HOUGHTON, Mich. - The third quarter was costly for the Davenport women's basketball team in a 76-66 setback at Michigan Tech on Thursday. The Panthers outscored the Huskies in the other three quarters, but were outscored 20-9 in the third. Davenport shot 3-of-11 in the quarter and were just 3-of-10 at the free throw line. Michigan Tech turned a five-point halftime deficit into a six-point lead by shooting 40 percent from the floor and 5-of-5 from the free throw stripe.
Senior
Lillee Gustafson scored 14 points for the game including 12 in the first half. She did not get the ball much in the second half going 1-for-2 from the floor. Gustafson now needs just 14 more points to hit 1,000 in her Davenport career. She was an efficient 7-of-9 shooting and led the team with nine rebounds. Junior
Ellie Toney once again went over 20 points with a game-high 23. She went 10-of-21 from the field and also had eight rebounds and two assists. The Davenport bench was outscored 15-4 with those points coming from
Jaci Walker.
Isabel Lindo added 10 points going 6-of-7 at the charity stripe. Janie Tormanen had a season-high 22 points for the Huskies. She shot 9-of-14 from the field and 4-of-5 at the foul line. MTU finished 42.9 percent overall, while DU shot 46.3 percent but were just 3-of-13 behind the arc.
