Maddie Warren and Maggie McCord both scored 24 points to lead Utah Tech women's basketball to an 89-75 road victory at Seattle U on Saturday afternoon at the Redhawk Center. 
 
The win snapped the Trailblazers' brief two-game skid as they improved to 15-11 overall, 9-6 in Western Athletic Conference play. 

How it happened 
Coming off its worst loss of the season two days earlier to WAC-leading Grand Canyon, the Trailblazers came out determined, and it was the guard line of Warren and McCord who set the early tone.
 
Warren got off to a torrid start, hitting six of her first eight shots with four 3-pointers as she outscored the Redhawks (3-21/3-12 WAC) 17-16 by herself in the first quarter.
 
Meanwhile, McCord accounted for Utah Tech's other seven first quarter points on 3-of-5 shooting with a trey as the Blazers led 24-16 after the opening 10 minutes of play.
 
Utah Tech quickly extended its lead to double digits and saw its advantage swell to 18 points following an Alyson Deaver 3-pointer with just under three minutes to play until halftime. 
 
Deaver reached double figures herself in the second quarter, going 3-for-3 from downtown in scoring 10 of the Trailblazers' 23 points in the period as Utah Tech enjoyed a comfortable 47-32 cushion at the intermission. 
 
The Blazers saw their lead dip below double digits only twice in the second half as they cruised to their seventh road win of the season.
 
Numbers to know
Warren's 24 points were three off of her career high of 27 points she scored last month in a home win over Tarleton (W, 75-48; 1/27/24). Warren wound up shooting 8-of-14 from the floor and pulled down six rebounds.
 
Warren (428 pts) also moved into eighth place on Utah Tech's single season points list.
 
McCord also came up two points shy of her career high of 26 points, which she tied in Utah Tech's home win over Seattle U last month (W, 81-65; 1/4/24). In fact, McCord first scored 26 points nearly two years to the day at, coincidentally, Seattle U (2/26/22). 
 
McCord shot 8-of-13 on the day with five 3-pointers, which marked the fourth time this season and the 19^thtime in her storied career that she had hit at least five 3-pointers in a game. 
 
Meanwhile, Breaunna Gillen would again just miss her third triple-double of the year as the senior guard filled the stat sheet with 15 points, and game-highs of nine rebounds and nine assists. 
 
Gillen's nine dimes also vaulted her into fifth place on Utah Tech's single-season assists list (125). The fifth-year guard now owns three of the top-five single season assist totals in the program's NCAA era, including her school record of 200 helpers set last season. 
 
Deaver finished with a WAC career high 12 points on 4-of-9 shooting, and collected three rebounds and two steals in her return to her home state.
 
In addition, twin sister Catelyn Deaver picked off a career-high five steals to go with six points and three boards in her homecoming. 
 
Utah Tech connected on 31-of-66 (.470) from the floor in the win with 14 made 3-pointers (14-of-34, .412). The Blazers also hit on 13-of-18 (.722) at the foul line and outrebounded the Redhawks by a 38-30 count. 
 
Irena Korolenko paced two Redhawk players in double figures with 20 points. Seattle U shot 47.5 percent (29-of-61) for the game and went 11-of-28 (.393) from the perimeter. 
 
Up next
Utah Tech returns home for a crucial WAC showdown vs. UT Arlington next Saturday, Feb. 24. Tip-off inside the Burns Arena is set for 1 p.m. (MT).