FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The No. 17-ranked Indiana Tech women's basketball team defeated Rochester University 102-63, Monday night inside the Schaefer Center in the team's final regular season game of the season.
Emma Tuominen had a career-high 24 points on 11-16 shooting while adding seven rebounds and three assists while
Taya Andrews had 19 points, three assists and two rebounds.
Kyra Whitaker had 16 points and five assists while
Erika Foy had 12 points, nine rebounds and five assists.
Bethany Worm chipped in 12 points, six rebounds and two assists.
The Warriors shot a blistering 59.7% from the floor, their second-best shooting night of the season while going 11-18 (.611) from three-point range, the second-best mark of the season and their best percentage when shooting over 10 three-pointers in a game.
Tech raced out to a 6-0 lead before extending it to 13-4 at the 3:41 mark of the first quarter. Rochester made a late run with back-to-back three-pointers to end the period, including one from just inside half court as the horn sounded to cut the deficit to 23-15.
The second quarter could have been nicknamed the
Kyra Whitaker quarter as the senior guard scored 14 points, matching Rochester's total for the period, on 5-6 shooting and going 3-4 from downtown. She went on a 9-0 run by herself from the 2:44 mark to the 1:52 mark that extended the lead to 48-24 while the hosts entered the locker room leading 52-29.
The third quarter was
Taya Andrews time to shine as the Summit City native went 5-6 from the floor en route to 12 points as the Warriors continued to churn on all cylinders with 21 points in the period while they went on a 9-2 run to end the quarter leading 73-46. The Warriors didn't let up on the pedal at all in the fourth as they poured in 29 points with
Laney Steckler pouring in nine points on three shots from behind the arc, with her last one pushing Tech over the century mark.
Tech (27-2, 19-1 WHAC) now awaits its first opponent in the WHAC Tournament, which begins next Tuesday in the Schaefer Center.
