MIDLAND, Mich. — A 17-6 run to end the game propelled the Michigan Tech women's basketball team to a hard-fought, 65-59 victory tonight over Northwood at the Bennett Sports Center. Katie Wysocky tallied 20 points and 15 rebounds and several other Huskies turned in clutch performances to push the visitors to 12-3 overall and 5-1 in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play. The Timberwolves fell to 8-5 overall and 4-2 in the league standings with the loss.

Trailing 53-48 with 4:15 to play, Danae Danen kick started the 17-6 run with a three-point play. Katie Zimmerman then drove to the hoop on back-to-back possessions and connected with tough layups both times to give the Huskies a 55-53 lead. The offensive team scored on the next three trips down the floor to leave the score tied at 57.

With under a minute to play and the shot clock running down, senior Catherine Rottier swished an off-balanced, left-handed runner through the paint to put Tech on top for good. Danen then stuffed a Northwood layup attempt and cleared the rebound. Zimmerman drained two free throws with 26 seconds left for a four-point lead.

Four straight free throws from Angela Guisfredi iced the Huskies win.

"I'm glad to get out of here with a win," said head coach John Barnes. "I felt like we made the plays at the end of the game to get the job done. Northwood forces a lot of turnovers, and we kept our turnovers down tonight."

The teams played to a dead heat in the first half. Rebounds, field goal percentage and turnovers were virtually identical in the opening 20 minutes as was the score at 30-all.

For the game, Tech was 44 percent from the field compared to 37 percent for the Timberwolves. The Huskies committed just 13 turnovers and went 13-of-13 for the game at the foul line.

Wysocky was 9-of-12 from the field en route to her sixth 20-point game of the season. Danen finished with 15 points to go with five rebounds and two blocks. Three others had seven points or more including Alicia Schneider who returned from missing the previous five game to tally seven points.

Michigan Tech will continue its road trip at Saginaw Valley State on Saturday (Jan. 12). Tipoff is slated for 1 p.m. at O'Neill Arena.