2013-14 NORTHWESTERN BASKETBALL @NUMeNSBBALL #B1GCATS GAME INFORMATION NORTHWESTERN HITS THE ROAD TO TAKE ON STANFORD Northwestern (1-0) Northwestern ventures out on the road for at Stanford (1-1) Thursday, Nov. 14 • 10 p.m. CT the first time during the 2013-14 season on Maples Pavilion (7,233) Thursday as it travels to Stanford. The contest is Stanford, Calif. being televised live by ESPNU. The Wildcats areDrew coming Crawford off a season- posted TV: ESPNU (Roxy Bernstein and Sean Farnham) opening 72-55 home victory over Eastern Radio: AM 720 and wgnradio.com Illinois last Saturday. (Dave Eanet and David Kaplan) his fourth career double-double, notching 25 Live Stats: NUsports.com Twitter: @NU_SportsLIVE points and 11 rebounds. It was the 19th career game of 20 or more points for the Big Ten’s active Daveleading Sobolewski scorer. JerShon and Sanjay Cobb contributed Lumpkin 2013-14 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS nine points and a career-best eight assists, while Date Day Opponent Time/Results also contributed nine points apiece. NOVEMBER The matchup between NU and Stanford is 6 Wed. Lewis (exhibition) W, 57-46 a battle between a pair of head coaches who are 9 Sat. Eastern Illinois W, 72-55 Duke University graduates and former assistant 14 Thu. at Stanford 10 p.m. coaches for the Blue Devils. Northwestern 17 Sun. Illinois State 7:30 p.m. 20 Wed. at UIC 7 p.m. first-year head coach Chris Collins is a 1996 22 Fri. IUPUI 7 p.m. graduate of Duke while sixth-year Stanford 25 Mon. Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. head coach Johnny Dawkins graduated from the DREW CRAWFORD recorded his fourth career 28 Thu. vs. Missouri (Las Vegas) 9:30 p.m. Seriesschool inHistory: 1986. double-double in Northwestern’s season-opening 29 Fri. vs. UCLA (Las Vegas) 10:30 p.m. win over Eastern Illinois, posting 25 points and 11 DECEMBER Stanford leads 5-2, including rebounds. 4 Wed. at NC State 6:30 p.m. 3-0 on its home court. Five of the seven 7 Sat. Western Michigan 4 p.m. 16 Mon. Mississippi Valley State 6 p.m. meetings have been decided by six points or 22 Sun. Brown 1 p.m. Lastless and Meeting: all have been decided by 11 points or Alex Olah 27 Fri. DePaul 8 p.m. fewer. JANUARY Reggie Hearn scored 18 points and added a career-high 16 but 2 Thu. Wisconsin * 6 p.m. Stanford held off Northwestern 70-68 in Evanston Dec, 21, 2012. 5 Sun. at Michigan * TBA Northwestern Probable Starters 9 Thu. at Iowa * 8 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Pts. Reb. Ast. 12 Sun. Illinois * 6:30 p.m. 15 Wed. Michigan State * 6 p.m. 18 Sat. at Indiana * 1:30 p.m. 3 Dave Sobolewski G 6-1 Jr. Naperville, Ill. 9.0 5.0 3.0 21 Tue. Purdue * 8 p.m. 23 JerShon Cobb G 6-5 R-Jr. Decatur, Ga. 9.0 1.0 8.0 25 Sat. Iowa * 11 a.m. 34 Sanjay Lumpkin G/F 6-5 R-Fr. Wayzata, Minn. 9.0 2.0 1.0 29 Wed. at Wisconsin * 8 p.m. 1 Drew Crawford G/F 6-5 R-Sr. Naperville, Ill. 25.0 11.0 1.0 FEBRUARY 22 Alex Olah C 7-0 So. Timisoara, Romania 8.0 8.0 1.0 1 Sat. at Minnesota * 1 p.m. Stanford Probable Starters 8 Sat. Nebraska * Noon No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Pts. Reb. Ast. 13 Thu. at Michigan State * 6 p.m. 16 Sun. Minnesota * 5 p.m. 19 Wed. at Ohio State * 6 p.m. 5 Chasson Randle G 6-2 Jr. Rock Island, Ill. 25.5 5.5 2.0 22/23 Sat/Sun Indiana * TBA 21 Anthony Brown G 6-6 R-Jr. Fountain City, Calif. 15.0 5.0 1.0 MARCH 1 Sat. at Nebraska * 4 p.m. 24 Josh Huestis F 6-7 Sr. Great Falls, Mont. 5.5 8.5 1.5 6 Thu. Penn State * 6 p.m. 33 Dwight Powell F 6-10 Sr. Toronto, Ontario 22.5 9.5 4.5 8/9 Sat/Sun at Purdue * TBA 4 Stefan Nastic C 6-11 R-Jr. Thornhill, Ontario 7.5 4.0 1.0 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) NORTHWESTERN ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION 13-16 Thu-Sun TBA TBA Associate Director/Men’s Basketball Contact: Nick Brilowski Office Phone: (847) 467-3831 • Office Fax: (847) 491-8818 All times Central Home games in bold Cell Phone: (847) 239-4127 • NUsports.com • @NU_Sports • @NUMensBball * Big Ten Conference game E-mail: [email protected] 2013-14 NORTHWESTERN GAME NOTES SCOUTING STANFORD Sanjay Lumpkin QUICK FACTS Chier Ajou (violations of team policy), NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY • The Cardinal (1-1) came out on the short SHOOTING(wrist) and STAR (knee). Location: end of a 112-103 shootout against BYU Drew Crawford returned to Founded: at home on Monday. Chasson Randle led Enrollment: ........................................................ Evanston, Ill. Stanford with 33 points while Dwight Powell Redshirt senior ........................................................................1851 President: added 28. the Northwestern lineup with a vengence in .................................................................8,367 Home Facility: • Randle paces the team with an average the season-opener against Eastern Illinois, hit- Nickname: ........................................Morton O. Schapiro of 25.5 points per game. In addition to his ting five 3-pointers and scoring a game-high Colors: .................Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) 33-point game vs. the Cougars, he also scored 25 points. The point total was the highest by a Conference: ............................................................. Wildcats Director .................................................. of Athletics: Purple and White 37 in an exhibition win over Seattle Pacific. Wildcat in a season-opener since John Shurna Senior Woman ........................................................... Administrator: Big Ten • Stanford has been picked to finish sixth in scored 31 in a victory at Northern Illinois Nov. Faculty Athletics Rep.: ............................... Jim Phillips the Pac-12 preseason poll after going 19-15 12, 2010. Crawford is the Big Ten’s active lead- ............ Janna Blais overall and 9-9 in conference play a year ago. ing scorer with 1,443 career points. The total MEN’S BASKETBALL ...................Robert FACTS Gundlach • Johnny Dawkins is in his sixth season as COMMENDABLEranks 10th in school COMEBACKS history. the head coach on The Farm. He has a career Head Coach: JerShon Cobb and record of 95-75 as a head coach. Alma Mater, Year: POINT GUARDS REUNITE Sanjay Lumpkin Record at NU .................................................. (Years): Chris Collins Chris Collins In addition to Crawford, Overall Record (Years) .............................................: Duke, ’96 were also impressive in Assistant Coach: ............................... 1-0 (1st yr.) and Johnny Dawkins aren’tDave the their respective returns to the court. Cobb Alma Mater, Year: ........................... 1-0 (1st yr.) Sobolewskionly two individuals who will be reuniting handed out a career-high eight assists vs. Assistant Coach: ..........................................Brian James Thursday night. Junior point guards Eastern Illinois, well surpassing his previous Alma Mater, Year: .............................. Illinois State, ’77 of Northwestern and Chasson career high of three which he achieved on Assistant Coach: ..........................................Pat Baldwin Randle of Stanford were AAU teammates for eight occasions. Lumpkin, who was limited to Alma Mater, Year: ...........................Northwestern, ’94 the Illinois Wolves. Sobolewski hails from four appearances as a true freshman due to Dir. of Player Development ........................................Armon Gates Naperville, Ill., while Randle is from Rock illness and injury, connected on all three of his ...................................Kent State, ’06 Director of Operations: DOINGIsland, Ill. IT ON DEFENSE VETERAN3-point attempts DUO NAMED against TEAMthe Panthers. CAPTAINS ...................Chris Quinn Asst. Dir. of Operations: Chris Collins Drew Crawford Basketball Athletic Trainer .........................: Chris Lauten ......................... Mike Pepple Dave Sobolewski Sports Performance: Head coach has made defense a Redshirt senior and junior Program Assistant ....................Alex Wong ....................... Mike Schweigert point of emphasis since the day he was hired have been named the at Northwestern. Through an exhibition game team’s captains this season. Crawford also 2012-13 Overall Record .....................................: Jenifer Marr and one regular season game, the Wildcats served in the role a year ago. He has appeared Conference Record (Finish): Starters Returning/Lost: .................................... 13-19 are off to a good start. After scoring 79 and in 112 career games, making 111 starts, to 82 points, respectively, against Division I foes date while Sobolewski has started each of the Letterwinners Returning/Lost .................: 4-14 (11th) .........................................4/1 DePaul and Loyola Chicago, Lewis was held RETURNINGfirst 66 games AWARD-WINNERS of his career. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS ...........................8/5 to 46 points and 31 percent shooting vs. NU. The ’Cats then limited Eastern Illinois to 30.2 Assoc. Dir./MBB Contact percent shooting in the regular-season opener Northwestern welcomes back two players Office Phone Drew Crawford Cell Phone ................... Nick Brilowski on Saturday. Northwestern held Lewis and who have earned postseason honors from E-mail ................................... (847) 467-3831 Eastern Illinois to a combined 2-for-25 on the Big Ten. was a consensus Fax ........................................ (847) 239-4127 FAMILY3-point fieldAFFAIR goal attempts. third-team all-league pick as a junior in Official Web ...................... Site [email protected] 2011-12. He was also the Big Ten FreshmanDave Asst. AD ........................................................ for Athletic