ELY—The Timberwolves’ offensive power appeared to sputter on their home hardwood on Tuesday as they fell for just the second time this season, finishing on the short-end of a 72-59 score with Greenway.
“I thought we played well and had under ten turnovers against a very athletic and tall team,” said Ely Head Coach Tom McDonald. “But our shooting did us in… we just could not get into a rhythm offensively and we ended up shooting nine of 38 from the three-point line.”
Ely looked strong on defense as they tallied an impressive 17 steals against the Raiders. “But we had a hard time converting those into baskets on the other end,” said McDonald.
Caid Chittum led Ely scorers with 19 points, well below some of his recent offensive performances. Chittum made up for it on defense as he wracked up ten rebounds for a double-double on the night. Jack Davies added 14 points and Wyatt Tedrick added 13 for the Wolves.
Over the holiday break, the Wolves lost their first game of the season, falling 77-71 to visiting Two Harbors. They followed up with a 111-63 rout the following day as they hosted Bigfork.
The Wolves are set to visit Nashwauk to take on the Spartans on Friday. They host Northland on Saturday with a 2:30 p.m. start. Bigfork comes back to town for a rematch on Tuesday.