Posted: Jan 22, 2021

Wayne State Rallies To Beat Women's Basketball 77-69

Northwood

(3-2,3-2 GLIAC)

Wayne St. (Mich.)

(4-1,4-1 GLIAC)

Final

Northwood (3-2,3-2 GLIAC)

Wayne St. (Mich.) (4-1,4-1 GLIAC)

Game Leaders

Northwood

Pts: Makenzie Todd - 13

Reb: Brooke Ditto - 6

Ast: Kenzie Seeley - 5

Wayne St. (Mich.)

Pts: Grace George - 30

Reb: Grace George - 12

Ast: Alexis Miller - 5

Team Stats

Northwood

Wayne St. (Mich.)

Field Goals

(27-69)

(28-64)

Field Goal %

39.1%

43.8%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

Full stats

OVERVIEW – WAYNE STATE

SCORE: Wayne State Warriors 77, Northwood Timberwolves 69

RECORDS: Northwood (3-2, 3-2 GLIAC), Wayne State (4-1, 4-1 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Matthaei Center – Detroit, Mich.

RECAP: Wayne State uses big second half rally to defeat Northwood women's basketball 77-69 Friday night (January 22).

FIRST QUARTER

Wayne State scored seven of the first 10 points before Northwood rallied back.
The Timberwolves took their first lead of the day at 11-10. They led by as many eight in the quarter before settling for a 19-13 lead after one.
NU was 7-18 overall (38.9 percent) but did go 3-6 from 3-point range (50.0 percent).
WSU shot 33.3 percent overall (5-15) and from 3-point range (1-3).

SECOND QUARTER

Northwood led 25-19 with less than six minutes remaining the half before another push from the Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves scored 16 of the final 21 points of the half to take their biggest lead of the opening 20 minutes at 41-24.
Northwood had a strong shooting second quarter, going 9-17 overall (52.9 percent) and 3-6 from 3-point range (50.0 percent).
The Warriors were 5-12 overall (41.7 percent) and 0-4 from beyond the arc.

THIRD QUARTER

Northwood scored the first two points of the second half to make it a 19 point lead (43-24) when the Warriors took over.
Wayne State scored 27 of the next 34 points to get within one at 51-50.
NU's lead eventually stood at 56-53 heading to the fourth.
Northwood was 5-13 overall (38.5 percent) and 1-5 from 3-point range in the quarter.
WSU shot 44.4 percent in the quarter (11-25) overall while going 2-4 from 3-point range (50.0 percent) and 5-5 from the foul line.
Offensive rebounds were the major factor in the quarter for the Warriors, as they held a 10-1 edge in the third. That allowed Wayne State to get off 12 more field goal attempts than the Timberwolves. WS also out-scored Northwood 9-0 in the quarter in second chance points.

FOURTH QUARTER

Wayne State tied the score at 61-61 less than three minutes into the fourth and took their first lead since the opening quarter at 64-63 at the 6:15 mark.
Northwood trailed 72-69 and had the ball with less than a minute to go but were unable to score any more points the remainder of the way.
WSU scored the final five points of the game to close out the comeback win.
Wayne State used hot shooting in the fourth to earn the win, going 7-12 overall (58.3 percent) and 9-11 from the foul line (81.8 percent).
Northwood got off nine more field goal attempts in the fourth (21-12), but the Timberwolves were just 6-21 overall (28.6 percent) and 1-6 from 3-point range (16.7 percent).

GAME STATS