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Men's Basketball Falls To Tiffin 72-60

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

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UP NEXT

  • The Timberwolves will travel to Findlay Saturday (December 17). Game time set for 3 p.m.