Men's Basketball Picks Up 58-46 Road Win At Tiffin

OVERVIEW – TIFFIN

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 58, Tiffin Dragons 46

RECORDS: Northwood (5-2, 1-0 G-MAC), Tiffin (3-3, 0-1 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Gilmour Center – Tiffin, Ohio

RECAP: Northwood men's basketball finishing game with big run to earn 58-46 road win over Tiffin Thursday night (December 4).

GAME STORY

• Northwood was the better team the opening 10 minutes of the contest, not allowing Tiffin to lead at any point in that stretch.
• NU led 16-14 with the Dragons scored seven straight points to go up 21-16.
• Tiffin got their lead up to as many as eight before the Dragons held a 34-29 lead at the break.
• The Timberwolves came out fast to start the second half, scoring the first nine points to take a 38-34 lead.
• With Northwood leading 40-39, both offenses went cold. The Timberwolves went over eight minutes without scoring, going from the 12:53 mark until 4:49 between points. In that stretch, however, Tiffin was only able to score four points to put the Dragons on top 43-40.
• After struggling on offense for that eight-minute stretch, NU got rolling over the next five minutes to earn the victory. Northwood went seven for their next 10 from the floor, out-scoring Tiffin 15-2 to take a 55-45 lead.
• NU eventually out-scored Tiffin 18-6 the rest of the way to earn the victory.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .333 (17-51), Northwood .418 (23-55)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .200 (3-15), Northwood .250 (5-20)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Tiffin .750 (9-12), Northwood .700 (7-10)
• REBOUNDS: Tiffin 31 (Six offensive), Northwood 39 (Nine offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Tiffin 10/23, Northwood 12/21

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Will Young II: 12 points, eight rebounds
• Parker Day: 11 points, seven rebounds.
• Julian Lewis: 11 points, five rebounds, three steals, two blocks, 3-5 from 3-point range
• Jamison Eklund: Nine points, five rebounds, three assists

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves travel to Ashland Saturday (December 6) to face Ashland. Game time is set for 3 p.m.