Huskies hold second-ranked Lakers to a season-low 60 points
ALLENDALE, Mich. – The Michigan Tech women’s basketball team saw its season end in the GLIAC Tournament Quarterfinals to the No. 2 nationally-ranked Grand Valley State Lakers 60-47, at the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena on Wednesday evening.
“We played so hard all game—we did the things we needed to beat them,” said Tech head coach Sam Clayton. “To only have 16 turnovers is good enough to win but we just didn’t have quite enough. The fact that Kendall gets double-doubles against these types of athletes is special. She has an incredible future ahead of her and I’m super excited for her. As much as it sucks to end this season, we’ve got a lot to build on.”
Isabella Lenz led the team with 15 points, adding four assists and two steals. First-year standout Kendall Standfest capped her freshman campaign with her seventh double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Kozlowska went four-of-four from the field to chip in eight points in 13 minutes.
Michigan Tech (12-17, 9-11 GLIAC) held the No. 2 ranked team in the country, Grand Valley State (30-2, 19-1 GLIAC), to a season-low 60 points and played the Lakers tough with a 6-2 edge in the first three minutes with buckets from Lenz, Standfest and Maja Kozlowska, before trailing by just a basket through the first quarter of play (14-12).
The Huskies held GVSU to 35.7 percent shooting in the second quarter but struggled from beyond the arc (0-of-4) as Kozlowska and Lenz led the way for the Black & Gold with six points, respectively, heading into halftime trailing 28-21. The Lakers used an 8-1 run to end the half with the advantage.
Michigan Tech was held to its lowest scoring quarter in the third, shooting 21.4 percent from the field as the Lakers earned three offensive rebounds and added 17 points in the stanza, taking its largest lead of the day with four seconds to play at 45-28. Rylie Bisballe amassed seven points in the quarter as Abrie Cabana knocked in a triple to end the quarter.
The Huskies outscored GVSU in the finale, going three-of-seven from long range, starting with Emma Anderson on the first possession of the fourth quarter. A 5-0 spurt from the Huskies off a 3-pointer by Alyssa Wypych and a driving layup by Lenz cut the Lakers lead to 14 points with 3:38 to play, as free-throws by Standfest with six seconds to go decided the game at 60-47.
The game concludes the careers of seniors Lenz and Anderson.
