Eagles Drop Fort Kent

10/27/2017 1:41:37 AM

KIRKLAND, Wash. - Senior Kaelan Hicks and freshman Tanner Davis each scored 17 points as Northwest University defeated the University of Maine at Fort Kent, 73-63, in non-league play tonight.
 
Hicks shot 6 for 12 from the field and grabbed 10 rebounds for the double-double. Davis was 7 for 15 and pulled down 6 rebounds.
 
Fort Kent took an early 13-10 lead at the 14 minute mark, but Northwest U came back to regain the lead after tying the game twice at 17-15. An 11-0 run put NU up 26-15 with 4:30 left in the half. Two free throws by Hicks and a driving lay-up by Tanner Davis would give the Eagles the 38-23 lead at the half.
 
Northwest U would hold onto the lead the entire second half but the Bengals would make a couple of runs to cut into their lead. With 10:44 left in the game Troy Williams would slice the Eagles’ lead to 51-46, NU would answer with four straight points to push their lead back up to nine, 57-48. UMFK would make it a six point, 69-63 game with 1:12 left in the game, but a big 3-pointer by NU’s Alex Smith would push the lead to 9 as the Eagles would go on to close out the game.
 
The Eagles shot 46 per cent in the first half on their to a 38-23 lead. The Bengals from Fort Kent Maine were held to 26 per cent shooting hitting 10 of 38 attempts.
 
Justice Martion added 13 points for Northwest U (3-0) while Alex Smith dropped in 8 points while adding 6 rebounds.
 
Thomas Enerva hit 10 of 11 shots to lead UMFK with a game high 20 points with Anthony Knight scoring 18 for the Bengals.
 
“This was a good test for our younger guys tonight,” said interim coach, Jeff Drinkwine. “and, Fort Kent challenged us throughout the game. We stumbled here and there, but for the most part, our guys responded to their runs well. This was a good pre-season game for us to play and Fort Kent was a tough opponent to match up with at this point of the season. It will only help us down the road.”