NU to Battle Minnesota in Minneapolis on Saturday

NORTHWESTERN MEN'S BASKETBALL: GAME INFORMATION
DATE	Opponent	TIME	LOCATION	Watch	Live Stats
Saturday, Feb. 19	Minnesota	3 p.m. CT	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minn.	Big Ten Network	Live Stats
Radio: WGN Radio 720 AM Social: Twitter: @NUMensbball \| Instagram: @numensbball

EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern men's basketball team hits the road at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19 for the first of two regular season matchups against Minnesota. Lisa Byington (play-by-play) and Brian Butch (analyst) are slated to call the action on BTN and Andy Masur (play-by-play) and Billy McKinney (analyst) have the call on AM 720 WGN Radio.

With five regular season games remaining on the schedule, the Wildcats (12-12, 5-10 B1G) sit in 11th place in the Big Ten Conference standings and recently suffered back-to-back setbacks to the league's top two teams in Illinois and Purdue. NU has two games remaining against the Golden Gophers and single contests against Nebraska, Penn State and Iowa.

Robbie Beran posted 13 points to lead the team in scoring for the first time this season in Wednesday night's 70-64 home loss to No. 5 Purdue. He was joined in double figures by Pete Nance (12) and Boo Buie (11). NU trailed by as many as 15 points in the second half but cut the deficit to as few as five points with less than a minute to play.

Buie leads the team averaging 15.0 points per game to rank 13th in the conference. During conference-only games, Northwestern is averaging 10.5 offensive rebounds per game, which is third in the Big Ten. The team's 1.64 assist to turnover ratio places second nationally.

Northwestern and Minnesota will meet for the 181st time on Saturday, with the Golden Gophers leading the series, 109-72. Since taking over the program in 2013-14 head coach Chris Collins is 7-7 in his career against Minnesota and 5-1 when playing in Minneapolis. The two clubs split last year's meetings, with Minnesota dispatching NU, 51-46, at the Big Ten Tournament. The teams will close out the regular season at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 6, on BTN.

The Golden Gophers (12-12, 3-12 B1G) are playing for the second time in three days after falling 67-46 at Penn State on Thursday afternoon. Jamison Battles paces the team averaging 16.4 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.

The Wildcats return to Welsh-Ryan Arena at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, against Nebraska. BTN will broadcast the game.

NU to Battle Minnesota in Minneapolis on Saturday

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Robbie Beran

Boo Buie

Pete Nance

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