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Northwestern Hosts SIUE in Saturday Matinee
12/4/2015 2:58:00 PM | Men's Basketball
| NORTHWESTERN BASKETBALL: GAME DAY INFORMATION | |||||
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME | LOCATION | BROADCAST | LIVE STATS |
| Sat., Dec. 5 | SIUE | 2 p.m. | Welsh-Ryan Arena | BTN Plus | SIDEARM |
| 720 AM WGN: Dave Eanet and Joey Meyer BTN Plus: Erik Bremer and Jason Dorow Social: Twitter (@NUMensBball and @NU_SportsLIVE) | Instagram (@numensbball) | Facebook Game Notes: Northwestern | SIUE | |||||
PREGAME STORY: Lumpkin Embraces Blue Collar Role
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern opens up a stretch of five games at home over a six-game span to close out its nonconference slate at 2 p.m. Saturday as it faces SIU Edwardsville at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Fans are encouraged to participate in the Purple Pride Blood Drive beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at Anderson Hall, located immediately east of Welsh-Ryan Arena. NU Athletics will be providing a ticket to a Saturday's game for all donors. Individuals can book their appointments now by clicking HERE, or call 1-877-LIFESOURCE. Walk-ins also are welcome. For more info call 877-543-3768.
Early-arriving Northwestern undergraduate students will receive a free special Wildcats holiday shirt while supplies last.
A win on Saturday would give Northwestern its best eight-game start to a season since 2011-12. The Wildcats opened that campaign 7-1 and started the previous three seasons with at least seven wins through their first eight games as well.
Northwestern is coming off an 81-79 win at Virginia Tech on Tuesday as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Bryant McIntosh scored a team-high 19 points, including hitting the game-winning basket with 27.4 seconds remaining in overtime. The Wildcats led most of the way including holding a nine-point halftime lead, but the Hokies rallied back. Virginia Tech scored the first four points of the extra session, but back-to-back 3-pointers by Sanjay Lumpkin and McIntosh gave the 'Cats the lead. Following a basket by the Hokies that tied the game, McIntosh got to the rim and hit the game-winner.
With Tuesday night's game at Virginia Tech, Northwestern now has played five overtime games over the last two seasons. The Wildcats are 2-0 this season in contests that have needed an extra session. On Nov. 20, NU defeated Columbia 83-80 in OT at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Northwestern has won its last four overtime games overall.
Redshirt senior guard Tre Demps is coming off a 17-point performance against Virginia Tech. He enters Saturday's contest 15 points shy of Frank Ehmann (1952-55) for 23rd place on NU's career scoring list, 20 away from Brian Schwabe (1986-90) for 22nd place and 25 shy of Andre Goode (1982-85) for 21st place.
Scouting SIUE
The Cougars fell to 1-6 following a 64-51 loss at Milwaukee on Thursday. Carlos Anderson paced the team with 10 points. Grant Fiorentinos and Burak Eslik lead SIUE with averages of 13.0 points per game with Fiorentinos shooting 63.8 percent from the field. Yemi Makanjuola has a team-leading average of 6.7 rebounds per game. Jon Harris is in his first season as the head coach of the Cougars. He most recently was an assistant coach at California.
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