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The Malone University women's basketball team suffered its first home Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (GLIAC) loss of the season after falling to the Timberwolves of Northwood University (MI) 69-51 Saturday afternoon in Osborne Hall.

After a Rachel Goddard three-pointer opened the scoring in Malone's first possession, the Pioneers went on a nearly nine minute scoring drought that saw them go 0-for-13 from the field. Despite being outscored 12-5 in the first quarter Malone's defense, highlighted by four steals from guard Audrey Myers, played well, holding Northwood to 5-19 shooting.

The second quarter, however, was a different story as the Northwood offense found its rhythm. The Timberwolves went 11-of-19 and drained seven three-pointers en route to a 30-14 second-quarter drubbing and a 42-19 halftime advantage. Malone, playing without injured sharpshooter Chrissie Vaughan, finished just 4-of-22 (18.2%) from the field in its lowest scoring half of the season.

The Timberwolves' offensive onslaught continued in the second half as Northwood extended the lead to 61-36 after three quarters. With the game far out of reach, both head coaches emptied their benches in the fourth. Malone outscored Northwood 15-8 in the final frame but it was too little too late as the Pioneers fell 69-51.

• Tara Schaffter tied a team-high with 14 points to go along with 5 rebounds and a team-high 3 assists
• Naomi Grandison put up identical numbers, collecting 14 points and 5 boards
• Rachel Goddard tallied 11 points
• Bri Libertore finished with a team-high 8 rebounds

• Jordyn Nurenberg recorded her 8th double-double in ten games after finishing with 21 points and 11 boards
• Maddy Seeley totaled 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists
• Lindsay Orwat notched 12 points off the bench..she was 3-of-5 from beyond the arc

• The Timberwolves finished 11-26 (42.3%) from 3-point range including an 8-of-16 (50%) figure in the first half
• Malone, coming in ranked 4th in the nation in made threes per game (10.0), made just three shots from deep
• The Pioneers, ranked 2nd in NCAA DII in personal fouls per game (13.6), improved on that number, committing just 10 fouls
• Malone held Northwood, who came in leading the conference in FT attempts, to just seven free throw tries
• Northwood recorded assists on 21 of its 27 made field goals
• Malone had twice as many made free throws as field goals...the Pioneers were 24-38 from the charity stripe and 12-42 from the floor

• In their last game of the calendar year, the Pioneers (3-5, 1-3 GLIAC) will welcome non-conference opponent Ohio Valley University (WV) next Saturday, December 19th for a 1:00 pm tipoff.