Northwestern University Athletics
Saturday, November 28
Evanston, Ill.
7 p.m.
Northwestern
5-1
90
vs
63
New Orleans
2-3
1
2
F
New Orleans
25
38
63
Northwestern
48
42
90
Team Stats
UNO
NU
FG%
.375
.552
3FG%
.444
.462
FT%
.697
.933
RB
24
40
TO
15
16
STL
6
6
Game Leaders
Pts
26
FGM
9
3FGM
6
FTM
2
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
G/F
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/ Men's BasketballLindsey’s Career Night Leads Northwestern Past New Orleans
11/28/2015 9:23:00 PM | Men's Basketball
EVANSTON, Ill. – Scottie Lindsey scored a career high 26 points to help lead Northwestern (5-1) to a 90-63 win over New Orleans Saturday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Lindsey shot 75 percent from the field, including making 6-of-7 shots from three.
"I felt really good," Lindsey said. "My teammates found me for open threes early. My shot was feeling good, so I kept being aggressive."
Four Wildcats scored in double figures, as Lindsey was joined by Tre Demps (16), Bryant McIntosh (13) and Gavin Skelly (10).
"He is a big X-factor for us," head coach Chris Collins said of Lindsey. "When he is rolling like that, it makes us that much more dangerous."
Chicago's Big Ten Team shot 55 percent from the field, 46 percent from three-point range and made 14 of 15 from the free throw line in the team's best offensive performance to date.
McIntosh dished out seven assists, while Demps added five. Skelly and center Alex Olah each grabbed eight rebounds, and Olah blocked a career high six shots.
Northwestern led for all but 32 seconds of the game.
The Wildcats came out firing on all cylinders in the first half, scoring 48 points while shooting over 58 percent from the floor. Northwestern shot 58 percent from beyond the arc as well, with four different players knocking down triples in the half.
Demps scored the first 10 Northwestern points of the game on 4-of-4 shooting and poured in 14 total first-half points.
Northwestern grabbed a double-digit lead less than eight minutes into the game and continued to extend it, building up a 23-point advantage at halftime. The 'Cats used a 13-0 run midway through the half to grab control. New Orleans led only once, a 2-0 lead in the first minute of the game.
The Wildcats continued to build on their lead, stretching it out to 33 late in the second half, the largest lead of the game before finishing it off to improve to 4-0 at Welsh-Ryan Arena this season.
"Getting that big lead at halftime was huge," Collins said. "The longer you let a team that scrappy hang around they will have a lot of belief and make it a dog fight down the stretch."
Chicago's Big Ten Team heads to Blacksburg, Virginia, on Tuesday for a 6 p.m. tip at Virginia Tech. The game is part of the annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge and will be televised on ESPNU.
Northwestern Notes vs. New Orleans – Nov. 28, 2015
• Northwestern improves to 2-0 all-time against New Orleans and 10-1 against current members of the Southland Conference.
• Northwestern's 48 first-half points were its most in a half since scoring 54 in the second half of a 101-49 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 14, 2014.
• Bryant McIntosh came into the game ranked fourth in the Big Ten with an average of 6.0 assists per game. He matched his average in the first half and finished the game with 7 assists.
• Scottie Lindsey scored a career-high 26 points. His previous best was 12 on two occasions last season as a freshman.
• Lindsey's six 3-pointers in the contest are the most by a Northwestern player in a game since Alex Marcotullio made six vs. Penn State March 7, 2013.
• Lindsey's 6-for-7 effort from behind the arch (.857) is the fourth-best single-game performance in school history (minimum 5 attempts).
• One game after McIntosh scored Northwestern's first 11 points of the game in a win over Missouri on Tuesday, Tre Demps accounted for the Wildcats' first 10 points of the game tonight.
• Alex Olah matched a career high with 6 blocked shots in the contest. The effort equaled the total he had in a win at Indiana Jan. 18, 2014. Olah is Northwestern's career leader in blocked shots with 156.
• Northwestern forced a season-high 15 turnovers in the contest. The previous high was 14 vs. Fairfield on Nov. 18.
• Gavin Skelly established new career highs with 10 points and 8 rebounds. His previous scoring best was 8 points vs. Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 14, 2014 while his previous rebounding high was 7 vs. Northern Kentucky on Dec. 27, 2014.
• Christavious Gill came into the game as New Orleans' leading scorer, averaging 13.8 points per contest. Northwestern held him to 3 points, including 0-for-7 shooting from the field.
Lindsey shot 75 percent from the field, including making 6-of-7 shots from three.
"I felt really good," Lindsey said. "My teammates found me for open threes early. My shot was feeling good, so I kept being aggressive."
Four Wildcats scored in double figures, as Lindsey was joined by Tre Demps (16), Bryant McIntosh (13) and Gavin Skelly (10).
"He is a big X-factor for us," head coach Chris Collins said of Lindsey. "When he is rolling like that, it makes us that much more dangerous."
Chicago's Big Ten Team shot 55 percent from the field, 46 percent from three-point range and made 14 of 15 from the free throw line in the team's best offensive performance to date.
McIntosh dished out seven assists, while Demps added five. Skelly and center Alex Olah each grabbed eight rebounds, and Olah blocked a career high six shots.
Northwestern led for all but 32 seconds of the game.
The Wildcats came out firing on all cylinders in the first half, scoring 48 points while shooting over 58 percent from the floor. Northwestern shot 58 percent from beyond the arc as well, with four different players knocking down triples in the half.
Demps scored the first 10 Northwestern points of the game on 4-of-4 shooting and poured in 14 total first-half points.
Northwestern grabbed a double-digit lead less than eight minutes into the game and continued to extend it, building up a 23-point advantage at halftime. The 'Cats used a 13-0 run midway through the half to grab control. New Orleans led only once, a 2-0 lead in the first minute of the game.
The Wildcats continued to build on their lead, stretching it out to 33 late in the second half, the largest lead of the game before finishing it off to improve to 4-0 at Welsh-Ryan Arena this season.
"Getting that big lead at halftime was huge," Collins said. "The longer you let a team that scrappy hang around they will have a lot of belief and make it a dog fight down the stretch."
Chicago's Big Ten Team heads to Blacksburg, Virginia, on Tuesday for a 6 p.m. tip at Virginia Tech. The game is part of the annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge and will be televised on ESPNU.
Northwestern Notes vs. New Orleans – Nov. 28, 2015
• Northwestern improves to 2-0 all-time against New Orleans and 10-1 against current members of the Southland Conference.
• Northwestern's 48 first-half points were its most in a half since scoring 54 in the second half of a 101-49 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 14, 2014.
• Bryant McIntosh came into the game ranked fourth in the Big Ten with an average of 6.0 assists per game. He matched his average in the first half and finished the game with 7 assists.
• Scottie Lindsey scored a career-high 26 points. His previous best was 12 on two occasions last season as a freshman.
• Lindsey's six 3-pointers in the contest are the most by a Northwestern player in a game since Alex Marcotullio made six vs. Penn State March 7, 2013.
• Lindsey's 6-for-7 effort from behind the arch (.857) is the fourth-best single-game performance in school history (minimum 5 attempts).
• One game after McIntosh scored Northwestern's first 11 points of the game in a win over Missouri on Tuesday, Tre Demps accounted for the Wildcats' first 10 points of the game tonight.
• Alex Olah matched a career high with 6 blocked shots in the contest. The effort equaled the total he had in a win at Indiana Jan. 18, 2014. Olah is Northwestern's career leader in blocked shots with 156.
• Northwestern forced a season-high 15 turnovers in the contest. The previous high was 14 vs. Fairfield on Nov. 18.
• Gavin Skelly established new career highs with 10 points and 8 rebounds. His previous scoring best was 8 points vs. Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 14, 2014 while his previous rebounding high was 7 vs. Northern Kentucky on Dec. 27, 2014.
• Christavious Gill came into the game as New Orleans' leading scorer, averaging 13.8 points per contest. Northwestern held him to 3 points, including 0-for-7 shooting from the field.
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