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Women's Basketball Drops Tough 71-70 Contest At Davenport

Women's Basketball Drops Tough 71-70 Contest At Davenport

OVERVIEW – DAVENPORT

SCORE: Davenport Panthers 71, Northwood Timberwolves 70

RECORDS: Northwood (2-3), Davenport (3-2)

LOCATION: Davenport Student Center – Grand Rapids, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood women's basketball sees halftime lead slip away in 71-70 loss at Davenport Tuesday night (November 22).

GAME STORY

  • Northwood took the lead 7-2 early and maintained the lead through most of the opening quarter.
  • DU briefly took the lead at 11-10 before the Timberwolves finished the frame strong, eventually holding a 27-19 advantage after one.
  • The scoring slowed down in the second. Northwood pushed their lead to as many as 12 at 34-22.
  • After the Panthers cut the advantage to five, NU bounced back to lead 41-32 at the break.
  • Davenport came out fast in the third, scoring the first eight and 11 of the first 13 points of the quarter to tie the game at 43-43.
  • DU took their first lead since early in the first at 47-46.
  • Northwood fought back to take a 53-51 lead to the final quarter.
  • The Timberwolves trailed for much of the fourth, but a Makenzie Todd 3-pointers gave Northwood a 70-68 lead with 49 seconds remaining.
  • NU led by one going to the foul line with 23 seconds remaining but missed both free throws.
  • Davenport then connected on a pair of free throws to go up by one with eight seconds to go.
  • Northwood was unable to net the winning basket in the final moments, giving the Panthers the win.

GAME STATS

  • FG PERCENTAGE: Davenport .450 (27-60), Northwood .444 (28-63)
  • 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Davenport .375 (9-24), Northwood .304 (7-23)
  • FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Davenport .571 (8-14), Northwood .583 (17-12)
  • REBOUNDS: Davenport 38 (14 offensive), Northwood 35 (14 offensive)
  • ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Davenport 14/18, Northwood 17/18

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UP NEXT

  • The Timberwolves will travel to No. 1 Grand Valley State Saturday (November 26). Game time is set for 5 p.m.