FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The No. 9-ranked Indiana Tech women's basketball team extended its winning streak to nine games on Wednesday evening as they defeated Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) foe Rochester, 89-61, at the Schaefer Center.
 
Haley Cook led all scorers with a season-high 29 points, scoring all but two of her points from behind the three-point line as she went 9-15 from downtown and added four assists. Keanna Gary racked up another double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds, giving her 15 on the season. Kendall Knapke would round out Tech's double digit scoring leaders with 17 points and added five rebounds and four assists. Rachel Bell dished out seven assists while Bella Lozano-Dobbs had five.
 
Rochester would take the first lead of the game on their second possession, only to see Tech go on an 11-0 spurt to go ahead 11-2. The visitors would respond with five quick points, but the home Warriors would use another 11-0 run, including two and-one plays from Gary, to close the first quarter on a 15-6 spurt to take a 26-13 lead into the first break.
 
The visiting Warriors would not go down lightly though, battling back to make it a 35-22 game with 5:51 left in the second thanks to a 6-0 run. The Orange and Black would respond quickly with a 14-9 run over the last five minutes of the quarter to take a 49-31 lead into the locker room at the half.
 
The ninth-ranked team in the nation continued to flex its offensive prowess in the second half as they started off the third quarter on an 8-0 run, with Cook hitting back-to-back three pointers in the spurt. The Warriors would go on to outscore Rochester 26-12 in the period while extending their lead to as many as 33 points as they went on to knock off the conference newcomer's, 89-61.
 
Tech (18-2, 9-1 WHAC) returns to action on Saturday as they travel to Siena Heights to begin a two-game road trip. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m. from the SHU Field House in Adrian, Michigan.