Women's Basketball Extends Winning Streak To Seven With 79-60 Win Over Walsh

OVERVIEW – WALSH

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 79, Walsh Cavaliers 60

RECORDS: Northwood (18-7, 14-4 G-MAC), Walsh (6-18, 4-13 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood women's basketball extends its win streak to seven games with a 79-60 win over Walsh Saturday afternoon (February 24).

GAME STORY

• Northwood started the game red-hot, putting up the first 14 points of the game.
• Walsh responded, cutting the lead down to 22-13 after the opening quarter.
• The Cavaliers scored the first eight points of the second quarter to get the Northwood lead all the way down to one at 22-21.
• WU was unable to gain the lead, however, Northwood pushed their lead back up to as many as 17 before leading 42-26 at the break.
• Walsh again fought back, cutting the lead down to eight in the third.
• Northwood eventually led 60-48 heading to the final quarter.
• The Cavaliers trailed 68-60 when the Timberwolves scored four points in 10 seconds to get the advantage back up to 72-60.
• That started an 11-0 run to finish the game, giving Northwood the victory.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Walsh .390 (23-59), Northwood .491 (28-57)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Walsh .294 (10-34), Northwood .458 (11-24)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Walsh .667 (4-6), Northwood .750 (12-16)
• REBOUNDS: Walsh 37 (15 offensive), Northwood 33 (10 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Walsh 14/20, Northwood 19/13

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Ava DiMilia: 16 points, 7-10 from the floor
• Maddie Voelker: 15 points, 3-4 from the floor, 3-4 from 3-point range, 6-6 from the foul line, five steals
• Alli Keyser: Eight points, five assists
• Jayla Strickland: Eight points, nine rebounds, four steals
• Maizie Taylor: Seven points, 10 assists, six rebounds, zero turnovers

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• The Timberwolves have now won seven straight and 10 of their last 11 games.

UP NEXT

• Northwood hosts Ursuline Thursday (February 29). Game time is set for 6 p.m.