FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The No. 5-ranked Indiana Tech men's basketball team defeated Lawrence Tech, 72-57, on Wednesday evening at the Schaefer Center to improve to 12-0 at home.
 
Darren Groves scored a game-high 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for his eighth double-double of the season while blocking three shots. Dylan Phair and Nic Williams each had 16 points while Scott Schwieterman added nine points and eight rebounds.
 
The Warriors got out to a 9-6 lead at the 16:16 mark in the first half, but in a game that saw seven ties and 16 lead changes, no advantage was ever safe for either side. The Blue Devils took a 12-11 lead with 13:10 on the clock, but a 7-0 run from the hosts gave them an 18-12 advantage just three minutes later.
 
LTU would not be deterred though, fighting back to take a 24-23 lead following a 10-3 run with 4:30 to play until the half. The hosts came right back with back-to-back baskets from Groves and Williams however, to retake the lead and the Orange and Black went into the locker room leading 34-33 thanks to a triple from Phair.
 
The first 10 minutes of the second half continued the back-and-forth affair that was the first half, with neither game gaining more than a four-point advantage. A 12-2 run, started by a runner in the paint from Williams, gave the Warriors a 62-50 lead with 4:49 to play in the game.
 
The Blue Devils were unable to cut the deficit down to single digits though, as the Orange and Black tightened up the defense to close out their regular season home slate with an undefeated record and locked up the number two spot in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC).
 
Tech (24-5, 16-3 WHAC) concludes the regular season Saturday with a visit to Concordia – Ann Arbor. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m. from Concordia Gymnasium.