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Men's Basketball Drops 75-71 Road Contest At Thomas More

Men's Basketball Drops 75-71 Road Contest At Thomas More

OVERVIEW – THOMAS MORE

SCORE: Thomas More Saints 75, Northwood Timberwolves 71

RECORDS: Northwood (10-4, 5-2 G-MAC), Thomas More (10-4, 3-3 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Crestview Hills, Kentucky

RECAP: Northwood men's basketball loses at Thomas More 75-71 Thursday night (January 8).

GAME STORY

  • Northwood connected on a 3-pointer on their opening possession to take a 3-2 lead.
  • That would prove to be the lone lead of the contest for the Timberwolves, however. Thomas More scored eight straight points to go up 10-3 less than three minutes into the game.
  • Northwood trailed 27-17 around the midway point of the opening half when the Timberwolves began to chip away at the advantage.
  • NU cut the lead to three four times the remainder of the half, including at the end when the game went to the break with TMU leading 39-36.
  • The Saints were the better team over the opening 12 minutes of the second half – TMU took their biggest lead of the game at 66-54.
  • That was when Northwood fought back, going on a 9-0 run to get within three with 4:25 remaining.
  • NU got within two with 37 seconds remaining at 73-71 before Thomas More made a pair of free throws in the final seconds to close out the contest.

GAME STATS

  • FG PERCENTAGE: Thomas More .541 (33-61), Northwood .439 (29-66)
  • 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Thomas More .250 (6-24), Northwood .227 (5-22)
  • FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Thomas More 1.000 (3-3), Northwood .889 (8-9)
  • REBOUNDS: Thomas More 36 (Six offensive), Northwood 28 (Eight offensive)
  • ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Thomas More 15/8, Northwood 7/3

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UP NEXT

  • The Timberwolves travel to Kentucky Wesleyan Saturday (February 10). Game time is set for 3 p.m.