Men's Basketball Defeats Michigan Tech 73-63

HOUGHTON, MICH. – The Northwood University men's basketball team picked up an important 73-63 road win over Michigan Tech Thursday night (February 18)

Northwood is now 15-11 overall, 11-9 in the GLIAC. Michigan Tech stands at 9-15 overall, 8-12 in the GLIAC.

The Timberwolves came out firing from 3-point range in the opening half, connecting on eight 3-pointers. NU led 11 on three separate occasions en route to taking a 38-27 lead at the break. Northwood shot 46.9 percent overall (15-32) compared to MTU at 40.0 percent (10-25).

Northwood got off to a strong start in the second half, scoring 15 of the first 20 points to go up 53-32 with less than 15 minutes to go in the game. The lead stayed between 13 and 21 until the final minute of the game when MTU cut the advantage to eight but that is as close as the Huskies would get.

For the game, Northwood shot 50.9 percent overall (29-57) and 46.2 percent from 3-point range (12-26). Only 15 free throws were attempted in the game (NU – 3-6, MTU, 6-9).

Nick Spitzley (Pewamo, Mich./ Pewamo-Westphalia) led all players in scoring, matching his career-high with 20 points. He went 7-12 from the floor and 6-9 from 3-point range. Jermaine Myers (Ajax, Ont./Fordham U.) had 15 points, while Brad Schaub (Marlette, Mich./UMass-Lowell) added 11points and five rebounds off the bench. Maurice Jones (Saginaw, Mich./Arthur Hill) finished with nine points, 10 assists and five rebounds.

Northwood will travel to Northern Michigan Saturday (February 20). Game time is set for 1 p.m.