HOUGHTON — With nearly a month between last weekend’s opening games of GLIAC play until the next two in January, the Michigan Tech Huskies women’s basketball team wanted to start off on the right foot with a pair of wins, if possible, over Roosevelt and Wisconsin-Parkside. They were also looking for a bounce back after a tough nonconference weekend in Minnesota.

The Huskies defeated Roosevelt 64-48 on Thursday and then followed that up with a 65-60 win over Wisconsin-Parkside.

“I think it’s huge for us to be able to respond after last weekend,” said Huskies coach Sam Clayton. “Obviously a couple tough losses. They’re good teams, but we did not defend like we’re capable. We gave up 78 points per game. You can’t win games like that. You can’t. Specifically this year, that’s what we’ve been

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