Men's Basketball Drops 78-71 Contest To Malone

­­OVERVIEW – MALONE

SCORE: Malone Pioneers 78, Northwood Timberwolves 71

RECORDS: Northwood (7-19, 3-15 G-MAC), Malone (12-14, 8-10 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Men's Basketball loses 78-71 against Malone Saturday afternoon (April 22).

GAME STORY

• Northwood scored the first two points of the game and led 4-3 early on, but that proved to be the final lead of the day for the Timberwolves.
• Malone led 24-20 with 6:33 remaining in the opening half when the Pioneers put up eight of the next 10 points to open up a 32-22 lead.
• MU's lead stood at 41-30 at the break.
• Northwood's deficit stayed between nine and 15 points until the 3:40 mark, when the Timberwolves cut the Malone lead down to 67-61.
• NU was unable to get any closer down the stretch, giving the Pioneer a seven-point victory.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Malone .460 (23-50), Northwood .431 (25-58)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Malone .417 (10-24), Northwood .263 (5-19)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Malone .647 (22-34), Northwood .727 (16-22)
• REBOUNDS: Malone 33 (Nine offensive), Northwood 35 (11 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Malone 9/11, Northwood 6/8

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Will Young II: 23 points (19 in the second half), 9-15 from the floor, five rebounds
• Brayden Szamrej: 12 points, two blocks, 4-7 from 3-point range
• JT Morgan: 13 points, seven rebounds
• Elijah Watson: Nine points, 10 rebounds

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves travel to Lake Erie Thursday night (February 26). Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.