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Foreign National Team (exh.)
Men's Basketball Handles Ukraine Select, 70-41
11/17/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 17, 1999
EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern jumped out to an 18-2 lead and was never threatened, capping a perfect 2-0 exhibition season by defeating Ukraine Select, 70-41. Sophomore Tavaras Hardy (Joliet, Ill./Providence) led the Wildcats with 14 points and nine rebounds.
Hardy and sophomore Steve Lepore (North Olmsted, Ohio/St. Edward) each scored six points in a 16-0 run as the ?Cats opened up a big early lead. Northwestern?s tough defense stymied any hopes of a Ukrainian comeback, limiting the vistiors to 19 percent field goal shooting in the first half. The ?Cats took a 36-14 lead into the locker room.
Northwestern put the game out of reach, opening the second half on a 16-2 run to open up their largest lead of the night, 52-16, with 14:35 remaining. Freshman Brody Deren (Harlan, Iowa/Harlan Community) scored seven of his nine points in the spurt.
Freshman Ben Johnson (Minneapolis, Minn./De La Salle) added 13 points, eight rebounds, three assists and zero turnovers in 31 minutes.
The Wildcats will tip off the regular season next Tuesday, Nov. 23, hosting Chicago State at 7 p.m. in Welsh-Ryan Arena.
UKRAINE SELECT (41) -? Chuhno 1-5 1-2 4, Kachko 1-3 0-0 3, Smishnyy 0-1 2-2 2, Bugayevsky 1-4 0-0 3, Maksymenko 1-9 4-4 6, Murga 2-7 2-3 7, Shmihelskyy 0-0 4-4 4, Tsymbal 2-7 3-4 7, Drugbliak 2-4 0-0, TOTALS 10-40 16-19 41.
NORTHWESTERN (70) -- Lepore 4-10 0-0 11, Hardy 4-6 6-6 14, Deren 4-10 1-2 9, Johnson 5-8 2-2 13, Newman 1-8 2-2 5, Blake 3-8 0-0 8, Robinson 1-1 0-0 2, Eschmeyer 1-2 0-0 2, Jennings 2-3 2-2 6, Hughes 0-1 0-0 0, Burke 0-1 0-0 0, Drayton 0-0 0-0 0, TOTALS 25-58 13-14 70.
SCORE AT HALF: Northwestern, 36-14
3-POINT BASKETS: Northwestern 7-20, Ukraine 5-18
REBOUNDS: Northwestern 40 (Hardy 9), Ukraine 24 (Bugayevsky, Maksymenko 4)
ASSISTS: Northwestern 16 (Newman 4), Ukraine 7 (Tsymbal 2)
STEALS: Northwestern 7 (Johnson, Jennings 2), Ukraine 7 (three with 2)
