Women's Basketball Earns 81-70 Win Over Ursuline

OVERVIEW – URSULINE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 81, Ursuline Arrows 70

RECORDS: Northwood (7-9, 4-5 G-MAC), Ursuline (9-8, 5-4 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP:  Northwood women's basketball controls the final 16 minutes of the game in an 81-70 win over Ursuline Saturday (January 14).

GAME STORY

• Ursuline started the game shooting the ball well from the floor and the 3-point line, making six of their first 10 field goal attempts and two of their first four 3-pointers for a 14-6 lead.
• Northwood cut the lead down to 19-13 at the end of the opening quarter.
• With the Arrows leading 28-22, the Timberwolves posted a 7-0 run to take their first lead of the day at 29-27.
• Ursuline scored the final four points of the half to take a 40-35 lead at the break.
• The free throw line was where the Arrows earned their lead at the break – both teams had 15 field goals and four 3-pointers in the opening 20 minutes. Ursuline out-scored Northwood 6-1 at the foul line for the lead.
• The Arrows kept the momentum going early in the third quarter, scoring 11 of the first 15 points to take their biggest lead of the day at 51-39.
• Northwood was the better team the remainder of the third quarter, however, out-scoring UC 15-5 over the final 5:39 to make the Ursuline lead 57-54 heading to the fourth.
• The Timberwolves took the lead for good at 63-62 with 7:45 remaining.
• NU led 69-68 with under four minutes remaining when Northwood finished the game strong, going on a 12-2 run to close out the victory.
• Over the final 15:39 of the game, Northwood out-scored Ursuline 42-19.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Ursuline .464 (26-56), Northwood .444 (28-63)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Ursuline .238 (52-1), Northwood .286 (8-28)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Ursuline 1.000 (13-13), Northwood .850 (17-20)
• REBOUNDS: Ursuline 31 (10 offensive), Northwood 35 (15 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Ursuline 18/20, Northwood 20/13

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Makenzie Todd: 23 points
• Maddie Voelker: 13 points, six rebounds
• Ava DiMilia: 10 points, 11 rebounds
• Maeve St. John: Seven points, five assists, five steals

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves travel to Trevecca Nazarene Thursday (January 19). Game time is set for 6:30 p.m. (EST).