HOUGHTON — Shrugging off the effects of a tough loss on Thursday night, the Michigan Tech women’s basketball team bounced back nicely Saturday afternoon.

After dropping a one-point game with under a second to play against Saginaw Valley State, the Huskies took it out on Northwood, hammering out a 69-46 GLAC victory.

“I thought we came out today and executed really well,” MTU coach Sam Hoyt said. “We didn’t let that loss (on Thursday) affect our play.”

The Huskies led practically from start to finish in raising their record to 3-6 (1-1 GLIAC) in the young season.

Sophomore guard Ellie Mackay was on her game from the beginning for the winners.

Mackay, who netted a game-high 19 points, kept the Tech offense moving.

“She (Mackay) does a lot of things for us,” Hoyt said. “She’s a great teammate and she’s an unbelievable shooter. She’s also a fine defender.”

Northwood, 1-2, 1-6 overall, came into the game with the reputation as a three-point shooting team.

But the Huskies limited the visitors to a paltry 3-of-18 firing from beyond the arc.

“They have really, really good shooters,” Hoyt said. “That was part of the game plan … to take away the three-point game and we did that.”

The Huskies broke from an early 4-4 deadlock into a 16-10 lead after ten minutes.

Hannah Hobson had ten of her 12 points in the opening two quarters as MTU took a 32-19 lead at the halftime break.

The T-Wolves had a number of good looks at the basket in the third frame, but couldn’t get many to drop. The result was a 51-32 Tech spread by quarter’s end.

Both coaches began to use their benches extensively in the final quarter.

Abbie Botz backed up the efforts of Mackay and Hobson with nine points.

Cassidy Trotter was steady with eight points, eight boards and six assists. Ellie Welsh also had six assists.

Ellie Taylor led Northwood with 15 points — 13 of those coming in the last two quarters. Sophia Dimilia notched 10 more.

The Huskies will now be idle until a home game against arch-rival Northern Michigan University at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Hoyt underlined the importance of that matchup.

“They (Wildcats) are our natural rival, so you know it’s going to be intense. NMU is big and long … they’re a very good team.”