SOUTHFIELD--Host Lawrence Tech employed a balanced offense with five scorers in double-digits, controlled the glass and had its best shooting performance of the season in a 105-66 dismantling of Great Lakes Christian College in a non-conference men's basketball contest at the Don Ridler Field House on Friday night.

The Blue Devils are on a five-game winning streak and 13-7 overall, setting a modern-day program record in the former and tying another in the latter (LTU also had 13 wins in 2019 and last season). The Crusaders fall to 9-8 on the season.

Lawrence Tech Highlights

• Senior Brandon Beavers had game highs of 20 points (8-10 FGs), nine rebounds and three steals.
• Junior Cameron McEvans came off the bench to tie Beavers with 20 points on 8-for-11 field goal shooting.
• Senior Nathaniel Ward had 10 points, five rebounds and a game-high four assists, with two steals.
• Classmate Alejandro Gonzalez scored 14 points on four treys and he had six rebounds.
• Junior Ioannis Giannoultsis (4 points, 5 rebounds) also had four assists against zero turnovers.
• Classmate Aaron Dolny chipped in 10 points.

Great Lakes Christian Highlights

• Darien Banks led the team with 15 points, followed by NaQuan Williams-Day with 14 and Kevin Wright Jr. had 13.
• Wright led GLCC with five rebounds and Williams-Day contributed four assists.

How it Happened 

• Lawrence Tech shot 58.2 percent on 39 of 67 field goals (17-for-34 from the three-point line) and outrebounded GLCC 40 to 27.
• The Blue Devils outscored the opponents18-7 on turnovers as GLCC had 15.
• Lawrence Tech also had a deeper bench outscoring GLCC 47-16.
• The Crusaders actually enjoyed a four-point lead on Williams-Day's layup to make it 10-6 with 17 minutes and 15 seconds left in the first half.
• After the teams traded points over the next three minutes, Beavers had a driving layup to put LTU in the lead for good at 14-13 with 14:25 to go.
• That ignited a 16-6 scoring run to put the Blue Devils up 30-19 at the 9:08 mark. Dolny had six points to lead that outburst.
• Lawrence Tech was never seriously threatened after that, eventually building a 53-27 lead at halftime.
• In the second half, LTU wouldn't let GLCC get under 24 points of the lead.
• Shamar Mathews' (8 points) layup with 6:19 remaining put LTU at the century mark, 100-56.

Beyond the Boxscore

• GLCC is a member of the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association and based in Lansing.
• Lawrence Tech leads the all-time series 3-0, and the schools were meeting for the first time since five years ago on this very date.
• The last time LTU eclipsed 100 points was on Jan. 25, 2019 when the Blue Devils defeated Finlandia, 100-77
• The Blue Devils recorded their largest margin of victory tonight.
• Lawrence Tech is defeating opponents by an average score of 87-64 in its last five outings.
• The 17 treys are one shy of the LTU single-game record, tied earlier this season.

Up Next

• Lawrence Tech returns to Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference action at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when it hosts Aquinas here at The Don.