NorthWood Knocks Off Concord
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
DUNLAP - Nearly evenly matched on the court, the NorthWood Panthers and the Concord Minutemen fought through four quarters to try and to claim their first conference win of the season.
In the end, the Panthers came back to defeat Concord 57-51.
Jumping off to an early start, Concord's Phil Rushenberg made a three-pointer 20 seconds into the first quarter. NorthWood answered back when Nic Bradley shot a three to tie the score. With three seconds left in the first quarter Minuteman Nick Treadway hit a three to put Concord up 19-13.
"Many things went wrong for us in the first half," NorthWood coach Dan Gunn said. "We had two travels called on us that came at crucial moments."
In the second quarter, Concord's Steve Williams upset the Panthers by stealing the ball and returning it for an easy two points. Then, the Panthers' Aaron Huber was left wide open for a three-point shot. One play later, Concord turned the ball over to NorthWood's Jake Yoder, who then scored two points on a fast break, putting the score 29-24 in favor of Concord.
With 13 seconds left in the first half, Matt Huber of Concord was fouled and made the basket, and then made the free throw. Concord led 33-28 at the half.
But in the third quarter NorthWood came back, with Eric Zell making a field goal and a free throw. Then, Aaron Huber scored two points on a fast break.
The Minutemen were falling apart both defensively and offensively. Josh Maron went down with an injured ankle and was sidelined the rest of the game, while Concord accumulated three turnovers in less than two minutes.
With 1:47 left in the third quarter, Aaron Huber caught the Minutemen's defense off guard and scored an easy layup. But Concord came back when Steve Williams took advantage on a NorthWood turnover and scored. At the end of the third quarter, Concord still led 47-46.
The score was tied 47-47 with 6:25 remaining in the fourth quarter when Williams fouled NorthWood's Chad Martin. With 46 seconds to go, Bobby Brown scored two points on a turnover and then made a free throw to put the Panthers ahead 55-51. Chad Martin would add two points to the score making it 57-51.
"We came out in the second half very strong, I told the players at halftime that we were playing strong, but we could play stronger and it showed in the second half," Gunn said.
NorthWood improves its record to 3-1 and 1-0 in the NLC, while Concord drops to 2-3 and 0-1 in the conference. NorthWood is at Westview Tuesday. [[In-content Ad]]
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DUNLAP - Nearly evenly matched on the court, the NorthWood Panthers and the Concord Minutemen fought through four quarters to try and to claim their first conference win of the season.
In the end, the Panthers came back to defeat Concord 57-51.
Jumping off to an early start, Concord's Phil Rushenberg made a three-pointer 20 seconds into the first quarter. NorthWood answered back when Nic Bradley shot a three to tie the score. With three seconds left in the first quarter Minuteman Nick Treadway hit a three to put Concord up 19-13.
"Many things went wrong for us in the first half," NorthWood coach Dan Gunn said. "We had two travels called on us that came at crucial moments."
In the second quarter, Concord's Steve Williams upset the Panthers by stealing the ball and returning it for an easy two points. Then, the Panthers' Aaron Huber was left wide open for a three-point shot. One play later, Concord turned the ball over to NorthWood's Jake Yoder, who then scored two points on a fast break, putting the score 29-24 in favor of Concord.
With 13 seconds left in the first half, Matt Huber of Concord was fouled and made the basket, and then made the free throw. Concord led 33-28 at the half.
But in the third quarter NorthWood came back, with Eric Zell making a field goal and a free throw. Then, Aaron Huber scored two points on a fast break.
The Minutemen were falling apart both defensively and offensively. Josh Maron went down with an injured ankle and was sidelined the rest of the game, while Concord accumulated three turnovers in less than two minutes.
With 1:47 left in the third quarter, Aaron Huber caught the Minutemen's defense off guard and scored an easy layup. But Concord came back when Steve Williams took advantage on a NorthWood turnover and scored. At the end of the third quarter, Concord still led 47-46.
The score was tied 47-47 with 6:25 remaining in the fourth quarter when Williams fouled NorthWood's Chad Martin. With 46 seconds to go, Bobby Brown scored two points on a turnover and then made a free throw to put the Panthers ahead 55-51. Chad Martin would add two points to the score making it 57-51.
"We came out in the second half very strong, I told the players at halftime that we were playing strong, but we could play stronger and it showed in the second half," Gunn said.
NorthWood improves its record to 3-1 and 1-0 in the NLC, while Concord drops to 2-3 and 0-1 in the conference. NorthWood is at Westview Tuesday. [[In-content Ad]]