Men's Basketball Falls At Tiffin 82-71

OVERVIEW – TIFFIN

SCORE: Tiffin Dragons 82, Northwood Timberwolves 71

RECORDS: Northwood (2-24, 2-16 G-MAC), Tiffin (12-13, 9-8 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Gilmour Student Center – Tiffin, Ohio

RECAP: Tiffin defeats Northwood men's basketball 82-71 Thursday night (February 16).

GAME STORY

• Northwood started the game strong, scoring seven of the first nine points of the contest.
• The game remained tight for the majority of the first half, as NU's five-point lead early was the biggest for either team in the opening 14 minutes.
• TU posted a 13-2 run to take a 39-29 lead with 2:35 remaining.
• Northwood responded with five straight points to finish the half to make the score 39-34 at the break.
• The Dragons led 54-53 with under 12 minutes remaining when Tiffin put up 10 straight points to take an 11 point lead.
• Northwood hung around for the remainder of the game but got no closer than seven.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .585 (31-53), Northwood .509 (27-53)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .308 (4-13), Northwood .417 (5-12)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .615 (16-26), Northwood .750 (12-16)
• REBOUNDS: Tiffin 28 (Eight offensive), Northwood 29 (Nine offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Tiffin 10/10, Northwood 4/16

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Anthony Sanders: 20 points, 7-9 from the floor, 5-5 from the foul line
• Savon Wykle: 19 points, 6-10 from the floor, 3-4 from 3-point range
• Kyle Jackson: 13 points, 5-7 from the floor

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will host their home finale Saturday (February 18) against Ohio Dominican. Game time is set for 3 p.m.