Men's Basketball Earns Fourth Straight Win, Downing Malone 68-61

OVERVIEW – MALONE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 68, Malone Pioneers 61

RECORDS: Northwood (10-4, 5-2 G-MAC), Malone (10-4, 3-3 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood men's basketball controls the final 13 minutes of the game to earn a 68-61 win over Malone Monday (January 5).

GAME STORY

• The opening half was close throughout – the largest lead of the period was five points.
• Malone was the better team most of the first, leading for 11:36 of the 20 minutes. The Pioneers held a 36-31 lead at the break.
• MU extended their lead to 50-39 with just over 13 minutes remaining when Northwood took the game over.
• The Timberwolves went on an 11-2 run to cut the lead to 52-50 with 8:30 remaining.
• Malone made a 3-pointer with 8:18 remaining to go up five (55-50) before the Pioneers offense went cold. MU would not score another point for 6:17, during which Northwood pushed their run up to 22-5. That put the Timberwolves on top 61-54.
• MU's field goal drought went from 8:18 until the 1:27 mark.
• Northwood outscored Malone 29-11 after trailing by 11 to earn the seven point victory.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Malone .431 (22-51), Northwood .400 (24-60)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Malone .250 (3-12), Northwood .190 (4-21)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Malone .824 (14-17), Northwood .593 (16-27)
• REBOUNDS: Malone 32 (Nine offensive), Northwood 38 (1 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Malone 7/17, Northwood 10/11

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Jamison Eklund: 23 points, 8-10 from the floor, five rebounds
• Parker Day: 12 points, seven rebounds
• Will Young II: Nine points
• Brayden Szamrej: Eight points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Northwood has already exceeded their win total from last season, when the Timberwolves ended the year with an 8-19 overall record. They also have matched their conference win total from a year ago.
• NU is on its first four-game winning streak since the end of the 2019-20 season. That winning streak put the Timberwolves in the GLIAC Tournament Championship game.

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves travel Thomas More Thursday (January 8). Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.