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Halftime Score: Indiana, 36, Northwestern, 22

The game started with back-to-back triples from IU’s Robert Johnson and Vic Law, but Indiana stayed hot going 3-5 from distance as they jumped out to a 12-6 lead after seven minutes of play.

After a Lumpkin bucket at 18:40, NU had an almost 10-minute scoring drought that was finally broken by Nate Taphorn at the nine-minute mark. IU went on a 21-1 run during the cold spell. It didn’t get much better after that as NU finished 8-24 (28.6%) at the break.

Indiana shot 14-35 (33.3%) from the floor and 6-18 (33.3%) from 3pt range. James Blackmon Jr. and Yogi Ferrell scorched NU’s defense– the two combined for 23 of the team’s 36 total first-half points. The Hoosier’s biggest lead of the half was 18 points.

The standout statistic of the first half was rebounding: Indiana out rebounded Northwestern 25-14 and scored 11 second-chance points.

– Noah Fromson, NNN Sports

 

Cats end losing streak, beat Iowa in OT

By: Will Greer

With Northwestern up by three, needing just one stop to snap its 10-game losing streak, Iowa’s Jarrod Uthoff hit an off-balance three-pointer to send the game to overtime.

Faced with adversity again, Chris Collins told his team, “We are going to win.”

And the Cats did just that.

Bryant McIntosh scored 18 points, and Tre Demps added 16 points, including a couple of clutch 3-pointers, to propel Northwestern to its first Big Ten home win since January 21, 2014 against Purdue.

“I’m a believer in the basketball gods,” Collins said. “Today was a special win.”

Northwestern took a 27-24 lead into the locker room at halftime, thanks to nine assists on 10 made field goals and 6-12 shooting from behind the arc.

But Iowa stormed back in the second half. Jarrod Uthoff had 18 of his game-high 25 points in the game’s final 25 minutes, including an off-balance heave with three seconds left that tied the game at 54.

Northwestern outplayed the Hawkeyes in overtime, led by center Alex Olah’s 3 points and 4 rebounds. Olah finished with his fifth double-double of the season and his second in Big Ten play, tallying 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Northwestern will look to build on its momentum Wednesday night, as the Cats head to Williams Arena to take on Minnesota.

1st half notes

Northwestern is playing an active 2-3 zone against Iowa, forcing the Hawkeyes to take deep shots. Bryant McIntosh scored the Cats’ first 7 points of the game.

Iowa shot 9-26 (34.6%) against the Northwestern zone in the first half.

Cats assisted on 9 of 10 made field goals in the first half. 6 of 10 made field goals came from behind the 3-point line.

Northwestern had 6 blocks in the first half. Iowa had 1.

Northwestern went on a 10-2 run to take its largest lead of the game at 23-13 with 7:47 in the 1st. Iowa answered with 11-4 run to end the half.

Iowa has never led in the game.