Women's Basketball Defeats Ursuline 75-68

OVERVIEW - URSULINE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 75, Ursuline Panthers 68

RECORDS: Northwood (14-11, 12-5 G-MAC), Ursuline (8-18, 7-11 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena – Ursuline, Mich.

RECAP: Women's Basketball earns 75-68 win over Ursuline Thursday night (February 20).

GAME STORY

• The opening quarter saw the two teams remain close – Northwood's 10-5 advantage was the largest of the quarter.
• Ursuline held a 16-15 lead after one quarter.
• The first significant run of the game came with Northwood leading 26-25 with under three minutes remaining in the second. NU scored nine of the final 11 points to take a 35-27 lead at halftime.
• Northwood, who ranks second in the G-MAC in both 3-point percentage (.344) and 3-pointers made (168), was just 1-12 from beyond the arc in the opening 20 minutes.
• The Timberwolves kept the momentum going early in the third quarter, pushing their lead up to 46-31 less than three minutes into the third.
• Ursuline cut the lead down to eight before the Northwood lead stood at 55-46 heading to the final quarter.
• The Arrows chipped away at the Northwood lead throughout the fourth quarter, eventually making the score 66-64 with 1:18 remaining.
• That was as close as Ursuline would get, however, as Maelyn McNealy knocked down a clutch 3-pointer to get the lead back to five.
• McNealy's triple started a 6-0 run to clinch the Northwood victory.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Ursuline .484 (30-62), Northwood .411 (23-56)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Ursuline .294 (5-17), Northwood .182 (4-22)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Ursuline .750 (3-4), Northwood .735 (25-34)
• REBOUNDS: Ursuline 35 (Nine offensive), Northwood 34 (12 offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Ursuline 16/16, Northwood 13/11

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Lea Holmes: 24 points, seven rebounds, two assists, three blocks
• McNealy: 13 points (10 in the second half, four rebounds
• Maddie Voelker: 13 points
• Maeve St. John: 11 points, 10 rebounds, five assists

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• Holmes has now tied the Northwood record for blocks shots in a season with 64. Savannah Stedman finished the 2011-12 season with 64 blocks.
• Head coach Autumn Haggadone now has a career record 66-43 at Northwood. She moved into third place on the NU all-time wins list, passing Lori Hyman (65). Jeff Curtis (233) and Mary Vielbig (86) rank first and second in program history.

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves will host Malone for senior day Saturday (February 22). Game time is set for 1 p.m.