Women's Basketball Clinches Home G-MAC Tournament Game With 72-58 Win At Lake Erie

OVERVIEW - LAKE ERIE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 72, Lake Erie Storm 58

RECORDS: Northwood (16-11, 14-5 G-MAC), Lake Erie (4-21, 1-18 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Osborne Center – Painesville, Ohio

RECAP: Women's Basketball clinches a Great Midwest home tournament game, controlling the second half in a 72-58 win over Lake Erie Thursday night (February 27)

GAME STORY

• Lake Erie was the better team at the start of the game. Leading 8-6, the Storm put up nine of the next 11 points to take a 17-8 lead.
• LEC made a layup in the final seconds of the first to take a 22-12 lead after one.
• The Storm pushed their lead to 12 early in the second (28-16) when Northwood made their first run of the game.
• Northwood posed a 15-3 to take their first lead of the day at 31-30 with 4:05 remaining in the second.
• Lake Erie responded down the stretch, putting up eight of the final 10 points to take a 38-33 lead at the break.
• The Timberwolves played better in the third quarter, taking their first lead of the second half at 47-46.
• NU eventually outscored the Storm 21-11 in the third to take a 54-49 lead to the final quarter.
• The Timberwolves scored the first nine points of the fourth to get the lead all the way up to 63-49.
• Lake Erie got no closer than 10 the rest of the way.

GAME STATS

• FG PERCENTAGE: Lake Erie .426 (23-54), Northwood .583 (28-48)
• 3-PT PERCENTAGE: Lake Erie .400 (6-15), Northwood .429 (6-14)
• FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Lake Erie .462 (6-13), Northwood .909 (10-11)
• REBOUNDS: Lake Erie 22 (Eight offensive), Northwood 25 (Three offensive)
• ASSISTS/TURNOVERS: Lake Erie 12/17, Northwood 13/22

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Lea Holmes: 19 points, seven rebounds, three blocks, 9-14 from the floor
• Maeve St. John: 19 points, eight assists, 5-5 from the floor, 2-2 from 3-point range, 7-7 from the foul line
• Lexie Bowers: 10 points, 4-7 from the floor

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• With the win, Northwood has clinched a home game in the opening round of the upcoming G-MAC Tournament. Northwood at worst will finish as the No. 4 seed in the eight-team event. The opening round game will take place Tuesday (March 4) at 6 p.m. in Riepma Arena.

UP NEXT

• The Timberwolves wraps up the regular season with a game at Ursuline Saturday (March 1). Game time is set for 2 p.m.