Women's Basketball Defeats Cedarville 78-64

OVERVIEW – CEDARVILLE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 78, Cedarville Yellow Jackets 64

RECORDS: Northwood (12-7, 8-4 G-MAC), Cedarville (5-14, 3-9 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood women's basketball leads throughout in a 78-64 win over Cedarville Saturday afternoon (February 3).

GAME STORY

• Northwood put up the opening six points of the game and held the advantage the rest of the way.
• NU led 11-10 with 4:45 remaining in the quarter when the Timberwolves finished strong. NU scored 11 of the final 14 points of the quarter to take a 22-13 lead after one.
• The Timberwolves led 31-26 with 3:10 remaining in the second quarter when the Timberwolves once again made a push. Northwood used a 10-0 run to go up 41-26 before holding a 41-28 lead at the break.
• Cedarville cut the lead down to nine at one point in the third before once again Northwood made a late run. NU eventually took a 61-41 lead to the final period.
• The Yellow Jackets did not go away, eventually cutting the Timberwolves advantage down to nine late before Northwood finished off the 14 point victory..

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Cedarville .410 (25-61), Northwood .387 (29-75)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Cedarville .290 (9-31), Northwood .360 (9-25)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Cedarville 1.000 (5-5), Northwood .733 (11-15)
• REBOUNDS: Cedarville 30 (Nine offensive), Northwood 53 (26 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Cedarville 17/19, Northwood 18/15

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Ava DiMilia: 16 points, nine rebounds
• Alli Keyser: 16 points, 3-6 from 3-point range
• Jayla Strickland: 15 points, six rebounds, 6-9 from the floor
• Maeve St. John: Nine rebounds, four assists, five steals

UP NEXT

• Northwood travels to Lake Erie Thursday (February 8). Game time is set for 5:30 p.m.