Women's Basketball Earns Important 52-46 Road Win At Malone

OVERVIEW – MALONE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 52, Malone Pioneers 46

RECORDS: Northwood (17-5, 13-1 G-MAC), Malone (16-9, 9-4 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Osborne Hall – Canton, Ohio

RECAP: Northwood women's basketball wins its seventh straight game, claiming an important 52-46 road win over Malone Thursday night (February 5).

GAME STORY

• After Malone scored the first two points of the game, Northwood dominated the remainder of the opening quarter. The Timberwolves scored the next 16 points to hold a 14-point lead with under two minutes remaining in the first.
• NU led 16-4 after one period.
• The Timberwolves led 20-7 early in the second when the Pioneers started to fight back. Malone scored nine straight points to get within four at 20-16.
• Northwood went on to hold a 27-21 lead at halftime.
• The Pioneers took their first lead since the opening quarter late in the third at 37-35.
• MU was on top 40-39 heading to the final quarter.
• Malone was on top 42-41 when the key stretch of the game occurred. Northwood outscored the Pioneers 7-0 to go up 48-42.
• MU was held scoreless over 7:27 stretch in the fourth that allowed the Timberwolves to take the six-point lead.
• Malone got no closer than four the rest of the way, giving Northwood the victory.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Malone .273 (18-66), Northwood .396 (19-48)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Malone .167 (5-30), Northwood .143 (2-14)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Malone .731 (19-26), Northwood .714 (10-14)
• REBOUNDS: Malone 47 (22 offensive), Northwood 29 (Four offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Malone 10/25, Northwood 10/20

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Maeve St. John: 13 points, seven steals, three assists, 6-6 from the foul line
• Lea Holmes: 13 points, six rebounds
• Ella Miller: 11 points, four rebounds, three assists, three blocks, 4-5 from the floor
• Alexa Kolnitys: Nine points, four steals, three rebounds

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• With her seven steals tonight, St. John has broken the Northwood record for steals in a season. She now has 85 this season, breaking the old record of 82 set by Beth Mueller from the 1984-85 season. St. John already holds the career record for steals at 264.
• Northwood led for 31:10 of the game.
• In the seven game winning streak, the Timberwolves trailed by no more than four points and for a total 12:21 out of a possible 280 minutes.
• With Northwood's win tonight and Thomas More's 62-59 loss at Ashland, the G-MAC leading Timberwolves (13-1) now hold a two-game lead in the loss column over second place Thomas More (10-3).
• The Timberwolves held Malone to 2-14 shooting in the fourth quarter (14.3 percent). The Pioneers went 0-10 from 3-point range over the final 10 minutes.

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves travel to Walsh Saturday (February 7). Game time is set for 1 p.m.