Men's Basketball Drops 69-64 To Ohio Dominican

OVERVIEW – OHIO DOMINICAN

SCORE: Ohio Dominican Panthers 69, Northwood Timberwolves 64

RECORDS: Northwood (2-25, 2-17 G-MAC), Ohio Dominican (9-16, 5-13 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood men's basketball battles but falls to Ohio Dominican 69-64 Saturday afternoon (February 18).

GAME STORY

• ODU started the game as the better team, opening up a 23-14 lead 10 minutes in.
• The game proved to be tightly contested the rest of the way, as that nine point lead was the biggest of the day.
• Ohio Dominican maintained a slight lead the remainder of the half and held a 41-36 advantage at the break.
• Northwood trailed 55-47 with under 10 minutes remaining when the Timberwolves fought back. NU posted a 10-2 run to tie the game at 57-57 with 5:34 to go.
• The Panthers came right back with the key stretch of the contest, scoring eight straight points over the next 3:11 to get their lead back to eight at 65-57.
• Northwood got within three twice in the final 1:20 but was unable to get any closer the rest of the way, giving ODU the win.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Ohio Dominican .453 (24-53), Northwood .528 (28-53)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Ohio Dominican .294 (5-17), Northwood .385 (5-13)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Ohio Dominican .800 (16-20), Northwood .429 (3-7)
• REBOUNDS: Ohio Dominican 30 (10 offensive), Northwood 27 (Seven offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Ohio Dominican 12/12, Northwood 11/15

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Savon Wykle: 18 points, 13 rebounds, 8-13 from the floor
• Will Young II: 13 points, 5-9 from the floor
• Anthony Sanders: 11 points

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves finish their season Saturday (February 25) at Malone. Game time is set for 3 p.m.