The Purdue Northwest Women's Basketball team dropped a GLIAC road game at Northern Michigan on Saturday afternoon, 73-62.
The Basics
- Records: Purdue Northwest (9-14,4-9), Northern Michigan (15-7,9-4)
- Location: Barry Events Center - Marquette, Mich.
- Attendance: 400
Inside The Numbers
- Junior Cherrelle Newsom (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) led the Pride with 14 points including going 4-of-9 from deep.
- Senior Mercedes Simmons (Crystal Falls, Mich./Forest Park) added 13 points and four rebounds.
- Graduate Student Kennedy Jackson (Carson, Calif./Redondo Union) notched ten points during the game.
- Sophomore Zoe Spoelman (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven) chipped in ten points off the bench with four rebounds and two blocks.
- As a team, the Pride finished the contest shooting 24-of-55 (43.6%) from the floor and went 6-of-21 (28.6%) from behind the arc.
- Makaylee Kuhn led Northern Michigan with a game-high 25 points and notched six rebounds.
- As a team, the Wildcats ended the game going 28-of-61 (45.9%) from the field and shot 6-of-18 (33.3%) from the three-point line.
The Breakdown
- Northern Michigan started strong in the first period taking a 18-10 lead.
- The Pride answered back in the second period outscoring the Wildcats 20-12 and the game went into halftime tied, 30-30.
- The third period was all Northern Michigan outshooting the Pride 25-15 taking a 55-45 advantage into the fourth.
- The Pride tried to fight back in the fourth but the Wildcats were too much in the end outscoring Purdue Northwest slightly, 18-17, and taking the win in a hard-fought battle by both teams, 73-62.
- Both team benches scored 18 points each.
- Northern Michigan held a slight advantage in points in the paint, 36-32.
- The Pride outscored the Wildcats in fast break points, 13-8.
- Purdue Northwest completed the game going 8-of-10 from the free throw line.
Up Next
- The Pride return to Hammond, Indiana when they host Davenport in GLIAC action for Senior Night on Thursday, February 15. Tip-off is set 5:00 PM CT at John Friend Court. Senior Night festivities is scheduled to start prior to the beginning of the game.
