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NORTHWESTERN B A S K E T B A L L GAME 4 • SATURDAY, NOV. 18 • uNCASVILLE, CONN. • MOHEGAN SUN ARENA (9,323) NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS LA SALLE EXPLORERS GAMEDAY INFORMATION 2017-18 Schedule & Results 2017-18 Record: 2-1 2017-18 Record: 3-0 TV: ESPN3 Conference: Big Ten Conference: Atlantic 10 (John Brickley and Chris Spatola) Overall: 2-1 | B1G: 0-0 Ranking: 20 (AP), 20 (Coaches) Ranking: N/A Radio: WYLL 1160 Home: 2-1 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0 Head Coach: Chris Collins Head Coach: Dr. John Giannini (Andy Masur and Joey Meyer) DATE OPPONENT .......................... TIME/RESULT Record at NU: 75-61 (5th Year) Record at CU: 202-207 (14th Year) Live Stats: NUsports.com Nov. 10 Loyola (Md.) ................................ W, 79-75 Twitter: @NUMensBball Nov. 13 Saint Peter’s................................. W, 75-66 Nov. 15 Creighton u .................................. L, 92-88 THE OPENING TIP... Nov. 18 vs. La Salle 3 ..........................................1:30 p.m. • Northwestern is competing in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament Saturday and Sunday. Nov. 19 vs. Texas Tech/Boston College 3 ..............TBA Saturday’s winners square off at 4:30 p.m. Central time Sunday while the losers meet at 2 p.m. Nov. 24 Sacred Heart............................... 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at Georgia Tech s ......................................6 p.m. • NU is seeking its first in-season tournament title since winning the 2013 South Padre Island Dec. 1 Illinois * ............................................ 8 p.m. Invitational when it defeated TCU and Illinois State. Dec. 3 Purdue * ........................................................3 p.m. Dec. 11 Chicago State .................................. 6 p.m. • Saturday’s game is the fourth of five games over a 10-day span for the Wildcats to open the season. Dec. 14 Valparaiso ....................................... 7 p.m. Dec. 16 at DePaul ......................................................1 p.m. Dec. 19 Lewis ................................................ 7 p.m. • The Wildcats are coming off their first loss of the season Wednesday, dropping a 92-88 decision to Dec. 22 at Oklahoma ................................................6 p.m. visiting Creighton. Vic Law led NU with a career-high 30 points, while Bryant McIntosh contributed Dec. 30 Brown ............................................ 11 a.m. 24 points and 9 assists. Jan. 2 Nebraska * ....................................... 8 p.m. Jan. 5 at Penn State * ............................................1 p.m. NORTHWESTERN PREVIOUS GAME STARTERS Jan. 10 Minnesota * ..................................... 8 p.m. Jan. 14 at Indiana * .......................................................TBA Jan. 17 Ohio State * ..................................... 8 p.m. Jan. 20 Penn State * ..................................... 1 p.m. Jan. 23 at Minnesota * .............................................8 p.m. Jan. 29 at Michigan * ...............................................6 p.m. Feb. 1 at Wisconsin * ........................................7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 Michigan * ....................................... 6 p.m. Feb. 10 at Maryland * .............................................11 a.m. 30 20 4 44 5 Feb. 13 at Rutgers *...................................................8 p.m. BRYANT McINTOSH SCOTTIE LINDSEY VIC LAW GAVIN SKELLY DERERK PARDON Feb. 17 Michigan State * ............................. 1 p.m. sr. • G • 6-3 Sr. • G • 6-5 R-Jr. • F • 6-7 Sr. • F • 6-8 Jr. • C • 6-8 Feb. 19 Maryland * ........................................ 6 p.m Greensburg, Ind. 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Westlake, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Feb. 22 Wisconsin * ...................................... 6 p.m. Feb. 25 at Iowa * ..................................................6:30 p.m. Northwestern vs. La Salle Series Information All times Central Home games in bold 2017-18 Season Statistics s Big Ten/ACC Challenge 80.7 ............................................................................Points Per Game ............................................................................72.3 u Gavitt Games 77.7 .................................................................Opponent Points Per Game .................................................................61.3 3 Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off (Uncasville, Conn.) +3.0 .............................................................................Scoring Margin ..........................................................................+11.0 * Big Ten game 35.7 ........................................................................Rebounds Per Game ........................................................................41.7 +3.0 ........................................................................Rebounding Margin ........................................................................+9.3 .457 ...................................................................... Field Goal Percentage .......................................................................442 FOLLOW THE #B1GCATS .460 ........................................................... Opponent Field Goal Percentage ............................................................369 .354 .........................................................................3-Pt FG Percentage ..........................................................................309 .441 ..............................................................Opponent 3-Pt FG Percentage ...............................................................358 @NUMensBball .738 .....................................................................Free Throw Percentage ......................................................................828 @coach_collins 14.7 ...........................................................................Assists Per Game ...........................................................................11.3 @NU_Sports 7.7 .............................................................................. Blocks Per Game...............................................................................3.0 3.3 ...............................................................................Steals Per Game ...............................................................................5.7 -0.3 ............................................................................ Turnover Margin ..............................................................................0.0 facebook.com/northwesternmbb Of Note: • La Salle has won each of the previous three meetings in the series. numensbball • Northwestern senior guard Scottie Lindsey and La Salle head coach Dr. John Giannini claim the nu_sports same high school as their alma mater, Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. Additionally, redshirt first-year guard Tino Malnati’s father, Rick, is the current head boy’s basketball coach at Fenwick. GAME NOTES SCOUTING LA SALLE NCAA Division I Active Career Assist Leaders The Explorers improved to 3-0 on the season with an 81-73 victory over Bryant McIntosh, Northwestern 570 South Alabama on Thursday. Syracuse transfer B.J. Johnson, who is averag- Emmett Naar, St. Mary’s (Calif.) 558 ing 21.7 points and 12.0 rebounds per game, led the way with his third dou- Erick Neal, UT Arlington 545 ble-double, posting 30 points and 11 rebounds. Pookie Powell contributes Kahron Ross, Lehigh 540 15.0 points per game. La Salle posted a 15-15 record a year ago, including a 9-9 mark in Atlantic 10 play. All-Time Big Ten Career Assist Leaders 15. Drew Neitzel, Michigan State 582 Series History 16. Andre Woolridge, Iowa 575 La Salle leads 3-0 Rumeal Robinson, Michigan 575 L 69-91 12/27/63 A 18. Dan Earl, Penn State 574 L 44-62 12/4/99 H 19. Brian Walker, Purdue 572 L 44-62 12/10/00 A 20. Bryant McIntosh, Northwestern 570 SUCCESS ACROSS THE BOARD WILDCATS EARN PRESEASON NATIONAL RANKINGS With Northwestern holding a No. 20 national ranking this week and the Northwestern opened the season ranked in the preseason Associated Press Wildcats’ football program coming in at No. 23 in the College Football and USA TODAY Coaches polls. The Wildcats are ranked No. 19 by the AP Playoff Rankings, this season marks the first time that both programs have and No. 20 by the coaches. It is the first time that NU is ranked in the AP been nationally ranked at the same time. They aren’t the only NU teams preseason poll. The team was ranked No. 25 Jan. 30 of last season, their first experiencing success. The field hockey team advanced to the NCAA tour- top-25 AP ranking in seven years. This is the first time that Northwestern nament quarterfinal round while the women’s soccer team is in the second has ever been ranked at any time in the Coaches Poll. round of its NCAA tournament at UCLA Friday night. MCINTOSH, LINDSEY TABBED PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN CREIGHTON IN REVIEW Northwestern senior guards Scottie Lindsey and Bryant McIntosh each Northwestern nearly pulled off a big comeback Wednesday, rallying from have been named to the 10-member Preseason All-Big Ten Team. NU is a 15-point first-half deficit to take a lead early in the second half before one of three schools to have two individuals named to the squad, joining eventually falling to Creighton, 92-88. The loss snapped a 39-game winning Michigan State and Minnesota. Both Lindsey and McIntosh were All-Big streak by the Wildcats when scoring 80 or more points and a 36-game Ten selections in 2016-17. McIntosh was one of three unanimous selections streak when scoring 85 or more. NU hadn’t lost when scoring at least