Men's Basketball Falls To Tiffin 98-65

OVERVIEW – TIFFIN

SCORE: Tiffin Dragons 98, Northwood Timberwolves 65

RECORDS: Northwood (3-9, 0-4 G-MAC), Tiffin (9-3, 2-1 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood Men's Basketball drops its first game of 2024 to Tiffin 98-65 Thursday (January 4).

GAME STORY

• Tiffin started the game fast, going up 12-2 less than four minutes into the game.
• Northwood responded with seven straight points to get the lead down to 12-9.
• With the Dragons leading 25-16, Tiffin scored eight straight points to push their advantage to 33-16.
• Tiffin eventually led 44-21 at the break.
• The Dragons maintained their lead throughout the second, not allowing Northwood to get any closer than 19.
• TU's biggest lead of the game proved to be 36 points.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .486 (36-74), Northwood .391 (27-69)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .433 (13-30), Northwood .267 (4-15)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .929 (13-14), Northwood .438 (7-16)
• REBOUNDS: Tiffin 46 (10 offensive), Northwood 40 (11 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Tiffin 19/9, Northwood 6/14

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Collin Albert: 15 points, six rebounds
• Anthony Sanders: 12 points, 12 rebounds
• Jordan Jackson: 11 points

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will travel to Findlay Saturday (January 6). Game time is set for 3 p.m.