Women's Basketball Earns 72-55 Win Over Lake Superior State

OVERVIEW – LAKE SUPERIOR STATE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 72, Lake Superior State Lakers 55

RECORDS: Northwood (1-1), Lake Superior State (0-2)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Women's Basketball earns its first win of the season with a 72-55 victory over Lake Superior State Saturday (November 9).

GAME STORY

• Northwood was the better team to start the game, putting up 20 of the first 29 points of the contest. That led NU to hold a 22-11 lead after one quarter.
• The Timberwolves pushed their lead to 26-11 early in the second when Lake Superior State started to play better. An 11-2 run for the Lakers made the score 28-21 with 3:33 remaining in the half.
• Northwood got the lead back to double-figures at the end of the half, holding a 36-24 lead at the break.
• LSSU came out very strong to start the third quarter, posting an 11-0 run over the opening 4:45 to make the score 36-35.
• That would be as close as the Lakers would get, however. Northwood immediately posted nine of the next 10 points to get the lead back up to 45-36.
• The lead stayed above seven the rest of the quarter, which ended with NU on top 51-40.
• Northwood started the fourth quarter on a 12-5 push that gave the Timberwolves their biggest lead to that point at 63-45.
• The Timberwolves pushed the lead to as many as 23 (70-47) before finishing off the victory.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Lake Superior State .338 (22-65), Northwood .367 (22-60)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Lake Superior State .217 (5-23), Northwood .227 (5-22)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Lake Superior State .750 (6-8), Northwood .697 (23-33)
• REBOUNDS: Lake Superior State 42 (10 offensive), Northwood 44 (10 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Lake Superior State 9/18, Northwood 9/12

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Alexa Kolnitys: 15 points, four rebounds, two steals
• Maeve St. John: 15 points, five rebounds, five assists, three steals
• Lea Holmes: 12 points
• Maddie Voelker: 11 points
• Savannah Fellenbaum: 10 points, six rebounds
• Ella Miller: 12 rebounds

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves travel to Wayne State Thursday (November 14). Game time is set for 7 p.m.