MARQUETTE, Mich. – The No. 13 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball team saw its four-game win-streak snapped on Thursday night in a 70-64 decision against No. 22 Northern Michigan inside the Vandament Arena.

The Huskies (22-5, 13-4 GLIAC) were led by 18 points from Dawson Nordgaard and 15 by Marcus Tomashek. Nate Abel led the squad with eight rebounds as Josh Terrian had a team-best three assists.

"Holding them to 70 points in this gym is a pretty good defensive effort and we still had a couple of mistakes," Michigan Tech men's basketball coach Josh Buettner said. "For big stretches of that game, I thought we were getting cleaner looks than them and we just couldn't make them. It's tough when you're down the whole game and that's basketball."

Northern Michigan (22-5, 13-4 GLIAC) earned the series split with a convincing first half, shooting 48.1 percent from the field, while splashing 5-of-10 3-pointers to head into halftime ahead 32-24.

The Wildcats led by as many as 11 in the first half with a layup by Dylan Kuehl as part of his 10 first-half points, before finishing with a game-best 23 points, converting in 2-of-3 treys to go with four assists.

Nordgaard had six points through 20 minutes to lead the Black & Gold.

The Huskies narrowly outscored the home team in the second half (40-38) and cut the lead to four points with a second-chance bucket by Tomashek, then again with 14:55 to play off a fastbreak layup by Gabe Smith, although Michigan Tech would get no closer.

Sam Privet, who had two 3-pointers in the first half to tie his season-high, had an emphatic dunk with 7:39 to play, seeing the Wildcats' largest lead of the day (58-43).

Michigan Tech fought til the end, using a 15-7 run to cut the game to five points following free-throws by Nordgaard with 2:40 to play, but a layup by Kuehl on the following possession ultimately decided the game, as MTU put Charlie Miller and Privet on the foul line, where they went 4-4 as Abel followed with a 3-pointer concluding the scoring at 70-64.

Kuehl's double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds led the team as Privet joined Kuehl in double-figures with 16 points.

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The Huskies wrap four-straight road games on Monday with a road trip to Big Rapids, facing Ferris State at 7:30 p.m. before returning to the SDC Gymnasium on Thursday and Saturday.