Men's Basketball Wins 102-100 Over Thomas More In Overtime on Buzzer-Beater

OVERVIEW – THOMAS MORE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 102, Thomas More Saints 100 (OT)

RECORDS: Northwood (7-4, 3-2 G-MAC), Thomas More (5-4, 1-3 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood men's basketball earns a buzzer-beating 102-100 overtime win over Thomas More Wednesday afternoon (December 17).

GAME STORY

• The opening half was close throughout. The largest lead for either team was four points. It was a one-possession game for the final 17:50 of the opening half.
• Northwood held a 40-39 lead at the break.
• After the Timberwolves went up four early in the second half, Thomas More was the better team for the next 10 minutes.
• The Saints pushed their lead up to eight at 71-63 with 10:10 remaining in the game.
• NU fought back, eventually tying the game at 77-77 with under four minutes remaining.
• With Thomas More leading by three with under 30 seconds remaining, Brayden Szamrej connected on a 3-pointer to tie the score 87-87.
• As time was running out, Northwood was down by two when Jamison Eklund tipped in a shot at the buzzer to force overtime at 89-89.
• The Timberwolves led by five with under 30 seconds to go in overtime when the Saints connected on a triple, got a turnover and connected on a basket to tie the game at 100-100.
• Northwood had one more buzzer-beater tip in to earn the win, as freshman John Simpson tipped in a missed shot with .3 seconds remaining to give the Timberwolves a dramatic 102-100 win

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Thomas More .615 (40-65), Northwood .529 (36-68)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Thomas More .389 (7-18), Northwood .433 (13-30)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Thomas More .722 (13-18), Northwood .739 (17-23)
• REBOUNDS: Thomas More 32 (Nine offensive), Northwood 29 (11 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Thomas More 11/13, Northwood 22/11

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Will Young II: 30 points (career-high), 6-11 from 3-point range (matches career-high in makes)
• Eklund: 21 points, five rebounds (15 points in the second half/overtime)
• Parker Day: 17 points, 11 rebounds (13 points, seven rebounds in the second half/overtime)
• John Sweeney/Andrew Smith: Nine points each.
• Szamrej: Nine assists

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves travel to Saginaw Valley Saturday night (December 20). Game time is set for 7 p.m.