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NORTHWESTERN B A S K E T B A L L GAME 7 • TUESDAY, NOV. 28 • ATLANTA, GA. • MCCAMISH PAVILION (8,600) NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS GAMEDAY INFORMATION 2017-18 Schedule & Results 2017-18 Record: 4-2 2017-18 Record: 3-1 TV: ESPN2 Conference: Big Ten Conference: ACC (Dave Pasch and Tom Crean) Overall: 4-2 | B1G: 0-0 Ranking: RV (AP), N/A (Coaches) Ranking: N/A Radio: ESPN 1000 Home: 3-1 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 1-1 Head Coach: Chris Collins Head Coach: Josh Pastner (Dave Eanet and Joey Meyer) DATE OPPONENT .......................... TIME/RESULT Record at NU: 77-62 (5th Year) Record at GT: 24-17 (2nd 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 ...........................................W, 82-74 • Tuesday’s game is being played as part of the annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Northwestern has an 8-10 Nov. 19 vs. Texas Tech 3 ...................................... L, 85-49 record in the Challlenge, including posting a 65-58 home win over Wake Forest last season. Nov. 24 Sacred Heart................................ W, 81-50 s Nov. 28 at Georgia Tech ......................................6 p.m. • Northwestern is coming off an 81-50 home win over Sacred Heart on Friday. The Wildcats forced 23 Dec. 1 Illinois * ............................................ 8 p.m. turnovers in the contest and Scottie Lindsey led four NU players in double figures with 19 points. Dec. 3 Purdue * ........................................................3 p.m. Dec. 11 Chicago State .................................. 6 p.m. • Lindsey ranks fifth in the Big Ten with an average of 17.8 points per game, having scored in double figures Dec. 14 Valparaiso ....................................... 7 p.m. in each of the team’s first six games this season. Dec. 16 at DePaul ......................................................1 p.m. Dec. 19 Lewis ................................................ 7 p.m. • Senior guard Bryant McIntosh has hit on each of his 19 free throw attempts this season. As a team, Dec. 22 at Oklahoma ................................................6 p.m. Northwestern leads the Big Ten with a .761 free throw percentage. Dec. 30 Brown ............................................ 11 a.m. Jan. 2 Nebraska * ....................................... 8 p.m. NORTHWESTERN PREVIOUS GAME STARTERS Jan. 5 at Penn State * ............................................1 p.m. 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 BRYANT McINTOSH SCOTTIE LINDSEY VIC LAW GAVIN SKELLY DERERK PARDON Feb. 13 at Rutgers *...................................................8 p.m. Sr. • G • 6-3 Sr. • G • 6-5 R-Jr. • F • 6-7 Sr. • F • 6-8 Jr. • C • 6-8 Feb. 17 Michigan State * ............................. 1 p.m. Greensburg, Ind. 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Westlake, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Feb. 19 Maryland * ........................................ 6 p.m Feb. 22 Wisconsin * ...................................... 6 p.m. Feb. 25 at Iowa * ..................................................6:30 p.m. Northwestern vs. Georgia Tech Series Information All times Central 2017-18 Season Statistics Home games in bold 75.7 ............................................................................Points Per Game ............................................................................66.5 s Big Ten/ACC Challenge 73.7 .................................................................Opponent Points Per Game .................................................................60.5 u Gavitt Games +2.0 .............................................................................Scoring Margin .............................................................................+6.0 3 Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off (Uncasville, Conn.) 32.2 ........................................................................Rebounds Per Game ........................................................................33.2 * Big Ten game +0.7 ........................................................................Rebounding Margin .........................................................................-0.2 .452 ...................................................................... Field Goal Percentage .......................................................................424 .482 ........................................................... Opponent Field Goal Percentage ............................................................386 FOLLOW THE #B1GCATS .368 .........................................................................3-Pt FG Percentage ..........................................................................304 .391 ..............................................................Opponent 3-Pt FG Percentage ...............................................................360 .761 .....................................................................Free Throw Percentage ......................................................................732 @NUMensBball 14.0 ...........................................................................Assists Per Game ...........................................................................15.0 @coach_collins 5.3 .............................................................................. Blocks Per Game...............................................................................7.0 @NU_Sports 4.2 ...............................................................................Steals Per Game ...............................................................................8.0 +0.8 ........................................................................... Turnover Margin ...........................................................................+3.0 facebook.com/northwesternmbb Of Note: • Northwestern leads its all-time series with Georgia Tech, 2-1, with all three meetings coming as part numensbball of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. NU won the lone previous matchup in Atlanta, 76-60, Nov. 29, 2011. • Georgia Tech assistant coach Tavaras Hardy was a three-time team MVP as player at NU from 1999- nu_sports 2002, posting 1,122 career points (28th in school history). He was later an assistant coach at NU for seven seasons from 2007-13, including serving as associate head coach the last two seasons. GAME NOTES SCOUTING GEORGIA TECH team’s first six games. The 19 makes without a miss represents the third The Yellow Jackets (3-1) are coming off a 63-49 home win over North Texas best start from the free throw line in the nation this season through games on Friday. Freshman guards Jose Alvarado and Curtis Haywood led Georgia played Sunday. McIntosh’s career free throw percentage of .861 is the sec- Tech with 19 and 15 points, respectively. Senior center Ben Lammers leads ond best in program history behind only Jeff Grose (.862). The school record the team with averages of 17.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.8 blocked shots for consecutive free throws made is 37 by Michael Thompson in 2011. per game while shooting 64.4 percent from the field. Georgia Tech posted a 21-16 record a year ago, falling to TCU in the NIT championship game. THE MAC IS BACK Now in his senior season, guard Bryant McIntosh already has left his mark Series History on Northwestern. His 586 career assists are a school record and rank third NU leads 2-1 among all active players in the nation. He holds the top two single-season W 91-71 11/30/10 H assist totals in school history. After posting a school-record 213 assists as a W 76-60 11/29/11 A sophomore, McIntosh had 188 assists in 2016-17. The team’s leading scorer L 58-66 12/3/14 H with an average of 14.8 points per game a year ago, McIntosh currently ranks 12th in school history with 1,433 career points, a total that ranks 21st SACRED HEART IN REVIEW among all active Division I players. He is the only Big Ten player over the Northwestern forced 23 Sacred Heart turnovers in Friday’s 81-50 win. It the last 25 years to post 1,340 points and 550 assists through his first three most by a Northwestern opponent in Chris Collins’ five seasons as head collegiate seasons and is one of only 15 players in league history to reach coach and the most since North Florida also had 23 on Dec. 16, 2009. The both of those two standards in a career. Pioneers’ point total is the lowest by a Northwestern opponent since New Orleans scored 49 on Dec. 11, 2016. Scottie Lindsey narrowly missed NCAA Division I Active Career Assist Leaders scoring at least 20 points for the third consecutive game, finishing with a Emmett Naar, St. Mary’s (Calif.) 595 game-high 19 points. He has scored in double figures in each of the team’s Erick Neal, UT Arlington 592 first six games. Lindsey had at least 10 points in each of Northwestern’s first Bryant McIntosh, Northwestern