Northwestern
Wisconsin
Men's Basketball Falls To No. 19 Wisconsin, 59-37
2/18/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 18, 2001
MADISON, Wis. - Roy Boone scored 17 points as No. 19 Wisconsin cruised to a 59-37 victory Sunday over Northwestern, which went more than 14 minutes between its first and second field goals.
Northwestern made only 20.8 percent of its shots, a season low, hitting 4 of its first 37 attempts.
The Wildcats hit only 3 of 19 shots -- all of them by freshman Jitim Young -- in the first half as the Badgers (16-7, 7-5 Big Ten) built up a 30-16 lead by the break. Wisconsin then went on a 16-2 run at the start of the second half as Northwestern made only one of its first 18 shots.
Northwestern (9-17, 1-12) was led by Young, who had 14 points and tied Tavaras Hardy for team-high honors with six rebounds.
Reserve Maurice Linton added 10 points for Wisconsin.
Northwestern is back in action Wednesday night, hosting Penn State at 7 p.m. at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
