Wildcats Take on No. 25 Iowa in Road Finale

EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern men's basketball team plays its final road game of the season at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 28, at No. 25 Iowa. Kevin Kugler (play-by-play) and Robbie Hummel (analyst) have the call on BTN, while Dave Eanet (play-by-play) and Billy McKinney (analyst) will describe the action on AM 720 WGN Radio.
 
The Wildcats (13-14, 6-12 B1G) fell on Friday night at Penn State, 67-60. NU surrendered just 22 points in the first half and were ahead by five with under seven minutes to play. Pete Nance led the team scoring 12 points on 5-of-11 shooting and hit two 3-pointers. Chase Audige (11) and Ty Berry (11) joined Nance in double figures. Boo Buie added seven assists, and the team turned the ball over a season-low four times.
 
Nance (15.0 ppg) and Buie (14.7 ppg) lead the team in scoring and rank 13th and 14th in the Big Ten, respectively. Audige is second in league-only games averaging 1.83 steals per game.
 
The Wildcats are looking to win their first game against Iowa since Jan. 15, 2017, (89-54) in Evanston. NU hasn't won at Iowa since March 3, 2012 (70-66). Iowa has a 121-60 advantage in the all-time series.
 
Iowa (20-8, 10-7 B1G) has won six of its last seven games and is coming off an 88-78 road win at Nebraska. Tony Perkins scored a game-high 20 points. Keegan Murray leads the team in both scoring (23.2 ppg) and rebounding (8.2 rpg) for the season.
 
Northwestern has one more regular season game on the schedule at 6 p.m. inside Welsh-Ryan Arena on Sunday, March 6, against Minnesota. The Wildcats will honor their three seniors in Ryan Greer, Pete Nance and Elyjah Williams. The game will be broadcast on BTN.