Women's Basketball Earns 59-54 Senior Day Win Over Malone

OVERVIEW - MALONE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 59, Malone Panthers 54

RECORDS: Northwood (15-11, 13-5 G-MAC), Malone (20-6, 14-4 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Women's Basketball earns a 59-54 senior day victory over Malone Saturday (February 22)

GAME STORY

• Malone scored the opening five points of closely contested opening half, which was the Pioneers largest lead of first 20 minutes.
• Northwood was the better team the remainder of the quarter, out-scoring Malone 14-6 to take a 14-11 lead after one.
• The Pioneers led 26-22 in the second when Northwood made the first significant run of the contest. NU scored nine straight and 12 of the final 14 points of the second to hold a 34-28 lead at the break.
• Northwood made just two 3-pointers in the half, but they both came during their 12-2 run to finish the second.
• The Timberwolves kept the momentum going early in the third quarter, scoring the first seven points to make their run 19-2 overall. That made the score 42-28 with 4:50 remaining in the third.
• Malone responded down the stretch, scoring eight of the final nine points to send the game to the final period with the score 43-36.
• The Pioneers got the lead down to two at 45-43 but that is as close as Malone would get the rest of the way.
• Northwood scored the next six points to get the lead right back to eight.
• Malone got no closer than five the rest of the way.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Malone .328 (19-58), Northwood .392 (20-51)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Malone .241 (7-29), Northwood .417 (5-12)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Malone .900 (3-4), Northwood .778 (14-18)
• REBOUNDS: Malone 35 (12 offensive), Northwood 34 (Nine offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Malone 9/10, Northwood 10/12

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Lea Holmes: 19 points, 10 rebounds, two blocks, two assists
• Maddie Voelker: 17 points, 3-6 from 3-point range
• Maeve St. John: 13 points, eight rebounds, four assists, four steals, two blocks

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Holmes has now set the Northwood record for blocks shots in a season with 66. Savannah Stedman finished the 2011-12 season with 64 blocks for the old mark.

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves hits the road for the final week of the regular season, starting with a game at Lake Erie Thursday (February 27). Game time is set for 5:30 p.m.