CHICAGO – A third-quarter run was Roosevelt's downfall on Thursday evening in a 64-48 loss to Michigan Tech in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener for both teams at the Goodman Center.

After giving up a layup to start the second half, the Lakers (1-4, 0-1 GLIAC) trailed by six points, but Marie Outlay put the team on her back over the next four minutes. The junior scored six straight points to tie the game at 31 then responded to a Michigan Tech spurt with a three-point play of her own to score nine straight Roosevelt points.

Outlay finished with 15 of her 22 points in the second half, but the Lakers settled for a lot of jump shots and finished shooting less than 30 percent from the field. That was not the case for Outlay, who made 7 of 17 shots and went to the free-throw line for 11 attempts, knocking down eight of them. Kelly Boyle added 14 points for Roosevelt with a pair of highlight-reel 3-pointers, and a quartet finished on three points each in the loss.

Roosevelt took care of the ball in the first half with just four turnovers, a major reason why the Lakers entered the intermission trailing by only four points. The Lakers were outrebounded 26-17 in the opening half and had four shots blocked, yet were able to prevent the Huskies from running in transition.

That changed in the second half as Michigan Tech scored 17 points off 10 Roosevelt turnovers to build a lead that was as large as 18. After Outlay's three-point play, the Huskies reeled off a 14-0 run with 11 of those points coming off Lakers miscues before Abby Bradbury knocked down a 3 late in the third quarter. The sophomore added an assist and a steal in her four minutes of play in bringing some juice off the bench.

Outlay and Isabella Pitta tied for the team lead with six rebounds each against an aggressive Huskies rebounding effort while Brynne Katcher and Kencia Levasseur added four each for the Lakers.   

UP NEXT: The Lakers remain at home Saturday for another GLIAC matchup, this time Roosevelt welcomes No. 18 Northern Michigan to the Goodman Center for a 1 p.m. tipoff.