FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The No. 3-ranked Indiana Tech women's basketball continued their historic season on Saturday as they defeated Lawrence Tech, 51-45, in Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) action inside the Schaefer Center and notched their 20^th consecutive victory to match the program record set by the 1991-92 team. The win streak is the longest current streak in the NAIA.
 
Bella Lozano-Dobbs had a team-best 12 points to go along with seven rebounds and five assists. Kendall Knapke grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds while adding seven points and three steals. Alexis Hill chipped in nine points, three assists and two rebounds while DeAnn Kauffman had seven points, four rebounds and three blocks.
 
Tech jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the first five minutes of the game and didn't allow the Blue Devils to get on the scoreboard until the 4:41 mark. The Warriors stifling defense limited LTU to just 2-18 shooting in the first quarter while they held a 12-5 advantage at the end of the period. The Orange and Black grew their lead to 13 points late in the second quarter following a 6-0 spurt and took a 25-14 lead into the half. Tech held the Blue Devils to just 6-31 shooting (19.4%) in the first 20 minutes of play.
 
The visitors came out of the locker room with a fire lit under them as they outscored the Warriors 22-6 in the third quarter and held them to just 3-15 shooting (20%) in the period. A 7-0 one for the Blue Devils gave them their first lead of the game at 30-29 with 1:57 to play in the period. Lozano-Dobbs put Tech back ahead on their next possession with a layup, but LTU knocked down back-to-back three-pointers to take a 36-31 lead into the final quarter.
 
Lawrence Tech grew their lead to as many as six points twice in the fourth, but a three from Kyra Whitaker sparked an 11-1 run for Tech. Whitaker hit another jumper on the fast break while Kauffman nailed a jumper with 3:16 to go in the game to knot the game up at 32-32. Kauffman then found Lozano-Dobbs all alone behind the three-point line and the senior captain nailed her third triple of the game with 1:26 left to put the Warriors ahead 45-42.
 
After a free throw from Kauffman made it a four-point game with 24 seconds to play, the Blue Devils broke a 6:22 scoring drought with a pair of free throws from Nicole Buckingham to make it a one-possession game, but Tech went 5-6 from the charity stripe in the final 20 seconds to ice the game away and extend their win streak to 20 games.
 
Tech (21-1, 13-0 WHAC) returns to action on Wednesday, January 23 as they host the University of Northwestern Ohio in conference action. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. from the Schaefer Center. The game will also serve as team's Suits and Sneakers Game to benefit Coaches vs. Cancer.