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Women's Basketball Opens G-MAC Play With 83-61 Win Over Thomas More

Women's Basketball Opens G-MAC Play With 83-61 Win Over Thomas More

OVERVIEW – THOMAS MORE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 83, Thomas More Saints 61

RECORDS: Northwood (3-2, 1-0 G-MAC), Thomas More (2-3, 0-1 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood Women's Basketball opens conference play with a convincing 83-61 win over Thomas More Wednesday night (November 29).

GAME STORY

  • Thomas More took their only lead of the game on the opening possession of the game, which was immediately followed by seven straight points for Northwood.
  • Northwood scored 12 straight points late in the quarter to take a 19-6 lead.
  • The Timberwolves' advantage stood at 21-10 after one quarter.
  • Thomas More cut the lead to nine early in the second, only to see the Timberwolves extend their advantage to 20 at 32-12 with 5:09 remaining in the quarter.
  • Northwood got their lead up to as many as 24 before the game went to the break with NU on top 41-19.
  • The Saints put together their best quarter of the game in the third. After falling behind by as many as 25, Thomas More got back within 16 at 55-39.
  • The NU lead stood at 61-44 heading to the fourth.
  • Northwood put the game away at the start of the final quarter, scoring the first nine points to get the lead up to 70-44.
  • That 26-point lead matched Northwood's biggest of the night. TMU got no closer than 19 the rest of the way.

GAME STATS

  • FG PERCENTAGE: Thomas More .371 (23-62), Northwood .534 (31-58)
  • 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Thomas More .318 (7-22), Northwood .450 (9-20)
  • FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Thomas More .727 (8-11), Northwood 1.000 (12-12)
  • REBOUNDS: Thomas More 31 (Nine offensive), Northwood 36 (Five offensive)
  • ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Thomas More 12/19, Northwood 15/16

TOP NU PERFORMERS

UP NEXT

  • The Timberwolves will travel to Ursuline Saturday (December 2). Game time is scheduled for 2 p.m.