Men's Basketball Loses At No. 10 Hillsdale 87-69

OVERVIEW – #10 HILLSDALE

SCORE: #10 Hillsdale Chargers 87, Northwood Timberwolves 69

RECORDS: Northwood (1-16, 1-8 G-MAC), Hillsdale (15-1, 8-1 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Potter Arena – Hillsdale, Mich.

RECAP: Tenth-ranked Hillsdale uses a second-half run to put away Northwood men's basketball in an 87-69 Charger win Thursday (January 12).

GAME STORY

• The early portion of the game was evenly played - Northwood lead 14-13 with 11:25 to go in the first half.
• Hillsdale led 21-18 with under eight minutes remaining when the Chargers went on a run. HC put up eight straight points to take an 11 points lead at 29-18.
• The Chargers led by as many as 15 before NU came back to make it 44-34 at the break.
• Northwood started the second half strong, cutting the lead down to five at 50-45 at the 15:26 mark.
• Hillsdale led 60-53 with 11:15 remaining when the Chargers scored seven straight points to make the lead 14.
• The final big run of the game came for Hillsdale with the Chargers up 72-60, as HC put up nine straight points to take their biggest lead of the game at 81-60.
• NU got no closer than 16 before the Chargers won 87-69.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Hillsdale .579 (33-57), Northwood .466 (27-58)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Hillsdale .588 (10-17), Northwood .294 (5-17)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Hillsdale .625 (10-16), Northwood .647 (11-17)
• REBOUNDS: Hillsdale 34 (Six offensive), Northwood 27 (Seven offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Hillsdale 18/6, Northwood 7/6

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Savon Wykle: 14 points, four rebounds
• Xavier Bargesser: 13 points, five rebounds
• De'Airrus Ware: 12 points
• Quinton Steele II: Nine points

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will travel to Trevecca Nazarene January 19. Game time is set for 8:30 p.m.