sponsoring women's basketball as a varsity sport.
• The 36 points allowed tonight are the fewest since LTU beat Madonna, 121-39, on Jan. 23, 2019.

Lawrence Tech will complete a five-game homestand to start the season on Tuesday (5:30 p.m.) against WHAC opponent Michigan-Dearborn at the DRFH.