Box Score ST. PAUL -- Northwestern College rebounded from a three-point loss on Friday to Minnesota Morris by doubling up Presentation College on Saturday. The Eagles received a 24-point performance from Wade Chitwood (Grinnell, Iowa/Grinnell) while scoring 29 points off of turnovers to beat the Saints 81-34.

The Eagles didn't need much time to put their game into gear, which was evidenced by the 14-3 score before five minutes had ticked off the clock. Northwestern's defense kept Presentation under 10 points until just under 90 seconds remained in the first half. NWC headed into the locker room with a 43-13 lead, having out-rebounded the Saints 25-11 and owning an 18-2 advantage in points in the paint.

Everyone on Northwestern's bench saw significant court time in the second half when the Eagles committed just four turnovers while dishing out 12 assists before the final buzzer sounded and NWC improved to 7-7 overall (2-1 UMAC) with a convincing 81-34 victory.

Chitwood went 10-15 in the game, including 4-8 from downtown to lead all scorers. The junior, who put up 23 against Morris on Friday, had almost the same amount of points in the first half alone. Three more Eagles had nine points in the game, including Tom Gisler (Stewartville, Minn./Stewartville), Gabe Jefferson (Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln Southeast), and Lance Westberg (River Falls, Wis./River Falls). Northwestern made 34 of their 66 attempts (51.5 percent) while holding the Saints to a mere 23 percent shooting.

After having played back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday, Northwestern will take almost a week off  before heading north to face Northland College in Ashland, Wis. next Friday, Jan. 20. Tip-off next to Lake Superior is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.