Men's Basketball Drops 73-55 Contest To Ashland

­­OVERVIEW – ASHLAND

SCORE: Ashland Eagles 73, Northwood Timberwolves 55

RECORDS: Northwood (7-16, 3-12G-MAC), Ashland (13-8, 9-5 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood men's basketball drops a tough 76-73 against No. 13 Ashland Thursday night (February 6).

GAME STORY

• The offenses came out slow to start the contest – Ashland led 10-9 nine minutes into the game.
• That is when the Eagles got hot, scoring 21 points in just six minutes. That allowed Ashland to push its lead to as many as 13 at 33-20 with just over five minutes remaining.
• Northwood responded with a strong finish, scoring 12 of the final 17 points to cut the AU lead to 38-32 at the break.
• Ashland's lead stood at 51-45 with under 10 minutes remaining when the Eagles posted the key run of the game. Ashland scored 12 of the next 14 points to push their advantage to 63-47 with 5:45 remaining.
• Northwood got no closer than 14 the rest of the way. AU led by as many as 22 before winning by 18.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Ashland .529 (27-51), Northwood .390 (23-59)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Ashland .357 (5-14), Northwood .133 (2-15)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Ashland .667 (14-21), Northwood .700 (7-10)
• REBOUNDS: Ashland 32 (Eight offensive), Northwood 27 (Nine offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Ashland 5/12, Northwood 2/13

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Elijah Watson: 17 points, five rebounds, three steals
• Will Young II: 15 points, three rebounds
• Brayden Szamrej: 12 points, six rebounds

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will host Kentucky Wesleyan Thursday (February 13). Game time is set for 8 p.m.