UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. -- The Michigan Tech women's basketball team walked away from a very defensive-oriented game at O'Neill Arena with a 51-43 victory. The teams combined for 44 turnovers and neither shot better than 32 percent, but the Huskies won to move to 7-1 on the season.

The game was a see-saw affair with the lead changing hands 11 times. Tech held a 23-22 edge at halftime.

The score was knotted at 32 four minutes into the second half before Amanda Sieja and Jenna Bartels hit buckets on back-to-back possessions. The Huskies still had a four-point lead ten minutes later at the 6:27 mark when Sieja connected on another jumper in the paint.

Neither team scored for nearly five minutes until SVSU's Tricia Everett drained a two-pointer. After a Tech miss, the Cardinals had two chances to tie or take the lead. The MTU defense held and Catherine Rottier iced the game with six consecutive makes at the foul line.

Bartels finished with team highs of 16 points and seven rebounds. Rottier added 12 points, five rebounds and five assists.

MTU shot 32.1 percent from the field, but held the Cardinals to 27.7 percent. The Huskies were helped by an 11-of-14 performance at the free throw line.

Michigan Tech will be off until next Saturday (Dec. 17), when it travels to face Findlay in a GLIAC contest.