National Basketball Association
Northwestern 67, Dayton 64
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 17, 2016
Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Officials:
# Ed Corbett, # Mike Eades, # Donny Olsen
Attendance:
N/A
By The Sports Xchange
Four players scored in double figures as Northwestern started fast and held off a late Dayton rally for a 67-64 victory in Saturday's opener of a State Farm Chicago Legends doubleheader at the United Center.
Sanjay Lumpkin collected 14 points and 14 rebounds while Bryant McIntosh had 13 points - including two free throws with 7 seconds remaining to help lock down the sixth straight win for Northwestern (9-2).
Nathan Taphorn and Scottie Lindsey each added 11 for the winners.
Scoochie Smith had a game-high 18 points - including nine in the final 2:16 - while Charles Cooke added 12 as Dayton (7-3) saw a five-game winning streak snapped.
The Flyers rallied from a 23-point halftime deficit but the Wildcats kept them at bay by hitting 6 of 8 free throws attempts in the last 38 seconds.
Northwestern opened the game with 11 unanswered points and added a 15-0 run over a nearly 8-minute span later in the half en route to a 40-17 lead by intermission. Lumpkin closed the first half with eight points and 10 rebounds, including nine defensive boards.
Dayton made a game of it in the second half as it used a 15-1 surge to climb to within eight points at 56-48 after a Cooke lay-in with 5:43 left in regulation.
Northwestern briefly restored a double-digit lead before Dayton scored seven straight - including a Smith 3 pointer with 1:28 left that cut the lead to 59-55.
A McIntosh jumper with 1 minute left restored a six-point lead but Pollard replied with a layup that cut the Wildcat lead to 61-57 with 43 seconds showing.
Northwestern resumes play on Tuesday at home against IUPUI and hosts Houston Baptist on Thursday. Dayton opens a three-game homestead to wrap up 2016 with a Wednesday match against Vanderbilt.
Top Game Performances
| Dayton |
|
Northwestern |
|
Scoochie Smith 18 |
Scoring |
Sanjay Lumpkin 14 |
|
Charles Cooke 3 |
Assists |
Bryant McIntosh 5 |
|
Kyle Davis 5 |
Rebounds |
Sanjay Lumpkin 14 |
|
Scoochie Smith 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Gavin Skelly 4 |
|
Scoochie Smith 6 |
Steals |
Scottie Lindsey 2 |
|
Charles Cooke 1 |
Blocks |
Barret Benson 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Dayton
|
64 |
32.7 |
9-25 |
19-26 |
11 |
28 |
4 |
11 |
9 |
| Northwestern
|
67 |
41.2 |
8-24 |
17-26 |
14 |
40 |
6 |
4 |
14 |
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