Posted: Nov 25, 2023

Women's Basketball Loses To #2 Grand Valley State 75-71

#2 Grand Valley State

(5-0,0-0 GLIAC)

Northwood

(2-2,0-0 G-MAC)

Final

#2 Grand Valley State (5-0,0-0 GLIAC)

Northwood (2-2,0-0 G-MAC)

Game Leaders

Pts: Paige Vanstee - 14

Reb: Rylie Bisballe - 10

Ast: Nicole Kamin - 4

Pts: Maddie Voelker - 14

Reb: Jayla Strickland - 8

Ast: 2 Players (#13, #21) - 4

Team Stats

#2 Grand Valley State

Northwood

Field Goals

(29-59)

(28-66)

Field Goal %

49.2%

42.4%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

Full stats

OVERVIEW – #2 GRAND VALLEY STATE

SCORE: #2 Grand Valley State Lakers 75, Northwood Timberwolves 71

RECORDS: Northwood (2-2), Grand Valley State (5-0)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood Women's Basketball battles to the end but falls to No. 2 ranked Grand Valley State 75-71 Saturday evening (November 25).

GAME STORY

After the Lakers scored the first four points of the game, the remainder of the opening quarter was extremely close. That four-point lead proved to be the biggest of the opening 10 minutes.
GVSU eventually led 16-15 after one.
Both teams picked up their offense in the second quarter. Northwood went up by as many as three (28-25), only to see the Lakers respond with the biggest run for either team in the half. Seven straight GVSU points gave the Lakers a 32-28 lead.
The Lakers led 38-33 in the final seconds of the second quarter when Maizie Taylor banked in a 3-pointer from near half court to send the game to halftime with GV leading 38-36.
Grand Valley State scored eight of the first 11 points of the third quarter to get their lead to 46-39.
The GV lead got up to as many as nine before the Lakers advantage stood at 59-53 going to the fourth quarter.
Northwood trailed 68-61 with less than 3:30 remaining when the Timberwolves made a big run to give themselves a chance. Eight straight points in just over a minute gave Northwood the lead 69-68 with under two minutes to go.
GVSU responded strong to earn the win, putting up the next seven points to go up 75-69 in the final seconds before winning 75-71.

GAME STATS