Women's Basketball Loses At Grand Valley State 73-52

OVERVIEW – GRAND VALLEY STATE

SCORE:  Grand Valley State Lakers 73, Northwood Timberwolves 52

RECORDS: Northwood (12-10, 9-8 GLIAC), Grand Valley State (17-6, 12-5 GLIAC)

LOCATION: GVSU Fieldhouse Arena – Allendale, Mich.

RECAP: Grand Valley State scores the opening 15 points of the game and controls play throughout in a 73-52 win over Northwood Thursday night (February 9). 

FIRST QUARTER

• GVSU got off to a fast start, which proved to be the big key of the game. The Lakers scored the opening 15 points of the game before taking a 21-11 lead after one quarter.
• Northwood went just 3-12 from the floor in the quarter (25.0 percent) but did make 2-5 from 3-point range and 3-3 from the foul line.
• Grand Valley State ended up connecting on 6-12 from the floor (50.0 percent) and 2-3 from beyond the arc. The Lakers also went 7-8 from the foul line.

SECOND QUARTER

• Northwood cut the GVSU lead down to eight early in the second quarter, but the Lakers responded with another run.
• A 10-3 spurt by the Lakers made the score 36-18. Grand Valley State eventually led 40-25 at the break            
• The Timberwolves shot 36.4 percent from the floor in the quarter (4-11), but hit 40 percent of their three-point shots (2-5).
• Grand Valley State continued their strong shooting, connecting on 57.1 percent from the floor in the second. Northwood ended up going 5-14 from the floor in the quarter (35.7 percent).

THIRD QUARTER

• Northwood cut the GVSU lead down to 11 early in the third quarter but it was all Lakers the rest of the third. Grand Valley State eventually took a 63-37 lead heading to the fourth.
• Early in the third, NU had many good looks from beyond the arc, but were ice cold. NU made just 2-12 of their 3-point attempts in the quarter while gooing 4-15 overall.
• Grand Valley continued to be efficient on the offensive end, going 9-16 from the floor in the quarter (56.3 percent).

FOURTH QUARTER

• Grand Valley State maintained control in the fourth quarter, not allowing Northwood to get any closer than 21 points.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Grand Valley State .510 (26-51), Northwood .314 (16-51)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Grand Valley State .400 (4-10), Northwood .333 (10-30)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Grand Valley State .739 (17-23), Northwood .714 (10-14)
• REBOUNDS: Grand Valley State 36 (four offensive), Northwood 27 (5 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Grand Valley State 10/10, Northwood 9/11

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Taylor Cramer: 11 points (career-high), 4-8 from the floor, 3-6 from 3-point range
• Sami Stormont: 10 points (career-high), 2-3 from the floor, 5-5 from the foul line
• Delaney Kenny: 10 points

GAME NOTES

• Two Timberwolves scored their first career points in the game: Adrianna Stolicker (six points), Mackenzie DeCook (one point).
• Northwood's bench out-scored its starters 35-17 in the game.
• GVSU ended up with a 38-8 edge in points in the paint and an 18-5 edge in points off turnovers.

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will host Ferris State Saturday (February 11). Game time is set for 6 p.m.
• PLEASE NOTE: Saturday's women's game will take place after the men's game for the only time this season. Northwood will be hosting Traverse City West/Detroit Country Day in a high school boys game at 1:30 p.m. The NU/FSU game will then be played at 4 p.m., with the women's game immediately following.