It’s better to win ugly than lose pretty.
Coming off a victory against Dayton in front of a sold-out student section on Friday, Northwestern (3-0, 0-0 B1G) held off Western Michigan (0-3, 0-0 MAC) 63-59 in a shaky performance. The offense was out of sync, and the rebounding effort was not up to snuff, but the ‘Cats got the job done.
Brooks Barnhizer led the way for Northwestern, racking up 20 points and seven rebounds on 8-for-14 shooting. Boo Buie added 21 points, but was inefficient from three at just three-for-nine. Nobody else was particularly impactful offensively for the ‘Cats; Ryan Langborg was especially disappointing, missing all of his threes and scoring just six.