Women's Basketball Earns Convincing 86-41 Win Over Tiffin

OVERVIEW – TIFFIN

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 86, Tiffin Dragons 41

RECORDS: Northwood (7-4, 3-1 G-MAC), Tiffin (4-9, 2-3 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood Women's Basketball took control early and cruised to an 86-41 win over Tiffin Thursday (January 4).

GAME STORY

• Tiffin led 2-0 and 4-2 early on before the Timberwolves took control.
• Northwood put up 11 of the next 13 to take a 13-6 lead.
• NU eventually led 21-8 after one quarter.
• The Timberwolves rode a red-hot offense in the second half to expand their lead. Northwood went 10-13 from the floor (76.9 percent) and 5-7 from 3-point range (71.4 percent) to put up 28 points.
• Northwood held the Dragons to nine points in the second to make the score 49-17 at the break.
• NU went on to out-score Tiffin 16-12 in the third to lead 65-29 lead heading to the fourth.
• Northwood's 45-point lead at the end of the game was their biggest of the contest.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .279 (17-61), Northwood .493 (34-69)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .038 (1-26), Northwood .440 (11-30)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .857 (5-9), Northwood .412 (7-17)
• REBOUNDS: Tiffin 33 (Eight offensive), Northwood 51 (15 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Tiffin 5/17, Northwood 16/13

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Maddie Voelker: 16 points, 6-7 from the floor, 2-3 from 3-point range
• Jayla Strickland: 10 points, six rebounds
• Alli Keyser: 10 points
• Maizie Taylor: Eight points, seven rebounds, five assists
• Maeve St. John Eight points, nine rebounds, six assists

UP NEXT

• Northwood will host Findlay Saturday (January 6). Game time is set for 1 p.m.