Posted: Dec 15, 2022
Men's Basketball Falls To Tiffin 72-60
OVERVIEW – TIFFIN
SCORE: Tiffin Dragons 72, Northwood Timberwolves 60
RECORDS: Northwood (1-10, 1-4 G-MAC), Tiffin (4-6, 2-2 G-MAC)
LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.
RECAP: Tiffin finishes the game strong to earn a 72-60 win over Northwood men's basketball Thursday night (December 15).
GAME STORY
- Tiffin made the first two 3-point shots of the game to take an early six-point lead, which matched the biggest lead in the half for either team.
- Trailing six later in the half, Northwood scored nine straight points to go up 25-22 with 3:55 remaining.
- The Dragons responded right away, going on a 9-0 run of their own to match their biggest lead of the game at 33-27.
- Northwood connected on the final shot of the half to make the Dragons lead 33-29 at the break.
- TU extended their lead to eight twice early in the second half, but the Timberwolves fought back. During a 12-1 run, Northwood took their first lead of the second half pushed that advantage to 47-42 with under 12 minutes remaining.
- Tiffin came back with another run of their own, scoring 15 of the next 19 points to make their lead 57-51.
- The Dragons continued their run, eventually scoring 30 of the final 43 points of the game to take the win.
GAME STATS
- FG PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .436 (24-55), Northwood .448 (25-58)
- 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .231 (3-13), Northwood .000 (0-9)
- FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .808 (21-26), Northwood .625 (10-16)
- REBOUNDS: Tiffin 35 (Eight offensive), Northwood 37 (11 offensive)
- ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Tiffin 10/8, Northwood 9/17
TOP NU PERFORMERS
- Will Young II: 16 points, five rebounds
- De'Airrus Ware: 13 points, six rebounds
- Xavier Bargesser: 12 points, six rebounds
UP NEXT
- The Timberwolves will travel to Findlay Saturday (December 17). Game time set for 3 p.m.