National Basketball Association
Illinois-Chicago 50, Northwestern 44
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 1, 2012
Where: Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Illinois
Officials:
# D.J. Carstensen, # Ted Valentine, # Johnny Wilkins
Attendance:
5838
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Illinois-Chicago 50, Northwestern 44: Josh Crittle scored 13 points and the visiting Flames held the Wildcats without a field goal in the final 4:18 to notch their fifth straight win.
Crittle's layup with 53 seconds remaining gave Illinois-Chicago (6-1) the lead for good at 46-44 as the Flames ended the game on a 10-2 run. Illinois-Chicago claimed its fourth straight win over Northwestern (6-2), which has dropped two in a row.
Daniel Barnes added 10 points and Gary Talton scored six of his season-low eight points in the second half.
The game was ultimately decided at the free-throw line where the Flames made 14 of 15 attempts - with its only miss being the final attempt in the closing seconds. The Wildcats were only 10 of 20 from the charity stripe.
Drew Crawford paced Northwestern with a game-high 18 points and Reggie Hearn added 10.
NOTEBOOK: Illinois-Chicago is off to its best start since the 2003-04 season, which was the last time the Flames made the NCAA Tournament. ... UIC head coach Howard Moore, who was a former assistant at Wisconsin, is now 2-0 against the Big Ten. ... Northwestern, which leads the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio, had 16 turnovers and just 11 assists.
Top Game Performances
| Illinois-Chicago |
|
Northwestern |
|
Josh Crittle 13 |
Scoring |
Drew Crawford 18 |
|
Josh Crittle 4 |
Assists |
Dave Sobolewski 4 |
|
Josh Crittle 9 |
Rebounds |
Reggie Hearn 9 |
|
Gary Talton 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Drew Crawford 4 |
|
Josh Crittle 4 |
Steals |
Reggie Hearn 1 |
|
Josh Crittle 1 |
Blocks |
Alex Olah 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Illinois-Chicago
|
50 |
30.9 |
2-14 |
14-15 |
8 |
31 |
1 |
9 |
10 |
| Northwestern
|
44 |
34.9 |
4-16 |
10-20 |
11 |
28 |
5 |
2 |
16 |
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