Northwestern
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Michigan
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NU Drops First Road Game of the Season at Michigan
1/15/2023 1:06:00 PM | Men's Basketball
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Boo Buie's team-high 22 points were not enough as Northwestern fell 85-78 to the Michigan Wolverines at the Crisler Center on Sunday.
The Wildcats (12-5, 3-3 B1G) had four players score in double figures, led by Buie, who had 22 points and five assists. Robbie Beran added 16 points and two steals and Matthew Nicholson helped out with 13 points.
Northwestern forced 18 Michigan (10-7, 4-3 B1G) turnovers while committing only eight themselves in Sunday's game. The Wildcats turned those takeaways into 14 points on the offensive end of the floor. Chase Audige's five steals led the way for Northwestern.
How It Happened
Michigan held a double-digit lead in the first half, but NU went on a 12-2 run to close the game. After taking a 34-33 advantage, Northwestern went on a 5-0 run with 1:32 left in the first half, culminating in a three from Julian Roper II, to increase its lead to 39-33. The Wolverines scored the final four points of the half to cut the lead to 39-37 heading into the break. Northwestern did most of its first half damage in the paint, scoring 20 of its 39 points in the lane.
Michigan opened the second half hot to take a 79-68 lead, before Northwestern went on a 6-0 run to cut the deficit to five. NU could not close the gap before falling 85-78.
Game Note
» Northwestern outscored Michigan 40-30 on points in the paint.
» The Wildcats went on a 12-2 run over 2:43 in the first half to cut the deficit to one.
» The 'Cats went on another 12-4 run over 3:45 a few minutes later to take a six point lead at the end of the first half.
» After starting 4-of-15 from the field, the 'Cats shot 11-of-18 to close the half.
» Northwestern outscored Michigan 14-3 on points off turnovers
» The Wildcats had five steals and nine points off turnovers in the first half, while not allowing Michigan to score off a turnover.
» Northwestern forced Michigan into a season-high 18 turnovers.
» The Wildcats led Michigan 16-2 in fast break points.
» Northwestern scored 39 points in the second half. The 'Cats have scored 32+ points in the second half of every Big Ten contest this season and are averaging 39.0 points per second half in conference play this year.
» Matthew Nicholson scored a career-high 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting.
» Boo Buie scored a game-high 22 points and added five assists.
» It is his fourth 20+ point game this season.
» It is also the fourth 20+ point and 5+ assist game of Buie's career, with the last occurrence coming on 1/5/22 against Penn State.
» Brooks Barnhizer notched 10 points, five boards, three assists, and two steals.
» Chase Audige tallied five steals for the third time this season.
» Audige is the tenth player in the country and first in the Big Ten to tally three 5+ steal games this season.
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