Men's Basketball Earns 83-80 Road Win At Lake Erie

OVERVIEW – LAKE ERIE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 83, Lake Erie Storm 80

RECORDS: Northwood (5-16, 2-11 G-MAC), Lake Erie (6-17, 4-11 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Painesville, Ohio

RECAP: Northwood men's basketball earns a hard-fought 83-80 win at Lake Erie Thursday night (February 8)

GAME STORY

• The opening minutes of the game featured both offenses starting fast – Lake Erie led 17-12 4:37 into the contest.
• The Storm led 17-12 when Northwood went on a run. The Timberwolves scored 17 of the next 25 points to take a 29-25 lead with 8:21 remaining.
• Northwood pushed their lead to seven three times the rest of the half before settling for a 47-45 lead at the break.
• The game remained tight for the remainder of the game – the largest lead the rest of the way was four points.
• With Northwood leading by one with 26 seconds remaining, Collin Albert went 2-2 from the foul line to give the Timberwolves an 80-77 lead.
• The Storm eventually were at the line for two free throws down 81-79 but were only able to make one of the two attempts.
• After Anthony Sanders made a pair of free throws to make the score 83-80 in favor of the Timberwolves, Lake Erie missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give NU the win.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Lake Erie .476 (30-63), Northwood .362 (31-63)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Lake Erie .346 (9-26), Northwood .389 (7-18)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Lake Erie .611 (11-18), Northwood .824 (14-17)
• REBOUNDS: Lake Erie 34 (Nine offensive), Northwood 35 (Seven offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Lake Erie 14/14, Northwood 10/12

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Albert: 25 points, 10-18 from the floor, 4-4 from the foul line
• Sanders: 19 points, six rebounds, three assists, three steals
• Xavier Bargesser: 14 points (Northwood career-high), five rebounds, 6-7 from the floor
• Jordan Jackson: 10 points

UP NEXT

• Northwood will travel to Walsh Saturday (February 10). Game time is set for 3 p.m.