Posted: Dec 30, 2023

Men's Basketball Drops Hard-Fought Exhibition Contest At Eastern Michigan 67-64

Northwood

(3-9,0-3 G-MAC)

Eastern Mich.

(7-5,0-0 MAC)

Final

Northwood (3-9,0-3 G-MAC)

Eastern Mich. (7-5,0-0 MAC)

Game Leaders

Pts: Jaylen Hodges - 16

Reb: Richard Lowe - 6

Ast: 2 Players (#02, #12) - 3

Pts: Lovejoy,Orlando - 17

Reb: Lovejoy,Orlando - 10

Ast: Lovejoy,Orlando - 4

Team Stats

Northwood

Eastern Mich.

Field Goals

(26-65)

(26-62)

Field Goal %

40.0%

41.9%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

Full stats

OVERVIEW – EASTERN MICHIGAN (EXHIBITION FOR NU/REGULAR SEASON FOR EMU)

SCORE: Eastern Michigan Eagles 67, Northwood Timberwolves 64

RECORDS: Northwood (3-8), Eastern Michigan (7-5)

LOCATION: Gervin GameAbove Center – Ypsilanti, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood Men's Basketball battles but falls to Eastern Michigan 67-64 in an exhibition contest Saturday afternoon (December 30).

GAME STORY

The opening 20 minutes were extremely tight – the largest lead for either team was three points.
Northwood held a 24-22 lead with 4:30 remaining in the half.
The Eagles made a free throw in the final seconds of the opening 20 minutes to take a 31-30 lead at the break.
The first two-possession advantage of the game came at the 17:24 mark of the second half when EMU took a 39-34 lead.
Eastern Michigan took a 53-46 lead with 11:01 remaining, but NU responded with 11 of the next 15 points to tie the game at 57-57.
The biggest run of the game for either team came at this point, with the Eagles scoring the next eight points for the biggest lead of the day at 65-57.
Northwood responded with their biggest run of the game, scoring seven straight points of their own to cut the lead to one at 65-64.
After EMU went made a pair of free throws with 10 seconds remaining to go up three, NU had a 3-point attempt to tie the game that was no good, giving the Eagles the victory.

GAME STATS