Men's Basketball Drops 81-63 Contest To Ashland

OVERVIEW – ASHLAND

SCORE: Ashland Eagles 81, Northwood Timberwolves 63

RECORDS: Northwood (13-8, 7-6 G-MAC), Ashland (15-6, 9-4 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Ashland opens the game strong and leads throughout in an 81-63 win over Northwood men's basketball Saturday (January 31).

GAME STORY

• Ashland set the tone for the game at the start, scoring the first 10 points over the open the opening 2:20.
• Northwood cut the lead to four and were down 24-18 with 8:47 to go.
• The Eagles controlled the remainder of the half, taking their biggest lead of the game to that point as the half ended at 41-26.
• Ashland pushed their lead to as many as 27 in the second half before the Timberwolves fought back, getting within 13 at 70-57 with 5:12 to go.
• That was as close as NU would get, however, as Ashland went on to win by 18.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Ashland .556 (30-54), Northwood .379 (22-58)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Ashland .400 (4-10), Northwood .150 (3-20)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Ashland .680 (17-25), Northwood .667 (16-24)
• REBOUNDS: Ashland 36 (Four offensive), Northwood 30 (Seven offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Ashland 14/9, Northwood 11/10

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Parker Day: 16 points, six rebounds
• Brayden Szamrej: 10 points, five assists
• Will Young II: 10 points (all in the second half)
• John Sweeney: Eight points, eight rebounds

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves travel to Malone Thursday (February 5). Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.