Men's Basketball Downs Lake Superior State 74-69

OVERVIEW – LAKE SUPERIOR STATE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 74, Lake Superior State Lakers 69

RECORDS: Northwood (8-7, 3-4 GLIAC), Lake Superior State (6-9, 3-4 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood men's basketball finishes game strong in 74-69 win over Lake Superior State Saturday (January 11).

FIRST HALF

• The wild opening half started with a big Northwood run and finished with a big Lake Superior State push.
• The Timberwolves came out strong on both ends of the floor, scoring the opening 16 points of the game in the first 4:45 of the game.
• LSSU was the better team the remainder of the half, out-scoring Northwood 43-28 the rest of the way to make the score 44-43 at the break.
• After missing their first five shots of the game, the Lakers went 14-17 the  remainder of the half to finish at 63.6 from the floor (14-22). LSSU went 5-8 from 3-point range (62.5 percent).
• Northwood had a good half offensively as well, shooting 17-30 overall (56.7 percent) while going 6-11 from beyond the arc (54.5 percent).

SECOND HALF

• Lake Superior State took their first lead of the game at 54-52 with 13:53 remaining.
• The teams stayed close the remainder of the way, with the largest lead for either team in the second half standing at six points.
• NU led 68-62 with 3:56 remaining when the Lakers responded with five straight points to cut the lead to one.
• The Timberwolves got a couple of big plays from Trey McBride that keyed the win. He ended the Laker run with a basket to make the lead three. McBride then had a steal with the lead still at three.
• Northwood's Trevor Davis went 4-4 from the foul line in the final 17 seconds to close out the win.
• Both offenses regressed in the second half – NU shot 13-32 from the floor (40.6 percent) while missing all six of their 3-point attempts.
• LSSU went 9-24 overall (37.5 percent) and 2-11 from beyond the arc (36.8 percent).

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Lake Superior State .500 (23-46), Northwood .484 (30-62)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Lake Superior State .368 (7-19), Northwood .353 (6-17)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Lake Superior State .842 (16-19), Northwood .667 (8-12)
• REBOUNDS: Lake Superior State 27 (Two offensive), Northwood 31 (Nine offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Lake Superior State 11/15, Northwood 13/9
• POINTS IN THE PAINT: Lake Superior State 30, Northwood 46
• POINTS OFF TURNOVERS: Lake Superior State 9, Northwood 21
• SECOND CHANCE POINTS: Lake Superior State 2, Northwood 8

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Maurion Scott: 19 points (career-high), four rebounds
• Trey McBride: 14 points, nine reobunds, five assists, five steals
• Ja'Kavien Lewis/Trevor Davis: 12 points each
• David Jelinek: 10 points, 5-6 from the floor

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will travel to Grand Valley State Thursday night (January 16). Game time is set for 8 p.m.