Northwestern Wildcats
Big Ten (20-12, 7-10)
Big Wins: 12/1 at Virginia Tech (81-79), 1/12 Wisconsin (70-65), 3/3 at Penn State (71-61)
Bad Losses: 1/6 Ohio State (56-65), 1/16 Penn State (62-71), 2/24 at Michigan (63-72)
Coach: Chris Collins
Probable Starters:
Bryant McIntosh, Sophomore, Guard, 13.8 ppg, 6.7 apg, 3.6 rpg
Tre Demps, Senior, Guard, 15.7 ppg, 3.3 apg, 3.6 rpg
Sanjay Lumpkin, Junior, Guard/Forward, 3.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg
Aaron Falzon, Freshman, Forward, 8.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg
Alex Olah, Senior, Center, 11.4 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.4 bpg
Key Roleplayers:
Scottie Lindsey, Sophomore, Guard/Forward, 6.4 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Joey van Zegeren, Senior, Center, 3.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg
Dererk Pardon, Freshman, Center, 6.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 72.1 (202nd in nation, 8th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 65.8 (41, 5)
Field-Goal Percentage: 45.3 (110, 6)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.2 (36, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.6 (48, 4)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.6 (130, 9)
Free-Throw Percentage: 66.5 (290, 14)
Rebound Margin: 1.8 (131, 8)
Assists Per Game: 16.5 (25, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.5 (19, 3)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2012 NIT First Round win over Akron
2012 NIT Second Round loss to Washington
2011 NIT First Round win over Milwaukee
2011 NIT Second Round win over Boston College
2011 NIT Quarterfinal loss to Washington State
2010 NIT First Round loss to Rhode Island
2009 NIT First Round loss to Tulsa
1999 NIT First round loss to DePaul
1994 NIT First round win over DePaul
1994 NIT Second round loss to Xavier
*all team stats through 3/6
