Winners of Two Straight, Northwestern Hosts Indiana on Tuesday Night

EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern men's basketball team looks to win its third straight game as it hosts Indiana at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8, inside Welsh-Ryan Arena on Big Ten Network. Dave Revsine (play-by-play) and Len Elmore (analyst) will have the television call while Dave Eanet (play-by-play) and Billy McKinney (analyst) will call the action on AM 720 WGN Radio.
 
Last Saturday, the Wildcats (11-10, 4-8 B1G) rolled to an 87-63 win at Nebraska, with Boo Buie leading the team in scoring for the second straight game by dropping 27 points. Additionally, he drilled a career-best six threes and recorded three assists and two steals. Last week, in wins against Nebraska and Rutgers, Buie averaged 22.5 points per game.
 
Chase Audige contributed 16 points, pumping in 11 in the second half, and tallied two steals. The junior is third in the Big Ten in conference-only games averaging 1.86 steals per game.
 
The squad hit a season-high 13 3-pointers, the program's most since connecting on 13 on Feb. 25, 2018, against Iowa. After jumping out to a 49-27 halftime advantage, the Cats ballooned their lead to a game-high 35 points at the last media timeout. The 24-point win was NU's second-largest margin of victory in a conference road game since 1950 (25 – 1/9/16 at Minnesota).
 
Pete Nance (15.6) and Buie (15.3) are one of only three duos in the Big Ten averaging 15+ points per game. Nance also leads the team pulling down 6.8 boards per game. He is the only high-major player averaging over 15.0 points and 1.0+ blocks per game while shooting 40% from three. Nance is 11th in the conference in scoring and fifth in blocked shots.
 
Tuesday's tilt serves as the 174th all-time meeting between the two schools, with Indiana holding a 120-53 advantage. Since taking over the program in 2013-14, head coach Chris Collins is 5-8 against the Hoosiers and 3-2 at home. Northwestern split the pair of meetings last season, winning 74-67 in Bloomington on Dec. 23, 2020. Audige was NU's leading scorer in both games, averaging 18.0 points per game versus Indiana in 2020-21.
 
The Hoosiers (16-6, 7-5 B1G) dropped their last game to Illinois 74-57 last Saturday at home. Trayce Jackson-Davis leads Indiana in scoring (17.7 ppg) and rebounding (8.4 rpg) and set an Assembly Hall single-game scoring record by posting 43 points against Marshall earlier this season.
 
Northwestern is back on the road at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 13 at Illinois. The game will air on Big Ten Network.