Women's Basketball Pushes Win Streak To Eight With 73-61 Victory Over Ursuline

OVERVIEW – URSULINE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 73, Ursuline Arrows 61

RECORDS: Northwood (19-7, 15-4 G-MAC), Ursuline (17-10, 10-9 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood women's basketball moves its win streak to eight with a 73-61 victory over Ursuline Thursday night (February 29).

GAME STORY

• Northwood started the game hot, scoring the first seven and 11 of the first 13 points overall for a nine-point lead.
• The Timberwolves pushed its advantage to 12 at 21-9 before standing with a 25-15 lead after 10 minutes.
• NU matched its biggest lead at 27-15 when the Arrows began to fight back. Ursuline posted a 13-2 run to make the score 29-28 with less than five minutes remaining in the second.
• Northwood got the lead back to 10 late in the half before the score stood at 41-34 at the break.
• Much like the first half, the Timberwolves moved their lead to 12 at 50-38 early in the third, only to see Ursuline fight back.
• The score stood at 54-48 Northwood heading to the fourth.
• UC's run eventually reached 14-4 early in the final quarter, making the score 54-52 with 8:03 remaining.
• With the Northwood lead at 59-56, NU's 3-point shooting got going after a slow start to the contest.
• The Timberwolves made four straight triples in just over two minutes to push their advantage to the biggest of the night at 71-57.
• Ursuline got no closer than 11 the rest of the way.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Ursuline .400 (22-55), Northwood .489 (23-47)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Ursuline .368 (7-19), Northwood .412 (7-17)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Ursuline .714 (10-14), Northwood .833 (20-24)
• REBOUNDS: Ursuline 23 (Nine offensive), Northwood 37 (12 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Ursuline 12/11, Northwood 10/17

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Makenzie Todd: 16 points, (11 in the fourth quarter), 4-9 from 3-point range
• Maizie Taylor: 11 points, five rebounds, three assists
• Ava DiMilia: 10 points, seven rebounds
• Jayla Strickland: 10 points, 10 rebounds, two blocks
• Maeve St. John: 10 points, 10-12 from the foul line

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Northwood entered the fourth quarter having missed 10 of their last 11 3-point attempts, standing at 2-12 overall for the game. NU then went 5-5 from beyond the arc in the final 10 minutes.
• The Timberwolves have now won eight straight and 11 of their last 12 games.
• Northwood has now matched the program record for Division II wins in a season with 19. The 2008-09 team won 19 Division II games (21 overall).
• With the Trevecca Nazarene loss against Thomas More, Northwood will finish the regular season second or third in the final Great Midwest final standings.

UP NEXT

• Northwood hosts Malone for senior day Saturday (March 2). Game time is set for 1 p.m.