ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. – The No. 8-ranked Indiana Tech women's basketball team extended its record-setting winning streak to 16 games on Saturday afternoon as they overcame a 15-point second half deficit to defeat Rochester, 69-65, at Garth Pleasant Arena.
 
DeAnn Kauffman led all players with a career-high 26 points off the bench while adding four rebounds and two steals. Haley Cook poured in 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists while Keanna Gary notched her 19^th double-double of the season with 14 points and 13 rebounds.
 
The host Warriors controlled the game early as they started off the game on a 9-2 run. Tech countered back with a couple of quick spurts to cut the deficit down to three, but Rochester responded with a 7-0 run to make it a 18-8 game with 2:21 to play in the first.
 
Trailing 18-13 after 10 minutes of play, the visiting Warriors started the second on a 5-0 run to tie the game up at 18 at the 7:10 mark. Rochester used a 14-0 run and a 5:01 scoring drought to take a 35-22 lead into the locker room at the half.
 
Rochester opened the second half with a basket to go ahead 37-22, their largest lead of the game, and the largest deficit Tech has faced all season. A pair of free throws from Gary though, would spark a 15-0 run, with Kauffman scoring eight of the 15 points in the run, to tie the game up at 37 with 4:15 to play in the third. The two sides would trade the lead three times over the last 4:15 of the quarter, but Tech led 47-46 heading into the final quarter of regulation.
 
The Orange and Black extended their lead to six at 52-46 with 8:46 to play in the fourth, but Rochester battled back to cut the lead down to one at 55-54 just over two minutes later. Tech took a 61-56 lead at the 4:34 mark following a free throw from Bella Lozano-Dobbs and a three from Kauffman, but the Warriors wearing crimson and white would go on a 7-2 run to tie the game up at 63-63 with 2:11 to play following a triple from Maddy Valko.
 
A pair of free throws from Lozano-Dobbs gave Tech the lead on their next possession, but Rochester came right back with a basket of their own to tie it up. The Warriors wearing orange and black would come up with a steal with 17 seconds to go and Kauffman calmly sank a pair of free throws with 11 seconds on the clock to put the visitors ahead for good. Cook would sink a pair of insurance free throws while Rochester missed a pair of three-pointers and Tech came away with the 69-65 win.
 
Tech (25-2, 16-1 WHAC) returns to action next Saturday as they host the University of Northwestern Ohio on Senior Day. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. from the Schaefer Center.