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Northwestern Athletic Communications Contact: Nick Brilowski • Office: 847-467-3831 2016-17 Email: [email protected] Sec. Contact: Ray O’Connell • Office: 847-467-3418 NORTHWESTERN MEN’S BASKETBALL Email: [email protected] THE MATCHUP THE OPENING TIP... • Wednesday’s game is being played as part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games which is an annual series between the Big Ten and BIG EAST Conferences and named in honor of Dave Gavitt, Butler Bulldogs Wed., Nov. 16 • 6 p.m. CT founder of the BIG EAST and basketball visionary. The series is in its second year and will Hinkle Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, Ind. span eight years with games being played on home sites. Radio: 720 WGN (Dave Eanet and Joey Meyer) • The Wildcats are coming off an 86-72 home win over Eastern Washington on Monday. Vic TV: FS1 (Tim Brando and Bill Raftery) Law set a career high in scoring for the second straight game, posting a game-high 26 points •to Starting lead five Wednesday, Northwestern each players of the inWildcats’ double nextfigures. three opponents appeared in last year’s 2016-17 Schedule & Results to Brooklyn for a pair of games in the Legends Classic next Monday and Tuesday. Overall: 2-0 | Home: 2-0 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0 NCAA tournament. After Wednesday’s game, Northwestern remains on the road as it travels • Junior guard and Greensburg, Indiana, native Bryant McIntosh enters play Wednesday DATE OPPONENT .......................... TIME/RESULT Nov. 4 Ill. Springfield (exhib.) .............. W, 89-52 McIntosh set a school single-season record with 213 assists during the 2015-16 campaign. Nov. 11 Mississippi Valley State ............ W, 94-63 with 374 career assists, five shy of tying Shawn Watts for third place in school history. Nov. 14 Eastern Washington ................... W, 86-72 u ...................................................6 p.m. NORTHWESTERN PREVIOUS GAME STARTERS 3 ............................................8:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at Butler 3 ............... TBA Nov. 2125 Bryvs. Texasant ................................................... 1 p.m. Nov. 2228 Wvs.ake Notre Forest Dame H ....................................or Colorado 8 p.m. Dec. 3 DePaul ..................................................6 p.m. Dec. 11 New Orleans .......................................6 p.m. Dec. 14 Chicago State ......................................6 p.m. Dec. 17 vs. Dayton 7 .................................................6 p.m. Dec. 20 IUPUI .....................................................7 p.m. Dec. 22 Houston Baptist ................................7 p.m. 30 20 4 34 5 Dec. 27 at Penn State * ............................................2 p.m. BRYANT McINTOSH SCOTTIE LINDSEY VIC LAW SANJAY LUMPKIN DERERK PARDON Dec. 30 at Michigan State * ...................................5 p.m. Jr. • G • 6-3 Jr. • G/F • 6-5 R-So. • F • 6-7 R-Sr. • F • 6-6 So. • C • 6-8 Jan. 5 Minnesota * .........................................8 p.m. Greensburg, Ind. Hillside, Ill. South Holland, Ill. Wayzata, Minn. Cleveland, Ohio ................................................. TBA Jan. 12 at Rutgers * ..................................................8 p.m. Jan. 8 at Nebraska * Jan. 15 Iowa * ..............................................6:30 p.m. Northwestern vs. Butler Jan. 22 at Ohio State * ............................................. Series Information Jan. 26 Nebraska * ...........................................7 p.m. Jan. 29 Indiana * ........................................5:30Noon p.m. Feb. 1 at Purdue *............................................7:30 p.m. Season Statistics Feb. 7 Illinois * ...............................................7 p.m. 90.0 ............................................................................Points Per Game ....................................................................... 89.0 Feb. 12 at Wisconsin * .....................................5:30 p.m. 67.5 .................................................................Opponent Points Per Game ............................................................. 52.0 Feb. 15 Maryland * ..........................................6 p.m. +22.5 ...........................................................................Scoring Margin .......................................................................+37.0 Feb. 18 Rutgers * ..............................................5 p.m. 40.5 ........................................................................Rebounds Per Game .................................................................... 35.0 Feb. 21 at Illinois * ...................................................7 p.m. +9.0 ........................................................................Rebounding Margin ..................................................................+11.0 Feb. 25/26 at Indiana * ..................................................... TBA .492 ......................................................................Field Goal Percentage .................................................................. .533 March 1 Michigan * ...........................................6 p.m. March 4/5 Purdue * .................................................. TBA .430 ........................................................... Opponent Field Goal Percentage ....................................................... .348 .410 .........................................................................3-Pt FG Percentage ..................................................................... .310 All times Central .375 ..............................................................Opponent 3-Pt FG Percentage .......................................................... .200 u Gavitt Tipoff Games .764 .................................................................... Free Throw Percentage ................................................................ .762 3 19.0 ...........................................................................Assists Per Game ....................................................................... 13.0 H Big Ten/ACC Challenge 6.5 .............................................................................. Blocks Per Game ..........................................................................3.0 7 StateLegends Farm Classic; Chicago Brooklyn, Legends N.Y. 5.5 ...............................................................................Steals Per Game ...........................................................................9.0 * Big Ten game +4.0 ...........................................................................Turnover Margin ....................................................................... +7.0 Home games in bold Head Coaches Chris Collins ..............................................................................................................................................Chris Holtmann @NUMensBball Duke, ’96 ................................................................................................................................................................Taylor, ’94 @coach_collins ........................................................................................................................... @NU_Sports 51-48 career (20-34 B1G) ...................................................................................... 46-22 at Butler, 90-76 career Fourth Year at NU Third Year at Butler facebook.com/northwesternmbb Of Note: • numensbball andNorthwestern Marquette. leads the all-time series with Butler, 16-10. The Bulldogs are the Wildcats’ fifth nu_sports •most Butler often won played the last nonconference meeting between opponent the teams, behind 65-56, only NotreDec. 6, Dame, 2014 DePaul,in Indianapolis. Western Michigan SCOUTING BUTLER team All-BIG EAST pick Kelan Martin paced Butler with 21 points. Butler is coming off 22-11 season a year ago and an The Bulldogs defeated Northern Colorado 89-52 last Saturday in their lone game of the season to date. Preseason first- NCAA tournament appearance. The Bulldogs have won 29 straight games against nonconference opponents and were pickedLAW RESTORED to finish sixth in the BIG EAST this season in a preseason poll of the league’s head coaches. Redshirt sophomore forward Vic Law has enjoyed a solid return to the Northwestern attack after missing all of the 2015-16 campaign due to shoulder surgery. In NU’s season-opener against Mississippi Valley State on Nov. 11, Law connected on 7 of 10 field goal attempts and scored a career-high 18 points with 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. 3-pointHe followed range. up the performance by posting a career best again with 26 points in a Nov. 14 victory over Eastern Washington. Through two games he is shooting 60.9 percent from the field (14-23), including 75.0 percent (6-8) from BRYANT MCINTOSH SOLID NUCLEUS RETURNS welcome back three starters and 10 letterwinners overall. Northwestern returns 61.4 percent of its scoring and 71.4 percent of its rebounding from a year ago. The Wildcats WINNING WAYS previous best was 19 wins during the 2009-10 season. The Wildcats’ eight Big Ten wins last season Northwestern won 20 regular-season games in 2015-16 for the first time in school history. The rank as a tie for the program’s most since 1932. NU put together a pair of impressive winning streaks12 in a during row from the Dec.2015-16 8, 1930 season. through The Feb. team’s 14, 10-game 1931. Also, winning dating streak back tofrom to the Nov. 2014-15 24 through season, Dec. 30 was the second double-figure winning streak