Men's Basketball Earns 84-65 Road Win At Davenport

OVERVIEW – DAVENPORT

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 84, Davenport Panthers 65

RECORDS: Northwood (2-2), Davenport (1-3)

LOCATION: Davenport Student Center – Grand Rapids, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood men's basketball has strong shooting night in 84-65 road win at Davenport Wednesday night (November 20).

GAME STORY

• Davenport started the game as the better team, scoring seven of the first nine and 10 of the first 14 points of the game.
• Northwood took their first lead of the game at 11-10 and maintained that advantage the rest of the way.
• Leading 14-13, NU put up 12 of the next 14 points to go on top 26-15.
• NU's lead grew to as many as 18 (39-21) before the Panthers fought back. Davenport scored nine straight points to get within nine at 39-30.
• Northwood responded by scoring the final five points of the half to make the score 44-30 at the break.
• The Timberwolves had an efficient opening half on the offensive end, going 16-30 from the floor (53.3 percent) and 8-15 from 3-point range (53.3 percent).
• Davenport cut the lead to nine early in the second half, but that was as close as the Panthers would get the rest of the way.
• Northwood got their lead up to as many as 22 (71-49) before winning by 19.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Davenport .385 (20-52), Northwood .525 (31-59)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Davenport .316 (6-19), Northwood .500 (10-20)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Davenport .655 (19-29), Northwood .600 (12-20)
• REBOUNDS: Davenport 37 (14 offensive), Northwood 34 (Nine offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Davenport 3/17, Northwood 14/11
• POINTS OFF TURNOVERS: Davenport 10, Northwood 26
• BENCH POINTS: Davenport 3, Northwood 45

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Elijah Watson: 20 points, 13 rebounds, four assists, 9-12 from the floor
• Brayden Szamrej: 17 points, 4-7 from 3-point range
• Jamison Eklund: 15 points, five rebounds, 4-7 from 3-point range
• Will Young II: 11 points

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves travel to Purdue Northwest Saturday (November 23). Game time is set for 4 p.m.