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Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets Sting 'Cats, 82-68
12/18/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 18, 2006
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Georgia Tech used a career-best 36 points from senior Stephanie Higgs en route to an 82-68 victory against the Wildcats (6-6) Monday afternoon at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Four Wildcats -- Kaitlin McInerney (Oak Brook, Ill./Benet Academy), A.J. Glasauer (Freiburg, Germany/Theodor-Heuss Gymnasium), Sara Stutz (Glenview, Ill./ Glenbrook South) and Kristin Cartwright (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest)-- scored in double-figures.
"Our will to win has to be greater than our want to win," head coach Beth Combs said. "We have a goal to enter the conference season at .500 and we have to move forward and focus on achieving that goal on Wednesday against Utah."
The Wildcats jumped out to an early 12-2 lead but Georgia Tech went on a 10-2 run to cut the deficit to two at the 11:36 mark.
Back-to-back three pointers by Kristin Cartwright put NU up 22-17 with just under 10 minutes to play. But the Yellow Jackets chipped away and outscored NU 16-11 the rest of the way to pull the score to an even 33 at the half.
Melissa Miller (Bloomington, Minn./The Breck School) and Cartwright led all Wildcats with eight points at the break.
Georgia Tech opened the second half on a 5-0 run in the first minute to sieze a 38-33 lead--its first lead of the game.
A layup by Glasauer gave the 'Cats a 43-42 lead with 14:34 remaining. But the Wildcats went cold from the floor, and did not record a bucket for the next five minutes. Meanwhile, Georgia Tech scored 13 points to inflate the lead to 55-43 with 9:33 left.
A bucket by Glasauer sparked a 6-0 run that pulled NU to within six, 55-49, with just under eight minutes remaining.
The score see-sawed back and forth before Tech went on an 11-6 spurt in the last 3:25 to secure the victory.
McInerney finished with a team-high 14 points on 7-of-8 from the field. Glasauer recorded her 11th double-figure game, notching 13 points--all of which came in the second half. Stutz contributed 11 points, six assists and five rebounds while Cartwright added 10 points.
Miller added a team-high six rebounds to go along with an eight-point effort on the afternoon.
The Wildcats are next in action at 1 p.m. CT on Wednesday when they battle Utah.
