NU Heads West to Play in Wooden Legacy Tournament
11/20/2018 2:37:00β―PM | Men's Basketball
NORTHWESTERN BASKETBALL: GAME DAY INFORMATION | |||||
DATE | OPPONENT | TIME | LOCATION | BROADCAST | LIVE STATS |
Thursday, Nov. 22 | Fresno State | 3:30 p.m. | Titan Gym (Fullerton, Calif.) | ESPNU | TBD |
Friday, Nov. 23 | La Salle/Miami | 1 p.m./3:30 p.m. | Titan Gym (Fullerton, Calif.) | ESPN2 or ESPNU | TBD |
Sunday, Nov. 25 | TBD | TBD | Titan Gym (Fullerton, Calif.) | ESPN Family of Networks | TBD |
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EVANSTON, Ill. β Northwestern basketball will travel to Fullerton, California, to play in the Wooden Legacy Tournament, beginning with a matchup against Fresno State (1-1, 0-0 Mountain West) on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. CT. All games will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks.
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NU will battle either La Salle (0-4, 0-0 Atlantic 10) or Miami (FL) (3-0, 0-0 ACC) on Friday, Nov. 23. The contest will take place at either 1 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. CT.
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Northwestern will play Seton Hall, Grand Canyon, Utah, or Hawaii in the final game of the tournament on Sunday, Nov. 25.
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The Wildcats used a balanced effort offensively and a shutdown defense to get their third consecutive win to start the season against Binghamton on Nov. 16. Five players scored in double figures for the 'Cats while they held the Bearcats to a 34.9 percent from the field
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Senior Vic Law scored a team-high 14 points, the second straight game leading the Wildcats in scoring. Junior Barret Benson set career highs with 12 points and 14 rebounds to capture his first career double-double.
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This will be the first eight-team tournament Northwestern has played in under Chris Collins. The full bracket for the tournament can be found here.
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