Men's Basketball Earns 85-82 Road Win At Lake Erie

­­OVERVIEW – LAKE ERIE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 85, Lake Erie Storm 82

RECORDS: Northwood (8-19, 4-15 G-MAC), Lake Erie (19-7, 12-6 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Osborne Center – Painesville, Ohio

RECAP: Men's Basketball earns 85-82 road win against Lake Erie Thursday night (February 27).

GAME STORY

• Northwood scored the first two points of the game and did not allow Lake Erie to lead at any point in the first half.
• The Timberwolves scored 16 of the first 20 and 22 of the first 28 points of the game. Their biggest lead of the game came at the 11:43 mark at 25-8.
• Northwood's advantage stayed above nine the rest of the half – NU held a 47-36 lead at the break.
• Lake Erie chipped away at the lead in the second half, taking their first lead of the game at 69-68 with 5:56 remaining.
• That lead would last 16 seconds and prove to be the only lead the Storm would hold the entire game.
• The score would remain close down the stretch, as Lake Erie would get within two three times. But the Storm were not able to tie the game, giving Northwood the victory.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Lake Erie .435 (30-69), Northwood .565 (26-46)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Lake Erie .368 (7-19), Northwood .438 (7-16)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Lake Erie .625 (15-24), Northwood .765 (26-34)
• REBOUNDS: Lake Erie 26 (12 offensive), Northwood 27 (Six offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Lake Erie 16/9, Northwood 11/15

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Will Young II: 18 points, 6-13 from the floor, 5-6 from the foul line
• Jamison Eklund: 18 points, five rebounds, 5-9 from the floor, 3-5 from 3-point range.
• Elijah Watson: 18 points, six rebounds, three assists, two steals, 5-5 from the floor, 8-8 from the foul line
• Brayden Szamrej: 11 points
• JT Morgan: 10 points, six rebounds

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will wrap up their season Saturday at Tiffin. Game time is set for 3 p.m.