Women's Basketball Defeats Tiffin 75-57

OVERVIEW - TIFFIN

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 75, Tiffin Dragons 57

RECORDS: Northwood (10-10, 8-4 G-MAC), Tiffin (7-12, 2-10 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood women's basketball controls middle two quarters in 75-57 win over Tiffin Thursday night (January 30).

GAME STORY

• After scoring just four points in the first quarter against Northwood in the first meeting of the season a few weeks ago, Tiffin came out hot to start the game. The Dragons scored the first five points of the game before going up 13-5 just over five minutes into the contest.
• Northwood chipped away at the lead the remainder of the quarter, which ended with Tiffin leading 21-16.
• The Timberwolves played better at the start of the second, scoring seven of the first nine points of the quarter to tie the score 23-23.
• NU, which led by as many as six down the stretch in the second, outscored the Dragons 19-10 in the quarter. That gave Northwood a 35-31 lead at halftime.
• The Timberwolves led 46-40 late in the third when the Timberwolves took control. Northwood out-scored Tiffin 12-1 over the final 3:07 to take a 58-41 lead to the final quarter.
• TU got no closer than 13 the rest of the way. NU led by as many as 22 before winning by 18.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .328 (20-61), Northwood .415 (27-65)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .333 (8-24), Northwood .375 (9-24)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .818 (9-11), Northwood .750 (12-16)
• REBOUNDS: Tiffin 34 (11 offensive), Northwood 45 (17 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Tiffin 10/12, Northwood 16/10

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Ella Miller: 13 points, eight rebounds, three assists, two steals
• Maelyn McNealy: 12 points, six rebounds, 4-6 from the floor, 2-3 from 3-point range
• Lexie Bowers: 11 points (career-high) 3-6 from 3-point range
• Maddie Voelker: 11 points (all in the second half)
• Lea Holmes: Nine points, six rebounds, four blocks, three assists
• Maeve St. John: Seven points, eight rebounds, seven assists
• Mackenzie Bell: Six points (career-high)

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• With her four blocks tonight, Holmes now has 52 blocks on the season. That places her third on the single-season blocked shot list at Northwood. She also leads all freshman in division II in blocked shots.

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves travel to Walsh Saturday (February 1). Game time is set for 1 p.m.