Originally rescheduled for Sunday, the NMU team may have found the change worth it with a 73-46 blasting of Davenport at Vandament Arena.

In the process, the No. 12 ranked Northern women also saw a milestone, with senior Jacy Weisbrod exceeding 1,000 career points as she pumped in a game-high 15 points.

The sharpshooting guard became the 29th player in NMU women’s history to reach that summit, making three 3-pointers and both her free-throw attempts on Friday. She added in three rebounds, a blocked shot and no turnovers in 27 minutes court time.

Teammate Alyssa Hill, a Negaunee High School product, added 12 points, hitting 6 of 8 from the field, all 2-pointers, and grabbed seven rebounds, also dishing out three assists and making a blocked shot.

Northern Michigan University’s Sydney Whitehouse puts up a shot during a college women’s basketball game played against Northwood at Vandament Arena in Marquette on Dec. 17. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

Eleven players both scored and grabbed a rebound, Baraga High School graduate Reide Osterman leading all rebounders with eight as Northern teammates Sydney Whitehouse and Jordyn Schmittdiel adding seven caroms apiece.

Madison Schroeder was the Wildcats’ next top scorer with nine points in just 14 minutes playing time as she hit on 4 of 5 from the field, adding in four rebounds.

Maddie Geers and Nevaeh Willams scored 11 points each to pace the Panthers, who slipped to 3-8 overall and 1-2 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

NMU, now 12-1 and 3-0 in the GLIAC, got off to a bit of a slow start, leading just 16-14 after one quarter and 37-28 at halftime. But they outscored their guests by seven points in the third and 11 in the fourth for the runaway win.

Usual game details weren’t available with the Wildcats’ box score available at the NMU athletics website, nmuwildcats.com.

Today’s game will go on as originally scheduled at 1 p.m. today against the nation’s No. 1 team, GLIAC foe Grand Valley State (11-0, 3-0).

NMU 73, Davenport 46

Friday at Vandament Arena

Summary (field goals, free throws, total points)

DAVENPORT — Geers 3-4-11, Williams 5-1-11, Axtell 2-3-8, Polega 1-1-3, Pehi-Kupa 2-0-4, Covington 2-0-4, Gagau 1-0-3, Mitchell 1-0-2. Totals 17-9-46.

NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY — Weisbrod 5-2-15, Hill 6-0-12, Pytleski 1-3-6, Romero 2-0-5, Newcomer 1-0-3, Schroeder 4-1-9, Walder 4-0-8, Whitehouse 1-4-6, Schmittdiel 1-3-5, Showen 1-0-2, Marta 1-0-2. Totals 27-13-73.

Score by quarters:

Davenport 14 14 8 10 — 46

Northern Michigan 16 21 15 21 — 73

FG shooting: Davenport 17 of 55 (30.9 percent), NMU 27 of 68 (39.7 percent); 3-point shooting: Davenport 3 of 13 (23.1 percent), NMU 6 of 28 (21.4 percent); FT shooting: Davenport 9 of 13 (69.2 percent), NMU 13 of 18 (72.2 percent); Rebounding, Davenport 30 (Anna Axtell 6), NMU 51 (Reide Osterman 8); Assists, Davenport 11 (Nevaeh Williams 6), NMU 15 (Alyssa Hill and CJ Romero 3 each); Steals, Davenport 6 (Williams 3), NMU 7 (Osterman 2); Turnovers, Davenport 16, NMU 12.

Story contents based on Northern Michigan University Sports Information press release reviewing/previewing the games/meet. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee’s email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.