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HOUGHTON, Mich. - The Northern Michigan University Men's Basketball team fell in the GLIAC Championship game on Sunday (March 6) to Davenport by a score of 100-67, finishing their season at 18-12.
Davenport's Jarrin Randall scored 28 points in the game to lead Davenport, taking home MVP honors of the tournament.
Max Bjorklund and
Nick Wagner represented NMU on the All-Tournament team.
The NCAA Selection Show will take place tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET on NCAA.com.
STAT LEADERS
FIRST HALF
Jairus Stevens of Davenport scored the game's first four points before
Max Bjorklund sank a jumper in the paint to get NMU on the board.
Brian Parzych came up with a swipe on defense and took it coast-to-coast for a layup.
The Panthers came out clicking, erupting the flow of the Wildcats offense and finding open shots on offense. DU led 11-4 at the first media timeout.
The 'Cats grabbed two offensive rebounds and
John Kerr found a cutting
Justin Kuehl to make it 11-6 coming out of the timeout.
Jarrin Randall and the Panthers kept rolling early, as he hit a step-back three to make it 16-6.
Carson Smith had the answer next trip down the floor for the Green and Gold.
Smith then converted on an up-and-under to cut the deficit to five with 14 minutes to go in the half.
It continued to click for Davenport early, as they doubled up the 'Cats 22-11 with 12 minutes to play.
Tre Harvey entered off the bench, and found a lane with a trailing defender. Harvey converted the and-one to make it 22-14.
Davenport stayed hot from the field, starting 4-6 from downtown to make it 28-14.
Parzych found
John Kerr down low for a score off the window. Parzych then connected from downtown the next trip down the hardwood to get it back to ten at 29-19.
Nick Wagner made it seven straight for NMU, resulting in a Davenport timeout. The 'Cats climbed back to a 29-22 deficit.
Luke Maranka halted NMU's run, getting back-to-back hoops to stretch their lead to 34-22.
Carson Smith maintained his smooth shooting stroke from downtown, leading the way with eight points.
The Davenport defense was all over
Max Bjorklund, but he found some space and converted on an and-one jumper from the free-throw line. It was 36-28 Davenport with five minutes left in the half.
Justin Kuehl found open space beyond the arc and connected for his first triple of the afternoon. That ended a 5-0 run by DU, as the 'Cats trailed 41-31.
The Panthers led 44-32 at halftime. They led the entirety of the half.
SECOND HALF
Ben Wolf opened the second half scoring, hitting a hook shot in the paint.
Davenport grabbed the next seven points, opening up their largest lead at 51-34.
The Panthers continued to click, making it 61-36 on a Rollins drive to the hoop.
Davenport stretched it to a 31-point lead at 73-42. The Panthers continued to shoot near 60% from the floor.
Nick Wagner ended a long Panthers run with a deep triple.
Max Bjorklund hit a three and then converted a pair of free-throws. It was 77-52 Davenport.
The Panthers never looked back, taking the GLIAC title over NMU with a 100-67 win. They have earned the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament from the GLIAC as the No. 8 seed.
