HOUGHTON, Mich. — The No. 16 Michigan Tech women's basketball team may have turned in its most complete performance of the season in a 75-39 victory over Ashland today at the SDC Gym. Thanks to six first half 3-pointers from Katie Zimmerman, the Huskies (10-2 overall and 7-0 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) led by 16 at the break. With 23 points from its bench, Tech outscored the visitors by 20 in the second half to defeat the Eagles (9-3, 5-2 GLIAC).

The score was 19-15 with 5:43 left in the half before the hosts closed on a 14-2 run. Zimmerman drained three straight triples during the stretch to send the Huskies into the lockerroom up 33-17.

The margin continued to grow throughout the second half. Three-pointers on three consecutive trips down the floor pushed the gap to 32 with 11:05 to play and seemed to put the game away.

Tech's defense limited the Ashland offense to 39 points — just over half of their average of 74. The Eagles shot 27 percent from the field including 8 percent from behind the arc. Meanwhile, the Huskies compiled 21 assists with just seven turnovers.

"Ashland's a good team that had an off night," said head coach John Barnes. "I think our defense had something to do with that.

"Offensively, we took care of the basketball and found the open person all night."

Zimmerman, who tied a school record with the six 3-pointers, led all scorers with 18 points. Danae Danen added 15 points and four blocks. Katie Wysocky moved over the 600-rebound mark with 12 boards — all in the first half. She also dished out five assists and scored eight points to close within 13 of 1,000 points for her career.

All 11 available Huskies played and 10 scored in the game as Tech's bench outscored AU's 27-9.

Notes: Zimmerman became the seventh different player to make six 3-pointers in a game. The most recent was Maria Schneider who had six 3-pointers at Gannon on Feb. 2, 2006 ... Sarah Stream tied a career high with six assists in the game ... Tech has defeated Ashland by a combined 64 points in the last two meetings between the schools. The Huskies beat the Eagles 81-53 in the GLIAC Championship game at the SDC Gym last March.