Game Thread: Northwestern vs. UIC

[mshelton33]

Northwestern (8-2, 1-0 Big Ten) hosts UIC (8-4) at Welsh-Ryan Arena at 8 pm. Northwestern has already beaten two Chicago schools, Chicago State and DePaul, handily. They are aiming for the trifecta tonight to continue a strong start to their season.

 

[NUThump]

NU is a 14.5 point favorite and O/U is 131.5.

 

[mshelton33]

Nicholson will start at center for the second straight game.

 

[NUCat320]

Another Nicholbomb!
And a Nicholtipin!

 

[ThatadultfromHolland]

Buie is having a great start. Creating a lot of looks and defensively active.

 

[DaCat]

Audige back down to earth.

 

[ballerog711]

On defense they are not communicating the hedge correctly and gave up 6 point needlessly. Hopefully, it get fixed this timeout

 

[SimpsonElmwood]

Beautiful offensive flow. Shocking.

 

[GatoLouco]

Have not been paying a ton of attention as the Providence Marquette game is on my split screen. What happened to the city unis?

 

[rwhitney014]

Ball movement has been fantastic. Easy looks abound. This is starting to get berry berry interesting.

 

[ballerog711]

Matt with two nice passes for baskets and a post up

 

[PURPLECAT88]

Audige back down to earth.

His shot isn’t falling, but he’s dominating every other aspect. And the Buie haters are going to have to work pretty hard to find something wrong with his game so far.

 

[Hungry Jack]

Big Matt comes in, and the offense starts to flow like a mountain stream

 

[NUCat320]

Have not been paying a ton of attention as the Providence Marquette game is on my split screen. What happened to the city unis?

Two more games this season. Senior Day and (maybe?) Illinois.

 

[GatoLouco]

Two more games this season. Senior Day and (maybe?) Illinois.

My working theory was a lawsuit from the Washington generals

 

[rwhitney014]

I’m about ready for Fitz to hire Chris Lowery as DC.

 

[SimpsonElmwood]

This year’s team looks…well-coached.

 

[No Chores]

Barnhizer playing a lot more and playing very well, This kid is really coming along.

 

[NUThump]

Barnhizer playing a lot more and playing very well, This could is really coming along.

Player of the half in my mind.

 

[DaCat]

This team is actually fun to watch. It all starts with defense.

 

[SimpsonElmwood]

Another dominating half. UIC is not bad. Fewer blocks and steals but the turnovers are forced. This is a solid team. Let’s see how they do in a deep B1G.

 

[ballerog711]

Great half. Working hard. Mentally tough

 

[PURPLECAT88]

We’ve taken about 4 charges. Defensive footwork is outstanding.

 

[HawkCat]

I know it is early in the season, but this team seems to be gelling quite nicely despite the talent drain since last year. One gets the impression that Lowery was a nice add to the staff.

 

[GatoLouco]

21 pt lead while shooting 20% from 3 is good

 

[Arlcatsfan]

The D for NU is relentless. How many offensive fouls did UIC have in the 1st half. Just excellent positioning by the Cats. Oh,oh Stephen Bardo just said on the BTN that the Cats could be a tourney team. No jinxes please.

 

[TheC]

Best offensive execution I've seen so far.

 

[Arlcatsfan]

Gotta get Ty Berry going from three. Don’t think he scored at all in the 1st half and the Cats still have 42 points. Let’s go TY.

 

[HawkCat]

21 pt lead while shooting 20% from 3 is good

Yep. Great movement and passing led to lots of easy looks.

 

[SDakaGordie]

Have to add just for fun - Meacham used the word “guru” when referring to Collins.

 

[DaCat]

Have to add just for fun - Meacham used the word “guru” when referring to Collins.

Suddenly he's a genius. Winning cures everything.

 

[No Chores]

Hope we see a little of Hunger before garbage time. Defense needs some work, but he's much better than Verhoeven on offense

 

[TheC]

Nicholson getting blocked by guys who should have no business blocking his shots again

 

[DaCat]

We can't buy a three.

 

[PURPLECAT88]

Gotta get Ty Berry going from three. Don’t think he scored at all in the 1st half and the Cats still have 42 points. Let’s go TY.

I never thought I’d say this, despite being scoreless, Berry is having a great game. He just had possession-saving plays on both ends.

 

[Hungry Jack]

The doldrums have befallen the Cats

 

[Hungry Jack]

Big Matt disrupts a lot of stuff

 

[TheC]

Nice no look from Roper

 

[PURPLECAT88]

Team manager working hard with a purple cast on his broken wrist.

 

[TheC]

I'm really liking Chase's game this year. So much more fluid.