Northwestern University Athletics
Wildcats Host Wolverines Tuesday on Senior Night
3/2/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Northwestern (14-15, 5-11) vs. Michigan (14-14, 7-9) |
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| Date | Tuesday, March 3 | 8 p.m. |
| Location | Welsh-Ryan Arena | Evanston, Ill. |
| Watch | Big Ten Network (Dave Revsine and Jim Jackson) |
| Listen | 720 WGN and wgnradio.com (Dave Eanet and Joey Meyer) |
| Live Stats | Gametracker |
| Buy Tickets | NUsports.com |
| Social Media | @NUMensBball  | Facebook  | @numensbball  |
| Game Notes | Northwestern | Michigan |
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EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern closes out the home portion of its season Tuesday as it hosts Michigan at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 7:40 p.m. for Senior Night ceremonies.
Northwestern will honor JerShon Cobb, Jeremiah Kreisberg and Dave Sobolewski prior to their final home game.
Tickets are available at NUsports.com or by calling 888-GO-PURPLE.
The Wildcats won four straight games before having the streak snapped in an 86-60 loss at Illinois on Saturday. Alex Olah paced the Wildcats with 18 points while Bryant McIntosh added 13 and Sobolewski contributed a season-high 11.
Entering the final week of the regular season, Northwestern could wind up as either the No. 9, 10, 11 or 12 seed for next week's Big Ten tournament. Action gets underway next Wednesday with games between the No. 12 and 13 seeds as well as the No. 11 and 14 seeds.
Redshirt junior guard Tre Demps enters Tuesday's game just 22 points shy of reaching 1,000 for his Northwestern career. He would be the 32nd player all-time to score 1,000 career points as a Wildcat.
Northwestern dropped a narrow 56-54 decision to Michigan in the first meeting between the teams in Ann Arbor on Jan. 17. Alex Olah led the Wildcats with a season-high 22 points.
The teams have split their last four meetings in Evanston with the Wolverines winning each of the last two matchups at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Scouting Michigan
• The Wolverines are coming off a 66-56 loss at Maryland on Saturday. Spike Albrecht and Zak Irvin led Michigan with 15 points apiece but the team was held to 36.5 percent shooting in the contest.
• Irvin leads the team's active players with averages of 13.6 points and 4.2 rebounds per contest. Albrecht ranks second in the Big Ten with a 2.8 assist-to-turnover ratio and first in league play with a .947 free throw percentage.
• John Beilein has a 164-108 record in eight seasons as the head coach at Michigan and a 715-426 career record overall as a head coach.
UP NEXT...
The 'Cats wrap up their regular season on Saturday when they travel to Iowa. Tip-off is set for 11 a.m.
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