Women's Basketball Falls To Saginaw Valley In Season-Opener

OVERVIEW – SAGINAW VALLEY

SCORE: Saginaw Valley State Cardinals 70, Northwood Timberwolves 49

RECORDS: Northwood (0-1), Saginaw Valley (1-0)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Women's Basketball opens the 2024-25 season with a 70-49 loss to Saginaw Valley Friday (November 8).

GAME STORY

• The most important run of the game came early in the contest. With Northwood leading 6-2, SVSU scored 15 straight points to take the lead for good at 17-6.
• Northwood got the lead down to seven at 19-12 before the Cardinals finished the opening quarter with a 23-12 lead.
• The Saginaw Valley lead grew to as many as 18 early in the second. Northwood put together a run to get within 10 at 35-25 with 2:43 remaining. the Cardinals lead stood at 39-25 at the break.
• SVSU came out fast in the third quarter, scoring the first eight points to push the lead to 47-25.
• Once again, Northwood chipped away at the lead the remainder of the quarter, sending the game to the fourth with the score 52-38 in favor of the Cardinals.
• NU was within 13 at the final media timeout, but that is as close as the Timberwolves would get in the fourth.
• SVSU led by as many as 25 before winning the game 70-49.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Saginaw Valley .435 (27-62), Northwood .345 (19-55)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Saginaw Valley .273 (6-22), Northwood .267 (4-15)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Saginaw Valley .769 (10-13), Northwood .467 (7-15)
• REBOUNDS: Saginaw Valley 44 (16 offensive), Northwood 31 (13 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Saginaw Valley 10/28, Northwood 9/30

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Maeve St. John: 11 points, five assists, three steals, four rebounds
• Lea Holmes: 10 points, two blocks
• Lexie Bowers/Alexa Kolnitys: Seven points each

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will host Lake Superior State Saturday (November 8). Game time is set for 4 p.m.