ALLENDALE, Mich. -- Michigan Tech overcame a 15-point second half deficit to upset #6 Grand Valley State, 64-59, tonight in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's basketball action at the GVSU Fieldhouse. Freshman Katie Wysocky made layups on three straight Tech possessions late in the game, and Alicia Schneider and Jenna Bartels iced the Huskies' win at the free throw line.

Grand Valley State expanded a one-point halftime lead to 15 points (44-29) by the 14:45 mark of the second stanza. The Huskies answered with a 12-0 run spurred by two three-pointers from Bartels to cut the deficit to 44-41 just three minutes later.

Schneider's jumper tied the contest at 48-all with 5:55 to play, but the Lakers took the lead right back on a three-pointer from Erin Cyplik. MTU then scored nine consecutive points including four straight from Wysocky to lead, 57-51, at the 1:35 mark. Cyplik hit another triple to make it a three-point game before Wysocky cashed in on an offensive rebound and putback with 48 seconds to go.

Schneider drained three-of-four free throws in the final 33 seconds and Bartels made it a two-possession game at :07 with a pair of foul shots to ice the win.

"I'm really happy for our players," said head coach John Barnes. "They showed a lot of grit to bounce back from the big deficit. Then they made the plays when they had to at the end."

Tech overcame 19 turnovers by shooting 53 percent from the floor and holding GVSU to 34 percent. The Huskies also knocked in 50 percent (4-of-8) of its tries from behind the arc.

Sarah Stream tied for game-high scoring honors with 19 points on 6-of-9 shooting. Bartels notched 15 points and seven rebounds, while Wysocky had a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.

MTU's starting five accounted for all 64 of the team's points. Lena Widman was the Huskies' fourth player in double digits in points with 13. Schneider had seven points, and also made a big contribution on the defensive end by holding GVSU's leading scorer Crystal Zick (17.3 ppg) to just two points.

The win was the fifth straight for Tech and its ninth in the last 10 games. The Huskies are now second in the GLIAC North Division standings behind Lake Superior State.

Michigan Tech will return home for a three-game stand beginning Saturday (Jan. 6) to host Upper Peninsula rival Lake Superior State. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Notes: Stream has scored 19 or more points in four of her last five games and is averaging 17.6 per game since Dec. 16 ... Tech's win in Allendale was its first over Grand Valley there since Feb. 26, 2004. The Huskies have won six of the last nine games with the Lakers.