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'Cats Return Home Tuesday to Face No. 20 Michigan
2/5/2018 3:28:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME | LOCATION | BROADCAST | LIVE STATS |
| Tue., Feb. 6 | Michigan | 6 p.m. | Allstate Arena; Rosemont, Ill. |
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EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern plays its first home game in 16 days Tuesday when it takes on No. 20/20 Michigan at Allstate Arena in Rosemont. Tip time is set for 6 p.m.
Tuesday's matchup is Northwestern's lone home contest in a stretch during which it plays five games away from home over a six-game span. NU went 2-1 over its recent three-game road swing.
Northwestern is facing Michigan for the second time over a three-game span. It's the first time NU is facing the same school twice in a span of three regular-season games since taking on Ohio State Jan. 17 and 24, 2007. The Wolverines won the first matchup between the teams, 58-47, last Monday in Ann Arbor.
Northwestern is coming off a 60-52 victory at Wisconsin last Tuesday. Dererk Pardon went a perfect 8-for-8 from the field in scoring a game-high 17 points as the Wildcats won in Madison for the third time in their last four visits.
Pardon ranks third in the Big Ten with a .633 field goal percentage this season and is NU's all-time leader with a .627 career field goal percentage. The career mark ranks seventh in the nation among all active Division I players. His performance vs. Wisconsin was Northwestern's first perfect effort from the field with at least seven attempts since Vince Scott went 7-for-7 against Loyola (Md.) Dec. 27, 2006.
Northwestern has won the last two games it has hosted against Michigan. The 'Cats won 67-65 March 1, 2017 on Dererk Pardon's dramatic buzzer-beater and topped the Wolverines 82-78 in double overtime March 3, 2015 thanks to multiple late heroics by Tre Demps.
Scouting Michigan
The Wolverines (19-6, 8-4) escaped with a 76-73 overtime home win over Minnesota on Saturday. Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman scored a team-high 17 points for Michigan, including converting a game-winning three-point play. Moritz Wagner (16 pts, 10 reb) and Charles Matthews (13 pts, 11 reb) both contributed double-doubles. Matthews leads the team with an average of 14.4 points per game while Wagner contributes 14.1 points and a team-best 7.1 rebounds per contest.
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