Terone Johnson hit a career-high four 3-pointers and scored 22 points as the host Boilermakers avenged a loss to the Wildcats earlier this month and snapped a three-game losing streak.
Jared Berggren and Ben Brust each scored 12 points to lead the Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team to a convincing 69-41 win against Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois Wednesday night.
Illinois 62, Northwestern 41: D.J. Richardson scored 18 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds as the visiting Illini cruised past the Wildcats for their fourth straight Big Ten win.
Deshaun Thomas scored 22 points and No. 13 Ohio State used a late 12-0 run to beat Northwestern 69-59 Thursday night, the Buckeyes' 32nd consecutive home win against the Wildcats.
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa coach Fran McCaffery told Devyn Marble to play with reckless abandon against Northwestern on Saturday. The junior guard listened and responded.
Northwestern 75, Purdue 60: Reggie Hearn made his first nine shots and scored a career-high 26 points as the host Wildcats led wire-to-wire against the Boilermakers.
Northwestern had a 5-1 road record entering Saturday's game at Nebraska, while Nebraska hadn't won at home in nearly a month.
Reggie Hearn realizes his time is winding down. He also insists Northwestern still could reach the NCAA tournament for the first time.
Iowa 70, Northwestern 50: Aaron White scored 10 of his 17 points in the second half and the Hawkeyes got 40 points from their bench while using a stifling defensive effort to earn a rare road win against the Wildcats.
It took Minnesota a half to start to get the tempo where it wanted Sunday night against Northwestern.
Butler 74, Northwestern 65: Andrew Smith scored a game-high 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the visiting Bulldogs past the Wildcats.
Butler 74, Northwestern 65: Andrew Smith scored a game-high 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the visiting Bulldogs past the Wildcats.
Northwestern and Mississippi State will play in the Gator Bowl.
Northwestern and Mississippi State will play in the Gator Bowl.
Dez Wells set a career high with 23 points as Maryland blew out Northwestern in the second half en route to a 77-57 win on Tuesday night.
Dez Wells set a career high with 23 points as Maryland blew out Northwestern in the second half en route to a 77-57 win on Tuesday night.
Northwestern 50, Illinois 14: Kain Colter threw a career-high three touchdown passes and ran for another as the host Wildcats regained possession of the Land of Lincoln Trophy.Venric Mark rushed for 127 yards - his eighth 100-yard game of the season - and a touchdown as the Wildcats (9-3, 5-3 Big Ten) finished the regular season with two straight victories and appear headed for a New Year's Day bowl game. Colter, who had only five touchdown passes entering the game, was 9-of-11 for 102 yards and also ran for 88.Donovonn Young ran for 74 yards and a score for the Fighting Illini (2-10, 0-8), who finished the season on a nine-game losing streak and extended their conference slide to 14 contests. Starting quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase was 9-of-14 for 91 yards and an interception while backup Ryan O'Toole had a touchdown run.Illinois hardly resembled the worst team in the Big Ten when it took the opening kickoff and went 78 yards on 11 plays, capped by Young's 15-yard touchdown run. Northwestern went ahead for good 10-7 in the first quarter when Colter's 2-yard scoring run came two plays after C.J. Bryant forced Justin Green to fumble on a kickoff return at the Illini 19.Colter left briefly with 29 seconds left in the first quarter with a leg injury and was replaced by Trevor Siemian, who was intercepted by Terry Hawthorne on the next play. The Wildcats regained possession on the ensuing play when David Nwabuisi picked off Scheelhaase, and two plays later, Colter connected with Tony Jones for a 9-yard touchdown.After O'Toole's 12-yard run brought Illinois to within 17-14, Northwestern answered with an 11-play, 79-yard drive and Mark's 3-yard scoring run with 6:13 left in the second quarter en route to a 27-14 halftime lead. Colter added touchdown passes to Tyris Jones (15 yards) and Paul Jorgensen (24) in the third quarter.GAME NOTEBOOK: Northwestern entered the game with a plus-11 turnover margin, second-best in the Big Ten, while Illinois was a conference-worst minus-10. The Illini had four turnovers Saturday compared to two for the Wildcats. ... Mark entered the game as the fifth-leading rusher in the Big Ten at 105.0 yards per game. ... Illinois leads the series 54-47-5, although the teams have split four meetings since the Land of Lincoln Trophy was created in 2009.
Northwestern 50, Illinois 14: Kain Colter threw a career-high three touchdown passes and ran for another as the host Wildcats regained possession of the Land of Lincoln Trophy.Venric Mark rushed for 127 yards - his eighth 100-yard game of the season - and a touchdown as the Wildcats (9-3, 5-3 Big Ten) finished the regular season with two straight victories and appear headed for a New Year's Day bowl game. Colter, who had only five touchdown passes entering the game, was 9-of-11 for 102 yards and also ran for 88.Donovonn Young ran for 74 yards and a score for the Fighting Illini (2-10, 0-8), who finished the season on a nine-game losing streak and extended their conference slide to 14 contests. Starting quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase was 9-of-14 for 91 yards and an interception while backup Ryan O'Toole had a touchdown run.Illinois hardly resembled the worst team in the Big Ten when it took the opening kickoff and went 78 yards on 11 plays, capped by Young's 15-yard touchdown run. Northwestern went ahead for good 10-7 in the first quarter when Colter's 2-yard scoring run came two plays after C.J. Bryant forced Justin Green to fumble on a kickoff return at the Illini 19.Colter left briefly with 29 seconds left in the first quarter with a leg injury and was replaced by Trevor Siemian, who was intercepted by Terry Hawthorne on the next play. The Wildcats regained possession on the ensuing play when David Nwabuisi picked off Scheelhaase, and two plays later, Colter connected with Tony Jones for a 9-yard touchdown.After O'Toole's 12-yard run brought Illinois to within 17-14, Northwestern answered with an 11-play, 79-yard drive and Mark's 3-yard scoring run with 6:13 left in the second quarter en route to a 27-14 halftime lead. Colter added touchdown passes to Tyris Jones (15 yards) and Paul Jorgensen (24) in the third quarter.GAME NOTEBOOK: Northwestern entered the game with a plus-11 turnover margin, second-best in the Big Ten, while Illinois was a conference-worst minus-10. The Illini had four turnovers Saturday compared to two for the Wildcats. ... Mark entered the game as the fifth-leading rusher in the Big Ten at 105.0 yards per game. ... Illinois leads the series 54-47-5, although the teams have split four meetings since the Land of Lincoln Trophy was created in 2009.
Northwestern 23, Michigan State 20: David Nwabuisi returned an interception for a touchdown and Jeff Budzien kicked a go-ahead field goal midway through the fourth quarter as the visiting Wildcats ended a four-game losing streak to the Spartans.
Northwestern 23, Michigan State 20: David Nwabuisi returned an interception for a touchdown and Jeff Budzien kicked a go-ahead field goal midway through the fourth quarter as the visiting Wildcats ended a four-game losing streak to the Spartans.
Michigan 38, No. 21 Northwestern 31 (OT): Roy Roundtree made a highlight-reel 53-yard catch with 8 seconds remaining in regulation to set up the game-tying field goal and the Wolverines' defense ended the game with a fourth-down stop in the extra period to rally past the visiting Wildcats.Devin Gardner – making his second consecutive start in place of the injured Denard Robinson – threw for 286 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for two more scores, including a 1-yard run in overtime. Roundtree had a season-high 139 yards receiving for Michigan (7-3, 5-1 Big Ten), which won its 13th straight home game.Michigan surrendered 17 consecutive points to fall behind by 10 late in the third quarter, but Gardner rallied the Wolverines with touchdown passes on consecutive drives to pull ahead 28-24 early in the fourth.Northwestern (7-3, 3-3) grabbed the lead back with 3:59 remaining on a 15-yard TD catch by Tony Jones and appeared to have the game in hand when Gardner was intercepted on the ensuing drive. But the Wildcats could not run out the clock and, with 18 seconds remaining in regulation, Roundtree made a spectacular catch on Gardner's desperation heave to set up Brendan Gibbon's game-tying 26-yard field goal to knot the game at 31.In the extra period, Gardner converted on a 1-yard bootleg run and the eighth-ranked Michigan defense forced the Wildcats into a short fourth-down try, which it stopped for no gain.GAME NOTEBOOK: Northwestern ran the ball on all but two plays on its first four possessions of the first half before attempting five passes on the last drive of the half to knot the game at 14. … Michigan did not commit its first penalty until the 3:37 mark of the third quarter and committed just two for the game. …The Wildcats suffered their first-ever overtime loss to a Big Ten opponent, falling to 7-1.
Michigan 38, No. 21 Northwestern 31 (OT): Roy Roundtree made a highlight-reel 53-yard catch with 8 seconds remaining in regulation to set up the game-tying field goal and the Wolverines' defense ended the game with a fourth-down stop in the extra period to rally past the visiting Wildcats.Devin Gardner – making his second consecutive start in place of the injured Denard Robinson – threw for 286 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for two more scores, including a 1-yard run in overtime. Roundtree had a season-high 139 yards receiving for Michigan (7-3, 5-1 Big Ten), which won its 13th straight home game.Michigan surrendered 17 consecutive points to fall behind by 10 late in the third quarter, but Gardner rallied the Wolverines with touchdown passes on consecutive drives to pull ahead 28-24 early in the fourth.Northwestern (7-3, 3-3) grabbed the lead back with 3:59 remaining on a 15-yard TD catch by Tony Jones and appeared to have the game in hand when Gardner was intercepted on the ensuing drive. But the Wildcats could not run out the clock and, with 18 seconds remaining in regulation, Roundtree made a spectacular catch on Gardner's desperation heave to set up Brendan Gibbon's game-tying 26-yard field goal to knot the game at 31.In the extra period, Gardner converted on a 1-yard bootleg run and the eighth-ranked Michigan defense forced the Wildcats into a short fourth-down try, which it stopped for no gain.GAME NOTEBOOK: Northwestern ran the ball on all but two plays on its first four possessions of the first half before attempting five passes on the last drive of the half to knot the game at 14. … Michigan did not commit its first penalty until the 3:37 mark of the third quarter and committed just two for the game. …The Wildcats suffered their first-ever overtime loss to a Big Ten opponent, falling to 7-1.
Northwestern 28, Iowa 17: Kain Colter rushed for a career-high 166 yards and three touchdowns and threw for another as the host Wildcats kept their Big Ten title hopes alive by holding off the Hawkeyes.
Northwestern 28, Iowa 17: Kain Colter rushed for a career-high 166 yards and three touchdowns and threw for another as the host Wildcats kept their Big Ten title hopes alive by holding off the Hawkeyes.
