Women's Basketball Earns 64-60 Comeback Overtime Road Win At Indianapolis

OVERVIEW – INDIANAPOLIS

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 64, Indianapolis Greyhounds 60 (OT)

RECORDS: Northwood (3-0), Indianapolis (0-3)

LOCATION: Nichoson Hall – Indianapolis, Ind.

RECAP: Women's Basketball earns comeback road overtime win at Indianapolis Thursday night (November 18).

FIRST QUARTER

• The Timberwolves started the game well, as Alana Nelson connected on two 3-pointers on NU's first three possessions to go up 6-0.
• UINDY was the better team the remainder of the opening quarter, eventually taking a 16-11 lead after one.
• Northwood struggled from the floor – after going 2-3 to start, the Timberwolves went just 1-14 the remainder of the quarter to finish at 17.6 percent overall (3-17)
• Indianapolis ended the first at 46.2 percent (6-13).

SECOND QUARTER

• Nelson kept the Timberwolves in the game into the second quarter – with 6:48 remaining in the quarter, she had 15 of NU's 18 points and all five of the Timberwolves field goals.
• Her basket at the 6:48 mark started a drought for the offense, as the Timberwolves were held scoreless for 4:32.
• UINDY out-scored Northwood 12-0 in that stretch to go up 31-20.
• The Greyhounds led by as many as 14 before settling for a 34-22 lead at halftime.
• NU made two field goals late in the quarter to get their field goal percentage up to 33.3 percent in the second (4-12)
• Indianapolis ended the second at 35.3 percent (6-17).

THIRD QUARTER

• After scoring just 22 points in the first half, the Timberwolves offense got rolling in the third quarter.
• NU scored the first six points of the third and chipped away at the lead throughout, eventually tying the game at 43-43.
• The Timberwolves then took the lead briefly before the score was tied 45-45 heading to the fourth.
• Northwood more than doubled their point total from the first half in the third quarter alone, scoring 23 points while going 10-16 from the floor (62.5 percent).
• UINDY fell back to 30.8 percent from the floor in the third (4-13).

FOURTH QUARTER

• The final quarter was tight throughout – the largest lead for either team was two points in the final 10 minutes.  
• NU tied the game at 55-55 with 2:17 remaining, which proved to be the final points of regulation.
• Northwood was just 5-18 from the floor in the fourth (27.8 percent), but went 12-15 from the foul line (80.0 percent).
• Indianapolis ended the fourth with the same field goal percentage as Northwood – 27.8 percent (5-18). But the Greyhounds were just 1-5 from the foul line in the quarter.

OVERTIME

• After the two teams went back and forth early in the extra period, Northwood took the lead for good on an Ellie Taylor layup with 2:48 remaining.
• NU's defense got the stops the rest of the way, holding Indianapolis to just one point over the final three minutes of the game.
• The Timberwolves went 3-4 from the foul line in the final nine seconds to close out the win.
• Neither team shot well in overtime – Northwood went 2-6 from the floor (33.3 percent) and 4-6 from the foul line (66.7 percent).
• UINDY went 2-9 from the floor (22.2 percent), 0-5 from 3-point range and 1-4 from the foul line (25.0 percent).   

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Indianapolis .359 (23-64), Northwood .381 (24-63)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Indianapolis .296 (8-27), Northwood .278 (5-18)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Indianapolis .667 (6-9), Northwood .688 (11-16)
• REBOUNDS: Indianapolis 37 (13 offensive), Northwood 39 (15 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Indianapolis 15/16, Northwood 9/14
• POINTS IN THE PAINT: Indianapolis 30, Northwood 32
• POINTS OFF TURNOVERS: Indianapolis 10, Northwood 10
• SECOND CHANCE POINTS: Indianapolis 9, Northwood 12
• FAST BREAK POINTS: Indianapolis 2, Northwood 7
• BENCH POINTS: Indianapolis 17, Northwood 5

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Nelson: 29 points (career-high), nine rebounds
• Makenzie Todd: 12 points
• Ellie Taylor: 10 points, six rebounds

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will travel Fairbanks, Alaska for three games, starting November 25 against Southern Nazarene. Tip is scheduled for 5 p.m. Eastern.