MARQUETTE, Mich. – Purdue Northwest couldn't hold on to a third-quarter lead in a game that featured 15 lead changes, as the Pride fell 65-55 to Northern Michigan in Saturday's regular-season finale.
 
PNW wraps up the shortened-season with a 4-14 record. The Pride will wait to find out its opponent for Tuesday's opening round of the GLIAC Tournament. NMU finished at 10-8 overall.
 
Savaya Brockington scored 16 points with five rebounds and a season-high five assists to lead the Pride. She finished the regular season averaging a team-best 15.7 points per game.
 
Brockington's 3-pointer near the four-minute mark of the third quarter put PNW ahead 42-39.
 
The Pride clung to the lead as a jumper by Ce'Niyah Hampton made it 44-43 at the 2:49 mark.
 
NMU led by only a point entering the fourth quarter, 45-44, but the Wildcats opened the final stanza with a 6-0 run and the lead swelled to nine. PNW went nearly five minutes without a made field goal.
 
Finally, PNW put together a short run to pull within three on a Mercedes Simmons layup, which trimmed the deficit to 55-52 with 4:19 remaining.
 
But it was little too late for the Pride who were outscored 20-11 after shooting just 25 percent in the final quarter.
 
Notably, the Pride made just one three-point field goal in the second half after catching fire from deep in the first half, going 5 of 9 (56%) from beyond the arc.
 
Four consecutive treys by Brockington, Danielle Nennig, Hampton and Brittany Barnard erased a five-point deficit in the second quarter and put PNW ahead by four at the media timeout, 29-25. The Pride led by four with under two minutes remaining until halftime, but the Wildcats closed on a quick run to claim a 32-31 advantage at the break.
 
Hampton finished with a career-high nine points while Simmons reached double figures with 10. Molly DeValkenare grabbed a team-best six rebounds on the day.
 
NMU's Makaylee Kuhn did all the scoring for the Wildcats, finishing with 39 points on 11-of-19 shooting from the field and 16-of-19 shooting at the free-throw line. No other player had more than eight points for the hosts.
 
PNW's bench outscored NMU 22-10 and the Pride had fewer turnovers with 13 to NMU's 15.
 
NEXT UP
PNW will find out later on Saturday where it will travel for Tuesday's matchup in the GLIAC Tournament First Round. Stay tuned to PNWAthletics.com for updates.