Jamison Eklund's Career-Day Leads Northwood To 97-71 Win Over Ferris State To Open Season

OVERVIEW – FERRIS STATE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 97, Ferris State Bulldogs 71

RECORDS: Northwood (1-0), Ferris State (0-1)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Led by a career-day by Jamison Eklund, Northwood Men's Basketball opens its season with a convincing 97-71 win over Ferris State Friday night (November 15).  

GAME STORY

• Northwood led 6-4 early on when Ferris State posted a 10-2 run to earn a 14-8 advantage at the 13:19 mark.
• That proved to be FSU's largest lead of the game, however, as Northwood responded with a 14-0 run to put the Timberwolves on top 22-14.
• NU's lead stayed above six the rest of the half – the Timberwolves biggest advantage in the opening 20 minutes was 43-29.
• Northwood went on to lead 43-34 at the break.
• The Timberwolves came out fast to start the second half, scoring the first nine points in 2:52 to make the score 52-34.
• Northwood's lead got up to 19 before Ferris State began to fight back. A 12-3 run buy the Bulldogs cut the lead down to 64-57 with 8:40 remaining.
• With the Northwood lead standing at 68-59, the Timberwolves offense exploded over a 2:58 stretch. In that time, Northwood out-scored Ferris State 19-4 thanks to the Timberwolves going 7-7 from the floor, 4-4 from 3-point range and 1-1 from the foul line. In less than three minutes, the NU lead went from nine to 25 at 87-62.
• FSU got no closer than 19 the rest of the way. Northwood's 26-point lead at the end of the game matched their biggest of the day.
• The story of the game was the performance of junior forward Jamison Eklund, who scored 33 ponits while going 14-24 from the floor. His previous best at Northwood was 20 points against Ohio Dominican December 7, 2024.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Ferris State .436 (24-55), Northwood .479 (35-73)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Ferris State .353 (6-17), Northwood .250 (6-24)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Ferris State .739 (17-23), Northwood .677 (21-31)
• REBOUNDS: Ferris State 36 (Six offensive), Northwood 42 (15 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Ferris State 11/20, Northwood 16/8

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Eklund: 33 points, five steals (both career-highs), four rebounds
• Will Young II: 19 points
• John Simpson: 16 points, eight rebounds, 4-6 from the floor, eight rebounds (first career game)
• Parker Day: 13 points, eight rebounds
• Brayden Szamrej: Eight points, four assists, two steals, three rebounds

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Northwood snapped a three-game losing streak to the Bulldogs with the victory. NU's last win over FSU came in Big Rapids February 8, 2020 (87-81). The Timberwolves' last home win over Ferris State was February 2, 2019 (90-84).

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves host Lake Superior State Saturday (November 16). Game time is set for 5 p.m.