Men's Basketball Falls At Hillsdale 83-66

OVERVIEW – HILLSDALE

SCORE: Hillsdale Chargers 83, Northwood Timberwolves 66

RECORDS: Northwood (16-12, 10-10 G-MAC), Hillsdale (11-17, 8-12 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Tibbetts Potter Arena – Hillsdale, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood men's basketball falls in regular season finale 83-66 at Hillsdale Saturday afternoon (February 28).

GAME STORY

• Northwood held an early 11-8 lead at the 13:19 mark of the opening half.
• That is when Hillsdale went on the first run of the game, scoring 12 of the next 14 points to go up 20-13 with 8:36 to go.
• The Timberwolves responded to tie the score at 26-26 at the 5:01 mark.
• NU led 30-29 with 3:30 remaining, only to see the Chargers outscore the Timberwolves 13-5 the rest of the half to take a 42-35 lead at the break.
• Northwood got within four or five points six times in the opening 5:25 of the second half, but that was as close as the Timberwolves would get in the second half.
• Leading 54-50 with 14:35 to go, Hillsdale went on an 18-5 run to go up 72-55 with under eight minutes remaining.
• Northwood got no closer than 14 the rest of the way. Hillsdale led by as many as 20 before winning by 17.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Hillsdale .562 (35-62), Northwood .491 (27-55)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Hillsdale .455 (10-22), Northwood .368 (7-19)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Hillsdale .429 (3-7), Northwood .500 (5-10)
• REBOUNDS: Hillsdale 30 (Eight offensive), Northwood 27 (Six offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Hillsdale 5/14, Northwood 18/17

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Jamison Eklund: 18 points, three rebounds, 7-9 from the floor, 2-3 from 3-point range
• Parker Day: 13 points
• Brayden Szamrej: 12 points, four assists, 5-8 from the floor, 2-4 from 3-point range
• John Sweeney: Seven points, 10 rebounds

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves, seeded sixth in the upcoming G-MAC Tournament, will travel to No. 3 Ashland Tuesday (March 3). Game time will be announced soon.