Posted: Feb 07, 2021

Men's Basketball Falls at Northern Michigan 74-63

Northwood

(4-7,4-5 GLIAC)

Northern Mich.

(6-5,5-4 GLIAC)

Final

Northwood (4-7,4-5 GLIAC)

Northern Mich. (6-5,5-4 GLIAC)

Game Leaders

Pts: Jack Ammerman - 22

Reb: Evan Lowden - 8

Ast: Richard Nunez - 2

Pts: Dolapo Olayinka - 25

Reb: Dolapo Olayinka - 11

Ast: Ben Wolf - 2

Team Stats

Northwood

Northern Mich.

Field Goals

(19-55)

(24-44)

Field Goal %

34.5%

54.5%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

Full stats

OVERVIEW – NORTHERN MICHIGAN

SCORE: Northern Michigan State Wildcats 73, Northwood Timberwolves 64

RECORDS: Northwood (4-7, 4-7 GLIAC), Northern Michigan (6-5, 6-5 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Marquette, Mich.

RECAP: Northern Michigan finishes weekend sweep over Northwood men's basketball, downing the Timberwolves 74-63 Sunday afternoon (February 7).

FIRST HALF

Northwood led the majority of the tightly-contest opening 13 minutes, with the largest lead standing at 11-6.
Northern Michigan led 3-0 to start the game but did not hold the advantage again until the score was 21-20.
NMU's run during that stretch of the contest reached 11-0, allowing the Wildcats to go up 28-20.
Northern Michigan eventually led 36-30 at the break.
Northwood ended the opening half shooting 37.9 percent overall (11-29) while going 1-5 from 3-point range (20.0 percent) and 7-8 from the foul line (87.5 percent).
Northern Michigan had a strong shooting performance in the first half, going 12-22 overall (54.5 percent). The Wildcats also went 3-8 from beyond the arc (37.5 percent) and 9-14 from the foul line (64.3 percent).

SECOND HALF

The Wildcats scored six of the first eight points after halftime to get the lead to double-digits for the first time on the day at 42-32.
NMU pushed the lead to as many as 17 before Northwood fought back, cutting the lead down to 60-52 with less than six minutes remaining.
That is as close as the Timberwolves would get, however, as the Wildcats closed out the 11-point win.
Northwood fell back to 30.8 percent from the floor in the second half (8-26), which included the Timberwolves going just 1-12 from 3-point range (8.3 percent). NU did have a strong half at the foul line, making 16-20 overall (80.0 percent).
The Wildcats had the exact same overall field goal shooting numbers from the first half, going 12-22 overall (54.5 percent). NMU was 13-20 from the foul line (65.0 percent) and 1-4 from the 3-point line (25.0 percent).

GAME STATS