Men's Basketball Falls to Davenport 70-63

OVERVIEW – DAVENPORT

SCORE: Davenport Panthers 70, Northwood Timberwolves 63

RECORDS: Northwood (8-9, 3-6 GLIAC), Davenport (14-5, 6-3 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Davenport takes control down the stretch in a 70-63 win over Northwood men's basketball Saturday afternoon (January 18).

FIRST HALF

• Davenport scored the opening five points of the game to set the tone of the majority of the half.
• The Panthers led 31-20 with 3:53 remaining in the half when the Timberwolves finished strong, scoring the final 11 points of the half to send the game to the break tied 31-31.
• Davenport ended the first half at 50.0 percent overall (12-24) and 3-9 from 3-point range (33.3 percent)
• Northwood finished at 46.4 percent in the first half (13-28) while going 3-11 from the 3-point line (27.3 percent).

SECOND HALF

• The majority of the second half was tight, with the biggest lead of the first 11 minutes of the half standing at four points.
• Northwood led 45-41 when the Panthers went on the key run of the game, scoring 12 of the next 13 point to go up 53-46.
• NU got back within three at 53-50, but that is as close as the Timberwolves would get.
• The Panthers improved to 56.0 percent from the floor in the second half (14-25) while going 9-11 from the foul line (81.8 percent).
• NU fell back to 36.7 percent in the half (11-30) from the floor and 7-10 from the foul line (70.0 percent).

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Davenport .531 (26-49), Northwood .414 (24-58)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Davenport .333 (5-15), Northwood .261 (6-23)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Davenport .765 (13-17), Northwood .600 (9-15)
• REBOUNDS: Davenport 32 (Four offensive), Northwood 32 (10 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Davenport 11/17, Northwood 14/14
• POINTS IN THE PAINT: Davenport 42, Northwood 30
• POINTS OFF TURNOVERS: Davenport 18, Northwood 18
• SECOND CHANCE POINTS: Davenport 2, Northwood 10

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Danny Kolp: 20 points (career-high), 8-13 from the floor, 2-4 from 3-point range, six rebounds
• Trey McBride: 15 points, eight rebounds, five assists, five steals
• Jack Ammerman: 15 points

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will travel to Ashland Thursday (January 22). Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.