SOMERS, Wis. -- Junior Kendale McCullum scored 16 points and handed out six assists and Wisconsin-Parkside opened its 2016-17 home schedule with a 66-45 non-conference victory over Northwood on Thursday in DeSimone Gymnasium.

McCullum led three players in double figures by shooting 6-of-14 from the floor and making all three of his free throw attempts. Senior Alexander Brown finished with 13 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the floor and Jake Verghagen made a pair of three-pointers and finished with 10 points and a team-high five rebounds.

Wisconsin-Parkside, which improved to 2-1 on the season, shot 48.1 percent from the floor, including 51.7 percent from the floor in the first half, while limiting Northwood to 31.3 percent shooting.

The Rangers forced the Timberwolves into 20 turnovers and scored 20 points off those turnovers. Wisconsin-Parkside also outscored Northwood 32-16 in the paint.

Wisconsin-Parkside also received eight points and four rebounds from Adam Bonk and eight points from Goran Zagorac who was 4-of-4 from the floor.

Northwood, which dropped to 0-3 on the season, was led by Zach Allread and Jarel Woolridge who each scored 10 points.

Wisconsin-Parkside took control the game midway through the first half.

After Kyle Lamotte cut the Wisconsin-Parkside lead to 16-10 with a layup, the Rangers put together a 14-2 run to blow the game open.

McCullum scored seven points during the run, including a layup with 5:18 to play in the first half which gave the Rangers a 30-12 lead.

Woolridge connected on a three-pointer for the Timberwolves, which trimmed the lead to 32-17 but Zagorac scored inside and Bonk drained a three-pointer giving the Rangers a 37-17 lead at the intermission.

A free throw by Woolridge at the 17:07 mark of the second period brought Northwood to within 39-20, but that would be as close as the Timberwolves would get for the remainder of the game.

Wisconsin-Parkside stretched the lead to 28 points on four occasions in the second period.

Wisconsin-Parkside returns to action on Saturday (Nov. 19) when it hosts Trinity International at 3 p.m. in DeSimone Gymnasium.