National Basketball Association
Northwestern 92, Illinois-Chicago 54
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Where: Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Illinois
Officials:
# Don Daily, # D.J. Carstensen, # Brian Dorsey
Attendance:
3704
By Field Level Media
Chase Audige had a game-high 19 points and Brooks Barnhizer scored a career-best 18 points off the bench as host Northwestern cruised past Illinois-Chicago 92-54 for its fourth straight win Tuesday in Evanston, Ill.
Barnhizer added career highs of eight rebounds and five assists while going 6 of 8 from the floor. Boo Buie had 16 points and five assists, Julian Roper II added 12 points and Robbie Beran scored 10.
Northwestern (9-2) posted a season high in points by shooting 51.4 percent. It got 56 points in the paint and outrebounded UIC 44-23.
It was the eighth time in 11 games that the Wildcats held their opponent below 60 points.
Toby Okani led the Flames (8-5) with 12 points. Filip Skobalj added nine, and leading scorer Jace Carter was held to eight points with a team-leading six boards and three assists.
UIC's Jaden Brownell knocked down a 3-pointer with 11:21 left in the first half to trim the score to 17-14 Northwestern. From there, the Wildcats scored seven straight points, the last five by Barnhizer, to grab their first double-digit lead.
That began an extended 21-4 stretch for Northwestern that created a 20-point advantage when Buie drove for a layup to make it 38-18 with 3:47 left. Audige's fastbreak dunk capped off the half to make it 42-21 Wildcats.
The Flames appeared ready to threaten in the second half when Steven Clay and Skobalj sank 3-pointers during the first three minutes. But Barnhizer made a layup to begin an 8-0 spurt and Northwestern was in control the rest of the way.
Barnhizer scored seven points of a 9-0 Wildcats run by making a trey and four free throws. The Wildcats doubled up UIC at 72-36, 78-39 and 86-43 down the stretch.
Northwestern has one more nonconference game scheduled for Dec. 29 against Brown. UIC will return to Missouri Valley play Dec. 28 against Illinois State.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Illinois-Chicago |
|
Northwestern |
|
Toby Okani 12 |
Scoring |
Chase Audige 19 |
|
Jace Carter 3 |
Assists |
Brooks Barnhizer 5 |
|
Jace Carter 6 |
Rebounds |
Brooks Barnhizer 8 |
|
Toby Okani 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Brooks Barnhizer 4 |
|
Toby Okani 1 |
Steals |
Ty Berry 3 |
|
Toby Okani 2 |
Blocks |
Brooks Barnhizer 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Illinois-Chicago
|
54 |
38.6 |
8-24 |
12-19 |
12 |
20 |
6 |
2 |
21 |
| Northwestern
|
92 |
51.4 |
8-27 |
12-15 |
20 |
42 |
2 |
7 |
9 |
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