Wypych and Tormanen record double-doubles
HOUGHTON, Mich. – The Michigan Tech women’s basketball team saw a career-high 24 points from junior Alyssa Wypych as Janie Tormanen recorded a double-double in a 71-65 team effort win over Davenport at the SDC Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.
Wypych shot 7-12 from the field (58.3%), 2-4 from long range and 8-9 from the charity stripe to lead all scorers. Tormanen recorded her second double-double of the season, shooting an efficient 8-11 from the floor, 4-5 from the free-throw line for 20 points while pulling down 11 rebounds, five on the offensive glass. Ella Mason also reached double-figure scoring, finishing with 16 points while going a perfect 5-5 from the free-throw line and 3-6 from deep. The trio combined for
Michigan Tech moves to 9-3 overall and 3-1 in the GLIAC as Davenport drops to 3-9 overall and 1-3 in the loop.
“It was a hard-fought win–we could’ve done a lot of things better, but we ended the first quarter well,” said Tech head coach Sam Clayton. “Overall Janie stepped up for us and did a little bit of everything for us. It was great to see Alyssa come out and look to score.”
In the second GLIAC game in a row, the two teams combined for five points and 1-9 from the field through the media break, with the Huskies holding a 3-2 edge.
Michigan Tech finished the quarter on a 12-0 scoring run with seven points from Tormanen, with two baskets in the paint and an and-one to conclude the run in the first quarter, making it 15-6. Wypych had a long two-pointer and Mason chipped in a trey during the run.
Tormanen continued to provide offense for the Huskies and gave her team the largest lead of the day (19-11) early in the quarter, although Davenport would knock down three 3-pointers to hang around before Soraya Timms found Wypych on a fastbreak to head into halftime leading the Panthers 28-23. Tormanen had a game-high 13 points on 6-8 shooting and six rebounds at the half.
Following the halftime break, both teams utilized the 3-point shot, with Mason knocking down two and Wypych adding one. Davenport got 11 points from Nevah Williams, who hit three of the team’s four triples in the quarter to cut the Huskies’ lead to four points with 2:01 to play in the third.
With 0.5 remaining, Mason drew a shooting foul from the top of the key and made three from the foul line to reclaim a multi-possession lead with a score of 52-45 in favor of the Huskies heading into the fourth quarter.
The Panthers would keep it interesting down the stretch, with a 6-0 run midway through the quarter to cut the Huskies’ lead to one point, following a 3-pointer by Maddie Geers to make it 57-56 with 4:12 to go.
However, the Huskies quickly got layups on their next two possessions before Wypych scored five-straight points, cashing in on two free throws before finishing an old-fashioned three-point play 50 seconds later to give the Black & Gold a six-point cushion with 1:36 to play.
It was a free-throw contest for the final 1:13 as the Huskies saw two free throws made by Wypych and then Timms to ultimately seal the game 71-65 and wrap the opening weekend of the GLIAC play in 2026 with a split.
The Huskies won the rebounding battle 33-30 and shot 87 percent from the free throw line (20-23) and produced 32 points in the paint.
Timms had a game-high six assists to go with six rebounds.
Geers led four Panthers in double-figure scoring with 17 points as Axtell had a team-high seven boards to go with seven points.
Up Next
The Huskies will complete a four-game homestand next week, facing Northern Michigan on Thursday and Ferris State on Saturday.
