After both Northwestern Lehigh and Bangor both put up more turnovers than they did points in the first quarter of their Thursday night game, the Tigers settled in and eventually pulled away from the Slaters for a 47-41 win.

The victory keeps Northwestern unbeaten this season with a 6-0 Colonial League record, and 8-0 overall.

Both teams played a remarkably similar style of ball in the first quarter, each committing 10 turnovers and scoring just six points.

The second quarter was when Northwestern played its best basketball, with just three turnovers as it rode the shoulders of senior Caitlyn Miller, who scored 11 points in the quarter.

“I got a lot of great passes from my teammates and coming off the bench, I knew that we needed some points,” said Miller. “We all knew this was going to be a really tough game, and it’s important for all of us to contribute, so I was happy that I was able to contribute.”

Miller also had some big stops on defense, and her work came at a crucial time since Northwestern was without Tess Ledeboer and Bangor was able to contain Paige Sevrain, who scored just six points in the game.

Miller scored nine straight points in the second-quarter burst, as the Northwestern defense continued to force turnovers and held Bangor to just eight points in the period.

Kailyn Jones hit a couple of three-pointers in the third quarter for Northwestern, with the second one putting her team up 29-20 with just under three-minutes remaining.

Ali Lister took over in the final quarter, scoring six straight points for Northwestern, many of which came off steals that she then converted to layups at the other end.

“Ali has that knack for being able to step into lanes or defend a girl and poke the ball away, and she complements that with being able to get control and head for the basket,” said Northwestern coach Chris Deutsch. “She does that so often, and a lot of times it comes when we most need a stop. They had cut our lead to 36-30, and we came out of a timeout and she got a steal and scores and then another steal and got fouled. She gave us three points in two possessions off steals.”

Bangor looked to come back, but could not draw any closer than a six-point deficit.

“At the beginning of the season, had you told me we would even be able to play eight games, I would have been happy because there was so much uncertainty,” said Deutsch. “If you would have told me we would have won all eight games, I would have been ecstatic. We’ve beaten some pretty good teams, and tonight was a test because Bangor is a good team.”

BACK TO WORK ... Northwestern had a week off between games due to the postponement of Wednesday’s game against Notre Dame. Deutsch used the added day off to sneak in an extra practice, which felt like a luxury.

BANGOR

Smith 0-0-0-0, E. Stout 2-0-0-4, Holland 2-4-4-8, Karner 3-0-0-6, Toth 1-0-0-2, M. Stout 1-0-0-2, Kluska 6-0-0-13, Ohland 3-0-0-6, TOTALS: 18-4-4-41

NORTHWESTERN

Lister 4-6-10-14, Miller 5-1-1-11, Jones 3-0-0-9, Funk 1-0-0-2, Nyce 1-0-0-2, Fisher 1-1-2-3, Sevrain 2-2-2-6, TOTALS: 17-10-15-47

Bangor 6 8 8 19 – 41

Northwestern 6 15 10 16 - 47

Three-pointers: B – Kluska 1; NW – Jones 3.