Abbie Pietila and Alyssa Wypych combine for 33 points
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. – The Michigan Tech women’s basketball team defeated Lewis 65-49 on Saturday evening at the Justagame Fieldhouse. Five different Huskies scored at least eight points, and the Huskies led for all but 1:47 in the third victory of the week.
“It was another game with new people stepping up,” Tech coach Eric Gruber said. “That’s been the best part of this first week. Yeah, the wins are great, but our ability to win in different ways with different people leading us is going to make us tougher to beat as the year goes on. We really locked in on the defensive end today and that’s what won us the game as a group.”
Tech used an 11-3 run early in the second quarter to build an 11-point lead and led 29-19 at halftime. Claudia Frances had nine points at the half while Abbie Pietila and Dani Nuest each had seven. Both teams shot under 25 percent in the opening 20:00.
The Huskies stretched their lead to as many as 16 with 2:52 to go in the third quarter before the Flyers cut it down to seven with 7:32 left. Abbie Pietila and Alyssa Wypych combined for 14 points in the fourth quarter to keep the game out of reach for Lewis.
Abbie Pietila finished with 18 points, shooting 4 for 7 from the field and 9 for 10 from the free-throw line. Alyssa Wypych made her first appearance of the regular season and added 15 points with six coming from the charity stripe. Dani Nuest and Claudia Frances added nine, while Bella Hanna added eight.
Mallory Romage scored 13 for the Flyers while Megen Sanaj was also in double figures.
Tech hits the road next week to play at Minnesota Duluth on Thursday.
