Northwestern University Athletics
Postgame Notes: Northwestern vs. No. 7 Illinois
1/21/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 21, 2006
Postgame Notes
Jan. 21, 2006
No. 7 Illinois at Northwestern
• Vedran Vukusic made his team-high 76th-consecutive start dating to the start of the 2003-04 season.
• Mohamed Hachad notched his eighth double-figure scoring game of the season with 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting. He also made his first start since the Dec. 23 DePauw game after an appendectomy Dec. 28.
• Northwestern's defense held Illinois to 58 points, 14 below its season scoring average, and held James Augustine (14.2 ppg) to just seven points.
• Freshman Sterling Williams notched his third double-figure scoring game of the season with 10 points and chipped in with six rebounds and two steals.
• Illinois led by as much as 26 and led by 19 with 7:51 left before Northwestern clawed its way back with a 14-5 run to cut it to a 10-point lead with 1:37 to go.
• Today was the 155th meeting between the two schools. The Illini have won the last five.
• Today's game was before a sellout crowd of 8,117.
• Illinois and Northwestern will meet again this year at 7 p.m., Feb. 15 in Champaign.
