Women's Basketball Falls To Saginaw Valley 76-72

OVERVIEW – SAGINAW VALLEY

SCORE: Saginaw Valley State Cardinals 76, Northwood Timberwolves 72

RECORDS: Northwood (4-3, 4-3 GLIAC), Saginaw Valley (3-4, 3-4 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Midland, Mich. – Riepma Arena

RECAP: Women's Basketball rallies from 18-point first half deficit before falling to Saginaw Valley 76-72 Tuesday night (January 26).

FIRST QUARTER

• Saginaw Valley took advantage of an ice-cold Northwood offense in the opening quarter.
• After Northwood scored on their opening possession, the Cardinals put up the next 10 points and 17 of the next 20 overall to lead 17-5 late in the quarter.
• The Cardinals lead stood at 22-9 after the first.
• Saginaw Valley had a strong opening quarter shooting, going 7-14 overall (50.0 percent) and 4-9 from 3-point range (44.4 percent).
• Northwood was just 3-17 from the floor (17.6 percent) while missing all eight of their 3-point attempts

SECOND QUARTER

• Saginaw Valley pushed their lead to 18 on two separate occasions in the second before Northwood started their comeback.
• The Timberwolves scored 19 of the next 25 points in the quarter to cut the advantage to 35-30.
• SV scored the final basket in the half to make the score 37-30 at the break.
• Northwood was much better offensively in the second, going 8-17 overall (47.1 percent) and 1-3 from beyond the 3-point arc (33.3 percent)
• The Cardinals ended the second at 42.9 percent overall (6-14) and 1-6 from three (16.7 percent).

THIRD QUARTER

• NU continued their momentum from the end of the second quarter into the third, starting the half on an 11-2 run to go up 41-39.
• SVSU responded immediately, posting a 16-2 burst of their own to lead  55-43.
• Saginaw Valley eventually led 62-49 heading to the final quarter.
• Both teams had strong shooting third quarter – the Cardinals were 10-19 overall (52.6 percent) and 2-8 from 3-point range (25.0 percent).
• Northwood was 8-12 overall (66.7 percent) but continued to struggle from 3-point range, missing both of their attempts.

FOURTH QUARTER

• SV led 65-51 with eight minutes remaining when Northwood made another run to get back into the game.
• NU scored 15 of the next 19 points to make it a 69-66 game with less than two minutes remaining.
• The Cardinals scored the next four points, however, to put the game away.
• The Timberwolves went 9-18 from the floor in the fourth (50.0 percent)and started to get going from 3-point range, making 3-7 (42.9 percent).
• Saginaw Valley struggled from the floor in the final quarter, shooting 28.6 percent). The Cardinals did step up at the foul line, making 5-6 attempts (83.3 percent).

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Saginaw Valley .443 (27-61), Northwood .438 (28-64)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Saginaw Valley .276 (8-29), Northwood .200 (4-20)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Saginaw Valley .824 (14-17), Northwood .667 (12-18)
• REBOUNDS: Saginaw Valley 36 (Seven offensive), Northwood 38 (10 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Saginaw Valley 14/11, Northwood 11/10
• POINTS IN THE PAINT: Saginaw Valley 28, Northwood 44
• POINTS OFF TURNOVERS: Saginaw Valley 14, Northwood 11
• SECOND CHANCE POINTS: Saginaw Valley 7, Northwood 6
• FAST BREAK POINTS: Saginaw Valley 0, Northwood 12
• BENCH POINTS: Saginaw Valley 18, Northwood 39

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Alana Nelson: 20 points (career-high) 8-9 from the floor, five rebounds
• Maizie Taylor: 15 points, five assists, 7-14 from the floor
• Alli Keyser 10 points

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will host Purdue Northwest Friday night (January 29). Game time is set for 6 p.m.