Posted: Dec 19, 2024

Second Half Costs Men's Basketball In 74-66 Loss To Wayne State

Wayne St. (Mich.)

(4-5,1-1 GLIAC)

Northwood

(4-7,1-3 G-MAC)

Final

Wayne St. (Mich.) (4-5,1-1 GLIAC)

Northwood (4-7,1-3 G-MAC)

Game Leaders

Pts: Adley,Tamario - 26

Reb: Adley,Tamario - 10

Ast: 2 Players (#02, #24) - 2

Pts: Will Young II - 18

Reb: JT Morgan - 11

Ast: JT Morgan - 2

Team Stats

Wayne St. (Mich.)

Northwood

Field Goals

(23-59)

(22-69)

Field Goal %

39.0%

31.9%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

Full stats

OVERVIEW – WAYNE STATE

SCORE: Wayne State Warriors 74, Northwood Timberwolves 66

RECORDS: Northwood (4-7), Wayne State (4-5)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Wayne State controls the second half, earning a 74-56 win at Northwood men's basketball Thursday night (December 19).

GAME STORY

It was the defenses that were the story of the start of the game. Ten minutes into the contest, the score was 8-8 with the two teams combining to go 4-27 from the floor (14.8 percent).
Northwood led 19-17 with under four minutes remaining in the first when the Timberwolves got hot. After going 8-25 from the floor and 0-8 from 3-point range in the opening 16 minutes, Northwood went 6-9 from the floor and 4-5 from 3-point range in the final 3:48 of the half.
That shooting allowed the Timberwolves to finish the half on a 16-6 run to make the score 35-23 at the break.
Northwood scored the first two points of the second half to go up 37-23, but it was all Warriors the rest of the way.
WSU went on a 19-2 run to turn a 14-point deficit into a 42-39 Warrior lead.
Wayne State pushed their lead to 61-51 with 6:39 remaining.
Northwood got back within five at 68-63 with 45 seconds remaining, but WSU scored six of the final nine points to earn the 74-66 win.
The Warriors out-scored Northwood 51-31 in the second half.
The inside game was the key to Wayne State's comeback, as the Warriors connected on 13 of their first 14 two-point field goal attempts of the second half.

GAME STATS