MIDLAND, Mich. – The UIndy women's basketball team weathered a fourth quarter comeback by the Northwood Timberwolves and walked out of the Bennett Sports Center with a 74-71 road victory. The Hounds improve to 2-2 on the season while the Timberwolves fall to 2-2.
 
Sadie Hill once again led the Greyhounds in scoring with 17 points on her 7-of-12 effort from the field. Right behind, Lauren With (15) and Elana Wells (11) also scored in double figures. Idalis Ortiz led the team with seven rebounds while Wells dished out a team-leading six assists.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Much like Wednesday night against Hillsdale, UIndy found itself trailing early on. Northwood jumped out to an early 11-4 lead halfway through the first quarter and seemed to have the momentum in its favor. Despite this, the Hounds held strong and battled the home team to a 22-22 tie heading into the second quarter. A little later, the Greyhounds would break through in the second quarter as they executed a favorable 9-0 scoring run that lasted over four minutes which spiraled into a nine point lead for UIndy at the half.
 
The Hounds held steady out of the break and latched on to a 12 point lead with a little over a minute remaining in the third. However, a buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of the quarter by the Timberwolves was the catalyst for Northwood in climbing back in the contest.
 
NU tied things up halfway through the final quarter and battled the Greyhounds all the way to the final buzzer in front of its home crowd. However, a huge three-point play by Hill with just under a minute left and a Mya Scheidt offensive rebound off a missed free throw with just second remaining sealed UIndy the road victory.

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Sadie Hill with a huge three-point play for the Hounds as time rolls under one minute! pic.twitter.com/y02anYIJxt

— UIndy Athletics (@UIndyAthletics) November 19, 2022

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-The Hounds shot 47.5 percent from the field (29-61) while the Timberwolves were at 37.1 percent (26-70).
-UIndy forced 10 turnovers and scored 13 points off of them.
-The Hounds won the rebounding battle by grabbing 41 to just 39 from Northwood.
-A total of 41 bench points were recorded by the Greyhounds while NU had just four.
-36 of the team's 74 points came in the paint.
 
HOUND BYTES
Final thoughts on the game from head coach Marc Mitchell…
"I thought today was a gutsy performance from our team. I am really proud of these young ladies and their resolve on the court."
 
UP NEXT
The Hounds will return to the hardwood on Saturday, Nov. 26 at Quincy for a battle against the Hawks beginning at 2 p.m. ET.