Women's Basketball Rides Big Second Half To 72-61 Road Win Over Findlay

OVERVIEW – FINDLAY

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 72, Findlay Oilers 61

RECORDS: Northwood (8-2, 4-0 G-MAC), Findlay (4-5, 1-3 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Croy Gymnasium – Findlay, Ohio

RECAP: Northwood Women's Basketball controls the second half in 72-61 road win over Findlay Saturday afternoon (December 13).

GAME STORY

• The opening quarter of the game was tight throughout, with the largest lead for either side standing at four points.
• Findlay held a 14-12 lead after 10 minutes of play.
• The game was a defensive battle through the opening 16 minutes of the game, as the score stood at 20-20 with four minutes to go before halftime.
• The Oilers offense found some life, scoring seven straight points in just 1:11 to open up a 27-20 lead.
• UF eventually led 29-24 at the break.
• Findlay's zone defense made it tough for the Timberwolves in the opening half, as the Timberwolves were 11-32 from the floor and 2-10 from 3-point range in the first two quarters.
• Findlay took their biggest lead of the day at 38-29 with 7:30 to go in the third.
• Northwood chipped away at the lead the remainder of the quarter, going on to score nine of the final 11 points to take the lead 50-49 heading to the final quarter. It was NU's first lead since the first period.
• The Timberwolves scored the first four points of the fourth and did not look back. Findlay got no closer than three the rest of the way.
• Northwood out-scored Findlay 22-12 in the fourth to earn an 11-point victory.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Findlay .472 (25-53), Northwood .460 (29-63)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Findlay .559 (5-9), Northwood .182 (4-22)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Findlay .545 (6-11), Northwood .769 (10-13)
• REBOUNDS: Findlay 35 (Eight offensive), Northwood 29 (Eight offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Findlay 12/25, Northwood 17/12

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Lea Holmes: 26 points, seven rebounds, 12-18 from the floor
• Ella Miller: 13 points, four rebounds, two blocks, 5-9 from the floor
• Maeve St. John: Nine points, six rebounds, six assists, three steals

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• This is the first time in program history Northwood has started conference play 4-0.
• After scoring 24 points in the first half while shooting 34.4 percent, Northwood scored 48 points in the second half while going 18-31 from the floor (58.1 percent).
• Northwood has trailed at halftime in each of their last three games, standing at a -18 overall (112-94). In the second of those same games, Northwood is a +38 (122-95).

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves travel to Northern Michigan Wednesday (December 17). Game time is set for 5:30 p.m.