Men's Basketball Falls At Ashland 89-64

OVERVIEW – ASHLAND

SCORE: Ashland Eagles 89, Northwood Timberwolves 64

RECORDS: Northwood (4-15, 1-10 G-MAC), Ashland (14-6, 8-5 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Kates Gymnasium – Ashland, Ohio.

RECAP: Northwood men's basketball drops an 89-64 contest at Ashland Wednesday night (January 31).

GAME STORY

• With the score tied 2-2 early in the game, Ashland scored seven straight points to go up 9-2.
• Trailing 15-7, Northwood scored 11 of the next 15 points to cut the AU lead down to 19-18.
• The Eagles came right back, going on an 11-4 run to get the lead back to eight at 30-22.
• NU got within six at one point, only to see Ashland respond and eventually take a 44-30 lead at the break.
• Ashland got their advantage to 20 less than two minutes into the second half and stayed in control the rest of the way.
• After falling behind by 27, the Timberwolves got back within 19 on two separate occasions.
• That is as close as Northwood would get the rest of the way.
• Ashland led by as many as 30 before winning by 25.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Ashland .583 (35-60), Northwood .377 (26-69)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Ashland .588 (10-17), Northwood .211 (4-19)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Ashland .818 (9-11), Northwood .800 (8-10)
• REBOUNDS: Ashland 39 (Eight offensive), Northwood 31 (12 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Ashland 19/12, Northwood 10/7

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Collin Albert: 22 points, 9, three rebounds
• Xavier Bargesser: 13 points (matches career-high)
• Anthony Sanders: 12 points, six rebounds, five steals

UP NEXT

• Northwood will host G-MAC leading Cedarville Saturday (February 3). Game time is set for 3 p.m.