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Northwest Sports All-Stars (exhibition)
Wildcats Cut Down Northwest All-Stars, 80-78
11/13/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 13, 2002
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EVANSTON, Ill. - Junior guard Jitim Young (Chicago, Ill./Gordon Tech) scored 25 points and hauled in eight rebounds as Northwestern's men's basketball team finished the exhibition season 2-0 with a 80-78 victory over the Northwest Sports All-Stars at Welsh-Ryan Arena Wednesday night.
Freshman point guard T.J. Parker (Lisle, Ill./Lisle) added 23 points for the Wildcats, who open regular season play Nov. 22 at home against Maryland-Eastern Shore.
Former University of California star Ed Gray scored a game-high 29 points for Northwest Sports, including hitting eight-of-10 three-point attempts.
Northwestern held a 74-72 advantage when Young completed a three-point play with 19 seconds remaining to give the Wildcats a five-point lead. Gray answered with a three-pointer five seconds later, but Parker hit two free throws with 10 seconds left to push the lead back to four.
Following a missed three-pointer by the All-Stars, Jason Burke (Plano, Texas/East) hit one of two free throws with two seconds to go. Evric Gray hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to account for the final margin.
The Wildcats shot 49.2 percent from the field and outrebounded Northwest Sports 41-25. Northwestern also hit on 15-of-17 free throw attempts.
Northwestern led 27-20 with just over eight minutes remaining in the first half when Northwest Sports went on a 15-3 run to take a 35-30 lead. But a jumper and a three-pointer from halfcourt at the buzzer by Parker tied the game 35-35 going into halftime.
