HOUGHTON, Mich. — Katie Wysocky and Sarah Stream both scored career highs in points for the 16th-ranked Michigan Tech women's basketball team, but it was not enough in a 98-91 loss to No. 5 Hillsdale today at the SDC Gym. The visiting Chargers committed just three turnovers and held a 36-25 rebounding advantage to come away victorious in a battle of Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference divisional leaders.

The two teams are now tied with 17-3 league records in the race for home-court advantage in the GLIAC Tournament. If they finish with the same conference slate, the Huskies would have the tiebreaker over the Chargers in virtually every scenario.

Tech never trailed in the opening 20 minutes as it shot 58 percent from the field. The final sequence of plays in the half provided fireworks for the season-best crowd of 1,919 in attendance.

Stream hit an off-balance, double-pump 3-pointer as she was being fouled with 1.8 left on the clock. She made the free throw for a 45-36 Huskies' advantage. Hillsdale answered with a circus play of its own by making a heave from the sideline behind the halfcourt stripe at the buzzer.

Hillsdale quickly erased the 45-39 halftime deficit with a 18-5 run in the first six minutes of the second stanza. The Chargers maintained the lead until a Stream 3-pointer knotted the game at 69 with 8:21 to go. The score remained close until HC's Katie Eckinger pushed the gap to 84-77 with a 3-pointer at 3:34. The Chargers scored at least one point on 11 straight possessions to finish off the game.

"They played great," said head coach John Barnes. "Every one of their players played well and made shots.

We held (Hillsdale's Katie) Cezat to nine in the first half. She had 21 in the second, and the rest of their team continued to play as well."

Normally for Tech, a 56 percent shooting game and just seven turnovers is a recipe for success. It wasn't enough today as Hillsdale matched those marks and added a plus-11 rebound margin.

Wysocky tallied 27 points and 11 rebounds for her 12th double-double of the season. She surpassed her previous career best of 26 by making 12-of-19 field goals.

Stream matched her career high with 24 points including her 1,000th career point with her first bucket of the game, a short jumper in the lane.

Two other Huskies scored in double figures. Katie Zimmerman had 15 and Danae Danen added 11.

Cezat, who entered the game as the nation's second-leading scorer, tallied a game-high 30 points despite having zero through the first nine minutes. She also led all players in rebounds with 18.

Michigan Tech will play its final two regular season games on the road beginning Thursday (Feb. 26) at Lake Superior State.

Notes: Tech's lone senior, Alicia Schneider, started the game and was also honored in a ceremony following the contest ... Stream became the 18th Huskies' women's basketball player to reach the 1,000-point milestone. She finished the game with 1,023 points.