Women's Basketball Loses At Ursuline 68-63

OVERVIEW – URSULINE

SCORE: Ursuline Arrows 68, Northwood Timberwolves 63

RECORDS: Northwood (3-3, 1-1 G-MAC), Ursuline (7-0, 2-0 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Seidman Gymnasium – Pepper Pike, Ohio

RECAP: Northwood Women's Basketball battles but falls to undefeated Ursuline 68-63 Saturday (December 2).

GAME STORY

• Northwood started the game solidly, leading 10-6 at the 5:38 mark.
• The Arrows finished the opening quarter strong, scoring 13 of the final 18 points to take a 22-17 lead after one.
• Ursuline kept the run going into the second, putting up the first six points of the quarter to take a 28-17 lead.
• The UU lead grew to as many as 14 before ending the half with an advantage of 37-29.
• Northwood came out fast in the third quarter, cutting the advantage to three at 37-34 1:23 in.
• The Ursuline lead stood at 44-40 when the Arrows made another run, scoring nine straight to make the score 53-40.
• The third quarter came to an end with Ursuline leading 53-42.
• NU chipped away at the lead in the final quarter, eventually getting the lead down to two at 65-63 with 15 second remaining.
• Ursuline made three of four from the foul line in the final seconds to close out the victory.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Ursuline .393 (24-61), Northwood .379 (25-66)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Ursuline .350 (7-20), Northwood .273 (6-22)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Ursuline .684 (13-19), Northwood .700 (7-10)
• REBOUNDS: Ursuline 39 (10 offensive), Northwood 31 (10 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Ursuline 12/13, Northwood 13/13

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Alli Keyser: 27 points (season-high – one off career-high), 12-15 from the floor, 3-5 from 3-point range
• Jayla Strickland: 12 points, eight rebounds

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will host Davenport Wednesday (December 6). Game time is set for 6 p.m.